Harri Eloranta

Harri Eloranta Henrik ( born December 4, 1963 in Köyliö ) is a former Finnish biathlete.

Harri Eloranta works at the Finnish Coast Guard. He lives in Ähtäri and launched for Säkylän Urheilijat. With the sport of biathlon, the Finn began in 1978. His first try in the Biathlon World Cup, he had in the 1983 season / 84th The first top- ten finish in 1987 as he reached seventh in a sprint race in Canmore. 1989 in Östersund, he was able to create an even better result in the World Cup in fifth place. In the 1988/89 season he reached the 23rd place overall in his best result in this classification. Between 1985 and 2000, joined the Finn, who was considered a veteran and legend of Biathlon Biathlon in his last years, at nine Biathlon World Championships. His best individual result he was able to achieve in 1989 as twelfth in sprint races of Feistritzwerke, best result of the season was in seventh place in 1997 Osrblie.

Between 1988 and 1998, Eloranta went to all four Olympic Winter Games. In 1988, he reached in Calgary Place 50 in singles and No. 25 in the sprint, in Albertville in 1992 he ran the most successful race of his life. In individual he missed a medal in fifth, in the sprint he won bronze in the victory of Mark Kirchner and behind Ricco Gross. With the squadron was added a rollercoaster rank. In 1994 he finished second in Lillehammer Place 30 in singles and No. 15 in the sprint and also finished fifth with the Finnish relay. His last game he played as a 34 -year-old in Nagano in 1998. In Japan, he finished 20th place in the sprint and rank eight in the relay. In 2000 he ended his international career.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).

( Perhaps the statistic is not quite complete. )

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