Matti Hatava (born 10 March 1981,

Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lappeenranta is approximately , while the Lappeenranta sub-r ...

) is a Finnish

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...

who lives in

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and represents archery club Tampereen Jousiampujat. Hatava came 8th in the 1998 World Junior Championships, and represented Finland in the European Championships in 2000 and 2002. In 2002 Hatava took a break from active sport to pursue his personal career in banking. He returned to archery in the summer of 2007, coming third in the 2007 Finnish Championships. In 2008 Hatava finished second in the final Olympic qualification tournament held in

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. Thus Hatava guaranteed a place for Finland at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

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. He made his olympic debut finishing 58th on ranking round. In elimination rounds he first won

Simon Terry Simon Duncan Terry (27 March 1974 – July 2021) was a British archer from Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. Early life Terry was born on 27 March 1974 in Stirling, the son of Mike and Janice Terry. With the help of his father, Te ...

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but then lost to

Cheng Chu Sian Cheng Chu Sian ( zh, s=钟础先, t=鍾礎先, poj=Cheng Chhó͘-sian, j=Zung1 Co2 Sin1, p=Zhōng Chǔxiān; born 1 March 1986 in Kuala Lumpur) is an athlete from Malaysia, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summe ...

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Personal records

*FITA 144 arrows: 1322 *72 arrows, 70 metres: 660 *12 arrows final: 111

References

External links

Athlete biography page at the official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatava, Matti 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Lappeenranta Finnish male archers Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Finland 21st-century Finnish sportsmen