Raimo Kauppila (born 29 July 1958) is a Finnish

sports shooter Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a par ...

. He competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Career

During his sport career he won nine international medals at

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

, four individual and five with the Finnish team, all of these in the

double trap Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed. The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shooti ...

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Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kauppila, Raimo 1958 births Living people Finnish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Finland Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Nivala Sportspeople from North Ostrobothnia 21st-century Finnish sportsmen 20th-century Finnish sportsmen