Päivi Aaltonen
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Päivi Aaltonen is a Finnish
Olympic
archer. She won a bronze medal for Finland at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
, finished fifth overall at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
, and twentieth overall at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
(though her team finished thirteenth).
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
archer. She won a bronze medal for Finland at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at the archery range, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The archery schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. Two archery events were contested: men's individual and women's individual...
, finished fifth overall at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested in the same format used since 1972. There were two events: men's individual and women's individual. Points were in a format called the double FITA round, which included 288 arrows shot over four days at four different distances: 70 meters, 60...
, and twentieth overall at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. These events included team competitions for the first time in modern Olympic archery. Men's and women's individual competitions continued to be part of the schedule as well....
(though her team finished thirteenth).