Heikki Elomaa (born 9 July 1986) is a Finnish former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with his partner Niklas Lindgren, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant twenty-seventh place.[2] A member of the local sailing club in his native Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingfors Segelklubb), Elomaa trained for the Games under the tutelage of his Italian-born personal coach Enrico Fonda.[3]
Elomaa competed for the Finnish sailing squad, as a crew member in the men's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4] Two months earlier, he and skipper Niklas topped the selection over the quota recipients Niko Helander and Joonas Lindgren for their country's 470 berth, based on the cumulative scores attained in a couple of international regattas, stipulated by the Finnish Sailing Federation.[5] The Finnish duo clearly struggled to catch a vast fleet of sailing crews from behind under breezy conditions, with marks lower than the top thirteen at the end of the ten-race series, sitting them in a distant twenty-seventh overall with 196 net points.[2][6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heikki Elomaa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Lindgren ja Elomaa purjehtivat sijalle 27" [Lindgren and Elomaa finished in twenty-seventh place] (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Lindgren ja Elomaa rehdisti opintomatkalla Pekingissä" [Lindgren and Elomaa were honored during their trip in Beijing] (in Finnish). MTV3. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470". World Sailing. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Loppukiri tuotti paikan olympiavesille" [The final round produced a coveted spot in Olympic waters] (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
External links
- Heikki Elomaa at World Sailing
- Heikki Elomaa at Olympics.com
- Heikki Elomaa at Olympic.org (archived)
- Heikki Elomaa at Olympedia
- Heikki Elomaa at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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