Jari Laukkanen (curler)

Jari Petteri Laukkanen (born 12 June 1965 in Kesälahti, North Karelia, Finland) is a Finnish male curler and curling coach.[2]

Jari Laukkanen
 
Born (1965-06-12) 12 June 1965 (age 59)
Team
Curling clubHyvinkää CC
Curling career
Member Association Finland
World Championship
appearances
7 (1988, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
European Championship
appearances
10 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2002)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2018)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kamloops
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Glasgow
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Oberstdorf
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Chamonix
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Vierumäki
Finnish Men's Championship[1]
Gold medal – first place 1987
Gold medal – first place 1988
Gold medal – first place 1989
Gold medal – first place 1990
Gold medal – first place 1993
Gold medal – first place 1997
Gold medal – first place 1998
Gold medal – first place 1999
Gold medal – first place 2000
Gold medal – first place 2001
Gold medal – first place 2002
Bronze medal – third place 2016

He is a European curling champion (2000) and a World men's bronze medallist. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth.

He started curling in 1979 at the age of 14.

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1986–87 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Petri Tsutsunen Jarmo Jokivalli Juhani Heinonen FMCC 1987  
1987–88 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jarmo Jokivalli Jari Laukkanen Petri Tsutsunen Juhani Heinonen ECC 1987 (7th)
Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Petri Tsutsunen Jari Laukkanen Jarmo Jokivalli Juhani Heinonen FMCC 1988  
WCC 1988 (9th)
1988–89 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jarmo Jokivalli Jari Laukkanen Petri Tsutsunen Juhani Heinonen ECC 1988 (12th)
Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Jori Aro Marko Poikolainen Juhani Heinonen FMCC 1989  
1989–90 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Jori Aro Marko Poikolainen Juhani Heinonen ECC 1989 (11th)
FMCC 1990  
WCC 1990 (8th)
1990–91 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Jori Aro Marko Poikolainen Juhani Heinonen ECC 1990 (7th)
WCC 1991 (10th)
1992–93 Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen Marko Latvala Tommi Valvelainen FMCC 1993  
1993–94 Jari Laukkanen Petri Tsutsunen Pekka Saarelainen Marko Latvala Tommi Valvelainen ECC 1993 (7th)
1996–97 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Jussi Uusipaavalniemi FMCC 1997  
1997–98 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen ECC 1997 (6th)
Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Raimo Lind (FMCC)
Jussi Uusipaavalniemi (WMCC)
FMCC 1998  
WCC 1998  
1998–99 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Raimo Lind (ECC, WCC) Olli Rissanen (ECC)
Eeva Röthlisberger (ECC)
ECC 1998 (6th)
FMCC 1999  
WCC 1999 (8th)
1999–00 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Raimo Lind (ECC),
Perttu Piilo (WCC)
Olli Rissanen (ECC)
Eeva Röthlisberger (ECC, WCC)
ECC 1999  
FMCC 2000  
WCC 2000  
2000–01 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen ECC 2000  
FMCC 2001  
WCC 2001 (5th)
2001–02 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen Ken Armstrong (ECC) ECC 2001  
FMCC 2002  
OG 2002 (5th)
2004–05 Wille Mäkelä Jari Laukkanen Pekka Saarelainen Tommi Häti Riku Raunio FMCC 2005 (5th)
2007–08 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Tommi Häti Jari Laukkanen
2012–13 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Tommi Häti Jesse Uusipaavalniemi Joni Ikonen FMCC 2013 (4th)
2014–15 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Joni Ikonen Jari Laukkanen Jason Moore Jari Turto FMCC 2015 (6th)
2015–16 Markku Uusipaavalniemi Joni Ikonen Kimmo Ilvonen Toni Anttila Jari Laukkanen FMCC 2016  
Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Olavi Malmi Juhani Heinonen FSMCC 2016  
2016–17 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Juhani Heinonen Markku Hämälainen Jari Laukkanen Petri Tsutsunen FSMCC 2017 (6th)
2017–18 Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jari Laukkanen Markku Hämälainen Juhani Heinonen FSMCC 2018  
WSCC 2018 (9th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2005 2005 European Curling Championships   Finland (men)
8
2006 2002 Winter Olympics   Finland (men)
 

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