FINNISH MILITARY SHOOTING TEAM
Helena Valtonen (Juppala)

Past performance
Main Discipline: Sport Rifle (3 x 20 and prone) Air Rifle
Task in Military Shooting Team: Competitor
Military Team Membership in Years: since 1995
National Team Membership in Years: since 1992

Personal Best: Air Rifle 397 (1997), Sport Rifle-50 m 60 prone 595 (2002), Sport Rifle-50 m 3-pos 588 (2003),
Sport Rifle-300 m 60 prone 597 (2003) and 3x20 584 (2002), Standard Rifle 587 (FMR2001 and 2002), MRFR 549 (FMC2004)

National Results: 2. SBR 3P FMC-2007, FMC 2004 2./SBR, FMC-2003 3-pos (50m) gold medal,
SR gold medal in FMC-2000, 2001 and 2002, triple finnish champion in SBR prone (x, 2001, 2004) and several other medals in FMC and FC.
Finnish champion in every female rifle discipline 2001.

Finnish national records Sport Rifle-300 m 60 prone and 3x20. Finnish military record in Standard Rifle 587 (2001, 2002)

Helena is also awarded best military athlete in 2001, best military athlete of the year 2002 and FSA's shooter of the year 2002

International Results:
WCH-2002 SBR prone team gold medal, Sport rifle-300 silver medal, 5. Sport rifle prone 5., Sport rifle-300 prone 6.,
WCH-1994 jr. silver (3-pos) and bronze (prone) medals and 4. in Air Rifle,
ECH Sport Rifle 3x20 gold medal 2001 (ER 577) and prone 5./2001, ECH-2003 Sport Rifle-300 3-pos 5.,
MNC-2002 Sport Rifle (50m) 3-pos gold medal and prone bronze medal, MNC-2003 Sport rifle-50m 3-pos gold medal,
MNC-2004 and 2005 Sport rifle-50m 3-pos and prone silver.



Military career
Rank: Senior coast guard
Military Unit: Western Finland Coast Guard District
Personal Task: Environment crime investigator

Civil shooting activities
Date and Place of Birth: 19.11.1974 Vantaa, Finland
Residence: Turku, Finland
Shooting Club: Suomen Metsästysyhdistys, SMY
Personal Coach: Mikko Mattila.

Interests

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Photo taken during CISM-2006: Rena, Norway
Updated 05.05.2009