Henri Häkkinen (born 16 June 1980, in
Joensuu
Joensuu (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia. It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Joensuu is approximately , while the sub-region has a population ...
) is a
Finnish sport shooter
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
Men's 10m air rifle Häkkinen won the bronze medal. He was leading with
Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Bindra (born 28 September 1982) is an Indian former sport shooter and a businessman. He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Bindra is also the first Ind ...
of
India
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until the final shot. Bindra won gold with a last shot of 10.8, whereas Häkkinen could score only 9.7, thereby settling for a bronze.
China
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's
Zhu Qinan got the silver with a final shot of 10.5. Henri Häkkinen's manager is Finnish Sports Management Agency, SportElite.
Häkkinen has a master's degree in military science and he works as an officer at Signals Regiment in
Riihimäki
Riihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and La ...
. His military rank is
Major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
.
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See also
*
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...
References
External links
Athlete bio at the official Olympics siteHenri Häkkinen at SportElite's website
1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Joensuu
Finnish male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Finland
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
21st-century Finnish sportsmen
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