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Jari Laukkanen (curler)
Jari Petteri Laukkanen (born 12 June 1965 in Kesälahti, North Karelia, Finland) is a Finnish male curler and curling coach. He is a and a bronze medallist. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ... where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth. He started curling in 1979 at the age of 14. Teams Record as a coach of national teams References External links * * * Video: Living people 1965 births People from Kesälahti Finnish male curlers Olympic curlers of Finland Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics European curling champions Finnish curling champions Finnish curling coaches Sportspeople from North Karelia {{Finland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesälahti
Kesälahti ( sv, Kesälahti, also ) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Kitee on 1 January 2013. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (31 December 2012) and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality was also known as "Kesälax" in Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland. History Kesälahti was first mentioned in 1589 as a part of the Uukuniemi parish (originally pogost). The Uukuniemi parish was sometimes called ''Kesälahti'' as the main church was occasionally in the village, but Uukuniemi was a more common name for the parish. Kesälahti became a chapel community in 1700. In 1721 according to the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War, Uukuniemi was among the territories ceded to Russia (Old F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |