Markku Uusipaavalniemi
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Full name | Markku Juhani Uusipaavalniemi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | November 23, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Karkkila | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing position | Skip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing hand | right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: February 12, 2010 |
Markku Juhani Uusipaavalniemi (born November 23, 1966 in Karkkila ) is a Finnish curler and politician .
His greatest success so far is winning the gold medal at the 2000 European Championship in Oberstdorf . In addition, he won two bronze medals at world championships (1998 in Kamloops and 2000 in Glasgow ) and two bronze medals at European championships (1999 in Chamonix and 2001 in Vierumäki ).
In 2005 Uusipaavalniemi won the first mixed European championship in Andorra , together with Kirsi Nykänen , Teemu Salo and Tiina Kautonen . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal.
At the 2006 Curling Continental Cup he was named best player.
His nickname is "U-15" or "M-15", where fifteen is the number of letters in his last name. He lives in Hyvinkää , works part-time as a mathematician and can complete a Rubik's cube within half a minute .
In March 2007 Uusipaavalniemi was elected as a member of the Finnish Parliament . He was initially a member of the Center Party and joined the Basic Finns Party (also known as True Finns ) in 2010 and was a member of the Basic Finns faction in parliament from until April 2011.
Web links
- Markku Uusipaavalniemi on Worldcurling.org (English)
- Portrait on the side of the Finnish Parliament
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SURNAME | Uusipaavalniemi, Markku |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uusipaavalniemi, Markku Juhani (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish curler and politician, member of the Reichstag |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Karkkila |