Pekka Saarelainen (curler)

Pekka Saarelainen
Pekka Saarelainen
Curler ♂
Born	17 March 1967 (age 54); Helsinki, Finland
Team
Curling club	Hyvinkää CC
Career
Member Association	Finland
World Championship; appearances	1 (2001)
European Championship; appearances	4 (1993, 1994, 2000, 2001)
Olympic; appearances	1 (2002)
Medal record
Curling
European Championships
Finnish Men's Championship

Pekka Juhani Saarelainen (born 17 March 1967 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish male curler.^[2]

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

He started curling in 1985 at the age of 18.

Teams[]

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1992–93	Jari Laukkanen	Pekka Saarelainen	Marko Latvala				FMCC 1993
1993–94	Jari Laukkanen	Petri Tsutsunen	Pekka Saarelainen	Marko Latvala	Tommi Valvelainen		ECC 1993 (7th)
1994–95	Tomi Rantamäki	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi			Pekka Saarelaine	Anders Thidholm	ECC 1994 (9th)
1998–99	Pekka Saarelainen	?	?	?			FMCC 1999
1999–00	Pekka Saarelainen	?	?	?			FMCC 2000 (4th)
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	(ECC)	ECC 2001 FMCC 2002 OG 2002 (5th)
2003–04	Wille Mäkelä	Pekka Saarelainen	?	?			FMCC 2004
2004–05	Wille Mäkelä	Jari Laukkanen	Pekka Saarelainen	Tommi Häti	Riku Raunio		FMCC 2005 (5th)

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