Wille Mäkelä (born 2 March 1974 in

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; , ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Hyvinkää is situated in the northern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Hyvinkää is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in ...

) is a Finnish curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

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."Torino 2006 – Results, Curling"
– ''cbc.ca'' (Retrieved on March 21, 2008) He has obtained two bronze medals in the

World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and Doubles curling, mixed doubles championships, as ...

, and won a gold medal at the 2000

European Curling Championships The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the Worl ...

with the Finnish team.

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Hyvinkää Finnish male curlers Olympic curlers for Finland Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics European curling champions 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub