Vesa Leppänen
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| Born | 3 November 1951[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Lappi Kurlinki Ry, Rovaniemi[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 2 (2015, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vesa Leppänen (born 3 November 1951) is a Finnish wheelchair curler.[4][5]
He participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on eleventh place.
Teams[]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2009–10 | Sari Räsänen | Vesa Leppänen | Markku Karjalainen | 2010 
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| 2010–11 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | FWhCC 2011
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| 2011–12 | Markku Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | FWhCC 2012 
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| 2012–13 | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2013 
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| 2014–15 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Mina Mojtahedi | Tuomo Aarnikka | Vesa Leppänen | Anne Malmi | WWhCC 2015
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| 2016–17 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WWhBCC 2016 WWhCC 2017 (10th) |
| 2017–18 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WPG 2018 (11th) |
References[]
- ^ Athlete Profile - Vesa LEPPANEN - Wheelchair Curling - World Para Nordic Skiing - Live results | International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Lappi Kurlinki Ry | Curling.fi(in Finnish)
- ^ Finnish championships - past seasons | Curling.fi (look at "Finnish Wheelchair Curling Championships")
- ^ Vesa Leppänen on the World Curling Federation database
- ^ Leppänen, Vesa | Curling.fi
External links[]
- Vesa Leppänen at World Curling Federation
- Vesa Leppänen at Paralympic.org
- Video: PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games - Wheelchair curling - Round Robin - Great Britain vs Finland on YouTube
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1951 births
- Finnish male curlers
- Finnish wheelchair curlers
- Paralympic wheelchair curlers of Finland
- Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Finnish wheelchair curling champions
- Finnish curling biography stubs