Matti Suur-Hamari

Matti Suur-Hamari
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	31 May 1986 (age 38); Rovaniemi
Website	mattisuurhamari.com
Sport
Country	Finland
Sport	Snowboarding
Disability class	SB-LL2
Event	Snowboard cross
Medal record
Men's para snowboarding
Representing Finland
Winter Paralympic Games
Winter X Games

Matti Suur-Hamari (born 31 May 1986^[1]) is a para-snowboarder. He is a three-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Winter Paralympics.

He represented Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics^[2] and again at the 2018 Winter Paralympics where he served as flag-bearer in the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations.^[3] He also competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Career

He claimed his first Paralympic medal during the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Snowboarding by claiming a gold medal in the men's snowboard cross event.^[4]

He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.^[5]^[6]

He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China.^[7] He also won the silver medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.^[8]

References

^ "Paralympic.org profile". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ "ESPN X-Games profile". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ "Pyeonchang 2018 profile". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ "Winter Paralympics: Matti Suur-Hamari suffers celebration fail after winning snowboard gold". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ "Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold". 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Burke, Patrick (21 January 2022). "Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Burke, Patrick (7 March 2022). "Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

Matti Suur-Hamari at World Para Snowboard
Matti Suur-Hamari at the X Games (archived)
Matti Suur-Hamari at the International Paralympic Committee
Matti Suur-Hamari at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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[1] "Paralympic.org profile". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[2] "ESPN X-Games profile". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[3] "Pyeonchang 2018 profile". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[4] "Winter Paralympics: Matti Suur-Hamari suffers celebration fail after winning snowboard gold". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[turner_beats_best_of_the_best_2022-5] "Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold". 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[pedersen_clinches_third_gold_of_world_para_snow_sports_championships_in_lillehammer_2022-6] Burke, Patrick (21 January 2022). "Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[hernandez_takes_snowboard_cross_gold_beijing_2022-7] Burke, Patrick (7 March 2022). "Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[snowboarding_results_book_winter_paralympics_2022-8] "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

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Matti Suur-Hamari

Career

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