Raine Peltokoski
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Medal record
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Raine J. Peltokoski is a Finnish sport shooter who has won the IPSC European Rifle Championship three times (2009,[1] 2012,[2] 2015 [3]), and the IPSC European Shotgun Championship once (2006[4]). Raine has two IPSC Rifle World Shoot silver medals from 2017 and 2019[5] and a bronze medal from 2024,[6] all in the Open division. He is sponsored by Lapua ammunition[7] and Armi Dallera Custom rifles.[8] He also has 7 Finnish Rifle Championship gold medals (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015), one silver medal (2007) and one bronze medal (2005).
Raine started competing actively in 1989, and took his first Finnish championship title in the Modified division at the 1993 IPSC Finnish Handgun Championship.[9] He focused on pistol and shotgun competitions until 2005, when he also started to focus on the rifle discipline.[10] From 2010 to 2012 he continuously led the Finnish practical shooting rankings with full 100% results in both Open pistol, Open rifle and Standard shotgun.
Raine is the father of renowned conductor, pianist, and composer, Tarmo Peltokoski.
See also
- Teemu Rintala, Finnish sport shooter
- Josh Froelich, American sport shooter
References
- ^ IPSC Champions - 2009 ERC - IPSC.org
- ^ IPSC Rifle European Championship 2012 results
- ^ IPSC Rifle European Championship 2015 results
- ^ IPSC Champions - 2006 ESC - IPSC.org
- ^ "IPSC Rifle WS 2019 Semi-Auto". PractiScore. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "ECM". portal.ipscess.org. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ Lapua Team Europe
- ^ "ADC TACTICAL SPORT". armsline.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04.
- ^ Raine Peltokoski - Lapua Team Europe - Lapua Team | Nammo Lapua | Member | Sport Shooter | Rifle | IPSC
- ^ Competition report: The IPSC Rifle World Shoot 2017 4 - 11 June 2017 | Nammo Lapua