Timo Seppälä
Timo Seppälä | |
Full name | Timo Juhani Seppälä |
Association | Finland |
birthday | June 27, 1968 |
place of birth | Kauhajoki |
Career | |
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status | resigned |
End of career | 1994 |
World Cup balance | |
last change: end of career |
Timo Juhani Seppälä (born June 27, 1968 in Kauhajoki ) is a former Finnish biathlete .
Timo Seppälä has competed in international biathlon races since the late 1980s. The 1990 World Championships were his first international championship . At the World Championships, which had to be held in three locations due to adverse weather conditions, the Finn finished 50th in the sprint, with Vesa Hietalahti , Harri Eloranta and Antero Lähde 12th with the team and sixth in the relay race. In 1991 Seppälä was 30th in the individual and 53rd in the sprint in Lahti . He achieved his best international result when he finished fifth on the side of Erkki Latvala , Harri Eloranta and Vesa Hietalahti in the relay race of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . He was also 41st of the individual. After the games, he ended his career. His son Tero Seppälä is also a biathlete.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | team | Season | total |
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1st place | |||||||
2nd place | |||||||
3rd place | |||||||
Top 10 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Scoring | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Starts | 8th | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20th | ||
Status : end of career, data not complete |
Web links
- Timo Seppälä in the IBU database (English)
- Timo Seppälä in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Results at the-sports.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tero Seppälä haluaa palauttaa miesten ampumahiihtokunnian (Finnish). Karjalainen, accessed January 4, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Seppälä, Timo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seppälä, Timo Juhani; Seppala, Timo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish biathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kauhajoki |