Sari Karjalainen (born 26 June 1968 in Ylitornio as Sari Räsänen) is a Finnish

wheelchair curler Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Paralympic Games, Winter Paralympic ...

. She participated in the

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and

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

where Finnish team finished on tenth and eleventh places respectively. Her husband Markku is also a member of the Finland national wheelchair curling team.Paralympialaisissa epäonnistunut pyörätuolicurlingjoukkue kriisissä – kovaa kritiikkiä joukkueen jättävältä konkariparilta: “Viime vuonna alkoi sekoile, sählää, hajoita ja hallitse -toiminta” , Yle Urheilu , yle.fi
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Teams

Mixed doubles

References

External links

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Profile at the official website for the 2014 Winter Paralympics
(web archive) * Video: Living people 1968 births People from Ylitornio Finnish female curlers Finnish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Finland Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Finnish wheelchair curling champions Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) {{Finland-curling-bio-stub