Samuli Piippo

Samuli Piippo (born 1 January 1980) is a Finnish competitive archer.[1] A late beginner in competitive archery, Piippo made his debut on the Finnish national team at the age of 33, and roused a major surprise in his sporting career by booking one of the three individual Olympic places to Rio 2016 at the European Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain.[2] While training full-time at a local archery range in his current residence Oulu, Piippo works as a web applications designer for an information technology firm.[3]

Samuli Piippo
Personal information
Full nameSamuli Piippo
Born (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980
Raahe, Finland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Finland
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
ClubOulun Jousimiehet
Updated on 24 February 2017.

Piippo was selected to compete for Finland in the men's individual recurve at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][4] Sitting at fifty-fourth position from the initial stage of the competition with a score of 636 points, Piippo lost his opening round match to the eleventh-seeded German archer Florian Floto, who successfully dispatched him through a comfortable 6–0 challenge.[5][6]

References
  1. "Samuli Piippo". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. "Europe's Olympic places awarded in Nottingham". World Archery. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. "Team Finland Bio: Samuli Piippo". Finnish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. "Rion olympia- ja paralympiajoukkueisiin nimettiin lisää urheilijoita" [More athletes named for the Rio Olympics and Paralympics] (in Finnish). Finnish Olympic Committee. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 64". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. "Oululainen Piippo putosi Rion jousiammunnassa" [Oulu's Piippo fell in Rio archery] (in Finnish). Kaleva. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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