Finnish Military Shooting Team
The most suberb performances of the year 2007
CISM-hymn
FMST in Beijing Olympic Games 2008
The most amazing achievement to the military
shooting team this year occured 19.12.2007 when Kai Jahnsson and Henri Häkkinen were
nominated to the finnish olympic team in Beijing 2008.
The previous finnish military representative in the olympic shooting was Rauno Bies in Los Angeles 1984. He gained
olympic bronze in olympic rapid-fire pistol (591).
The other finns in Beijing 2008 (so far) are Hanna Etula (rifle), Juha Hirvi
(rifle), Marjo Yli-Kiikka (rifle), Mira Nevansuu (pistol), Marjut Heinonen (skeet) and
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (trap) |
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FMST (manning) in 4th CISM Military
World Games in Hyderabad, India 13.-22.10.2007
Kari Pennanen, Kimmo Tulonen, Jussi Puustinen and Henri Häkkinen gained
silver medals in rapid fire rifle team.
Best individuals of all FMST shooters were Jussi Puustinen (4./military rapid fire rifle
562, 1 point behind bronze and 2 behind silver),
Kai Jahnsson (10./centre fire pistol 584, 1 point behind bronze) and Helena Juppala
(9./3-position 50m).
In rapid fire rifle team match Kimmo Tulonen shot mighty good 565 points.
FMST in NMSC Boden, Sweden 6.-10.8.2007
Helena Valtonen,
Henri Häkkinen
and Kai Jahnsson
took individual medals in the Nordic Military Shooting Championships in
Boden Sweden this week.
The best finnsh team was field shooting pistol team, Jari Javarus, Antti Jokinen, Pekka
Vaarala, Marko Räsänen and Petri Ylinen, which chased a mighty gold medal.
FMST in ISSF-EC
shooting Las Gabias, Spain July 9.-22.2007
Henri Häkkinen
took the bronze medal in free rifle (300 m) 3-position match in EC-Spain. Henry did quite
well result 398 - 393 -381= 1172.
The other military shooter in the EC-event was Kai Jahnsson who did 555 points in free pistol and gained an
olympic quota.
Henri Häkkinen has got another quota for Finland in air rifle last spring. So the Finnish
Military Shooting Team has conquered two quotas in to Peking-2008. Great!
FMST Pistol Team in Elva, Estonia 27.-28.4.2007
Kai Jahnsson
shot well in Elva, Estonia, in military rapid fire pistol event and did mighty 582 points.
Ville Nousiainen got 574, Harri Huttunen 556 and Keimo Korpioksa 555.
FMST Expeditionary Force in Plzen CISM Regional 23.--27.4.2007
The FMST gained two silver team medal in Plzen regional and Kari Pennanen gained
a bronze medal in the military rapid fire rifle event.
In the meanwhile Henri Häkkinen and Jussi Puustinen were on the way to Sydney ISSG World
Cup. And a part of pistol team was heading to Elva, Estonia to participate Heli Rassi
Games.
Further, rifle coach Matti Viljakainen was visiting GE-factory on his swiss-holiday. And
quess, what more: ex-rifle coach Ari Lähdesmäki visited the team in Plzen while he was
on a vacation from Balkan PS-operation. Results of Plzen Regional
CISM: Pistol & Rifle
From left: Juha Rutonen, Kari Pennanen, Mikko Taussi, Pekka Vaarala, Jari Javarus, Keijo
Minkkinen, Jyrki Latvala, Antti Jokinen
Marko Räsänen and Kimmo Tulonen.
Henri Häkkinen goes Peking
The outstanding finnish military shooter Henri Häkkinen did quite a job when taking the
ECH-silver medal in air rifle (596+103,7).
Besides the medal he earned a olympic quota for Finland. Congratulations!
Henri Häkkinen as a military athlete of year 2006
Henri Häkkinen was named as the military athlete of the year 2006 due to his
CISM champion in military rapid fire rifle and many other excellent performance last year.
Henri seemed to be very proud of his appointment but without loosing spare time he was
heading to Munich air rifle world cup 24.-28.1.2007.
His shooting goes still well and he did 597 points in air rifle event being the best in
the primary phase.
In the final he shot 102,8 (total 699,8) and had to admit that there are some other good
shooters as well.
The winner of the event was Zoltan Balaz (SLO) by 701,1 (597+104,1). More about Häkkinen here and there!
The commander-in-chief of the FDF, admiral Juhani Kaskeala awarding senior lieutenant
Henri Häkkinen as the best military athlete of year 2006.
The chief of personnel, general Hannu Herranen on the right.
SnLt Jarmo Hokkanen was awarded due to his many years as a pistol coach.
Jarmo is retiring from military shooting team and concentrating to national shooting team.
On the right Henri and the traditional best athlete's plate made by Eino Kohvakka, the
very famous finnish pistol shooter both in national and military team in 1970s and 1980s.
Kai Jahnsson did a superb performances in the Swedish Cup in Sävsjö,
Sweden 3.-6.1.2007 by shooting 576 and 579 in air pistol events. Further information here.
Oulu 01.01.2008
