Matti Hatava (born March 10, 1981,
Lappeenranta
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) is a
Finnish
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archer
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who lives in
Tampere
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and represents archery club Tampereen Jousiampujat.
Hatava came 8th in the 1998 World Junior Championships, and represented Finland in the European Championships in 2000 and 2002.
In 2002 Hatava took a break from active sport to pursue his personal career in banking. He returned to archery in the summer of 2007, coming third in the 2007 Finnish Championships.
In 2008 Hatava finished second in the final Olympic qualification tournament held in
Boé
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,
France
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. Thus Hatava guaranteed a place for Finland at the
2008 Olympic Games
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in
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.
He made his olympic debut finishing 58th on ranking round. In elimination rounds he first won
Simon Terry
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Early life
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of
Great Britain
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but then lost to
Cheng Chu Sian
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2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Cheng finished his ranking round with a total of 660 points. This gave him ...
of
Malaysia
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.
Personal records
*FITA 144 arrows: 1322
*72 arrows, 70 metres: 660
*12 arrows final: 111
References
External links
Athlete biography page at the official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lappeenranta
Finnish male archers
Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic archers for Finland