Ville Paumola (born 16 March 1991) is a
snowboarder
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from
Finland
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. He won a bronze medal at the
2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships in the slopestyle event.
[http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=SB&competitorid=143795&raceid=9546 – Results from FIS-Ski.com]
He competed at the
2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi, Russia
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placing 19th in the Men's Slopestyle Snowboarding semi-final.
References
External links
FIS-Ski.com– Biography
1991 births
Living people
Finnish male snowboarders
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic snowboarders for Finland
People from Ylöjärvi
Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa
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