Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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| IOC code | FIN | ||||||||
| NOC | Finnish Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 102 in 11 sports | ||||||||
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Janne Lahtela (opening) Markku Uusipaavalniemi (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 19th |
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Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.
Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Paavo Puurunen was the only Finnish biathlete who competed in Torino.
Six men and six women participated in the cross country skiing events, making the cross country skiing squad the largest squad for any individual sport.
: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate)
Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics, the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.
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Susanna Pöykiö and Kiira Korpi were selected for the women's competition. Pöykiö has won a silver at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships (held in Torino), while Korpi's best European placing prior to the Olympics was sixth.
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