Raine J. Peltokoski is a

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who has won the

IPSC European Rifle Championship The IPSC European Rifle Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe. History * 2009 Hengsvann, Kongsberg, Norway * 2012 Beliakovec, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria * 2015 Felsőtárkány, Bükk, Hungary * 2018 Karlsk ...

three times (2009, 2012, 2015 ), and the

IPSC European Shotgun Championship The IPSC European Shotgun Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe. History * 1987 October 8-11, Great Britain * 2003 August 27-30, Terni, Italy * 2006 September 6-9, Kavala, Greece * 2009 September 15-18, ...

once (2006). He is sponsored by

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ammunition and

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rifles. He also has 7 Finnish Rifle Championship gold medals (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015), one silver medal (2007) and one bronze medal (2005). Raine started competing actively in 1989, and took his first Finnish championship title in the Modified division at the 1993

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. He focused on pistol and shotgun competitions until 2005, when he also started to focus on the rifle discipline.Competition report: The IPSC Rifle World Shoot 2017 4 - 11 June 2017 , Nammo Lapua
/ref> From 2010 to 2012 he continuously led the Finnish practical shooting rankings with full 100% results in both Open pistol, Open rifle and Standard shotgun.

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