Pekka Koskela

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Pekka Koskela Speed ​​skating
Pekka Koskela, 2006
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday November 29, 1982
place of birth Mänttä ,  Finland
Career
status active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
ISU Sprint World Championships
silver 2007 Hamar sprint
silver 2013 Salt Lake City sprint
ISU Individual distance world championships
bronze 2005 Inzell 1000 m
bronze 2012 Heerenveen 2 × 500 m
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Total toilet 100 3rd (2006/07)
 Total toilet 500 3rd (2006/07)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 100 meters 0 1 1
 500 meters 11 3 7th
 1000 meters 3 2 1
last change: February 27, 2013

Pekka Koskela (born November 29, 1982 in Mänttä ) is a Finnish speed skater . He specializes in the sprint courses.

Pekka Koskela started speed skating when she was seven . In 2000, at the age of 15, he won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships, and the following year he ran a junior world record in the 500 meters. His first major success in the senior category was third place over 1000 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Inzell. He holds the outdoor world record over the 100 meters. At the beginning of the 2007/08 season he also set a world record over 1000 meters in Salt Lake City . At the Sprint World Championships in Hamar in 2007, he won the silver medal.

Koskela is a student at Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) and starts for the club Seinäjoen Urheilija .

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personal data
SURNAME Koskela, Pekka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Mänttä