Jari Laukkanen (curler)
Finnish male curler and curling coach
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Jari Petteri Laukkanen (born 12 June 1965 in Kesälahti, North Karelia, Finland) is a Finnish male curler and curling coach.[2]
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| Born | 12 June 1965 Kesälahti, North Karelia, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Hyvinkää CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 7 (1988, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 10 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He is a European curling champion (2000) and a World men's bronze medallist. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Finnish men's curling team placed fifth.
He started curling in 1979 at the age of 14.
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1986–87 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Jarmo Jokivalli | Juhani Heinonen | FMCC 1987  | |
| 1987–88 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jarmo Jokivalli | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1987 (7th) | |
| Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Petri Tsutsunen | Jari Laukkanen | Jarmo Jokivalli | Juhani Heinonen | FMCC 1988 WCC 1988 (9th) | ||
| 1988–89 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jarmo Jokivalli | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1988 (12th) | |
| Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Jori Aro | Marko Poikolainen | Juhani Heinonen | FMCC 1989 | ||
| 1989–90 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Jori Aro | Marko Poikolainen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1989 (11th) FMCC 1990 WCC 1990 (8th) | |
| 1990–91 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Jori Aro | Marko Poikolainen | Juhani Heinonen | ECC 1990 (7th) WCC 1991 (10th) | |
| 1992–93 | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Marko Latvala | Tommi Valvelainen | FMCC 1993 | ||
| 1993–94 | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | Pekka Saarelainen | Marko Latvala | Tommi Valvelainen | ECC 1993 (7th) | |
| 1996–97 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | FMCC 1997 | |
| 1997–98 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | ECC 1997 (6th) | |
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Raimo Lind (FMCC) Jussi Uusipaavalniemi (WMCC) | FMCC 1998 WCC 1998  | ||
| 1998–99 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Raimo Lind (ECC, WCC) | Olli Rissanen (ECC) Eeva Röthlisberger (ECC) | ECC 1998 (6th) FMCC 1999 WCC 1999 (8th) |
| 1999–00 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Raimo Lind (ECC), Perttu Piilo (WCC) | Olli Rissanen (ECC) Eeva Röthlisberger (ECC, WCC) | ECC 1999 FMCC 2000 WCC 2000 |
| 2000–01 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | ECC 2000 FMCC 2001 WCC 2001 (5th) | |
| 2001–02 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Ken Armstrong (ECC) | ECC 2001 FMCC 2002 OG 2002 (5th) |
| 2004–05 | Wille Mäkelä | Jari Laukkanen | Pekka Saarelainen | Tommi Häti | Riku Raunio | FMCC 2005 (5th) | |
| 2007–08 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Wille Mäkelä | Tommi Häti | Jari Laukkanen | |||
| 2012–13 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Tommi Häti | Jesse Uusipaavalniemi | Joni Ikonen | FMCC 2013 (4th) | |
| 2014–15 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Joni Ikonen | Jari Laukkanen | Jason Moore | Jari Turto | FMCC 2015 (6th) | |
| 2015–16 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Joni Ikonen | Kimmo Ilvonen | Toni Anttila | Jari Laukkanen | FMCC 2016 | |
| Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Olavi Malmi | Juhani Heinonen | FSMCC 2016 | |||
| 2016–17 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Juhani Heinonen | Markku Hämälainen | Jari Laukkanen | Petri Tsutsunen | FSMCC 2017 (6th) | |
| 2017–18 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jari Laukkanen | Markku Hämälainen | Juhani Heinonen | FSMCC 2018 WSCC 2018 (9th) |
Record as a coach of national teams
| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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| 2005 | 2005 European Curling Championships | Finland (men) | 8 |
| 2006 | 2002 Winter Olympics | Finland (men) |  |
