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FINLAND
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Chief of State : Mme Tarja Halonen
Head of Government : Mme Mari Johanna Kiviniemi
Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports :Minister for Culture and Sport : Mr. Poavo Arhinmaki
Chairman of the National Olympic Committee: Mr. Roger Talermo
Chairman of the National Sports Confederation : Mr. Timo Latinen
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Land surface : 338 000 Km2
Population : 5259250 habitants
Capital : Helsinki
Language : Finnish, Swedish
Currency : euro
GDP per capita ($PPP) : 34 769 €
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Budget of State (2010): 50 500 M €
Budget of the ministry responsible for sports: 119 M €
Principal financing source for sport: municipalities, volunteering
National sports federations: 132
Sports people member of a club :1.1 M members
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National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2010)
The priority is to develop children's and youth sports and sport education. In view of the beneficial effect of sports on functional capacity, health and well-being.
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Organisation of sport in the country (2010)
Ministry of Education: Supports sports projects which promote good ethnic relations and addresses racism, thus increasing the opportunities of immigrants and ethnic minorities to participate in sports activities on equal terms.
Finnish Sports Federation (FSF): Its aim is to promote sports opportunities for immigrants and to safeguard the interests of all immigrant associations.
Finnish Olympic Committee: The Finnish Olympic Committee promotes and develops success-oriented and ethically sustainable Finnish elite sports
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Results of the last Olympic Games
Summer Games (Beijing, 2008)
Total of available medals: 4
Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold:1 ; Silver:1; Bronze: 2
Winter Games (Vancouver, 2010)
Total of available medals :5
Total of won medals: ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: 0; Silver: 1 Bronze:4
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Champion(ne) du monde en (2011)
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Gold medal
The biathlon World championships
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team
Gold in World championship record 2011
Champion(ne) d’Europe en (2011)
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Links :
Ministry : http://www.minedu.fi/
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National Olympic Committee : http://www.noc.fi/
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Sport director:
Mr. Timo Haukilahti
Division du Sport
Ministry of Education ,Finland
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EPAS contact :
Name: Minna Polvinen
Title: Senior Advisor
Addressee: P.O. Box 29 FI- 0023 Government
Tel. : + 358 9 1607 6992
Fax : + 358 9 1607 7603
E- mail : minna.polvinen@minedu.fi
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