Markus Sipilä

Markus Sipilä
Curler
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Born (1980-01-14) 14 January 1980 (age 44)
Team
Curling clubKisakallio CC, Lohja[1]
Mixed doubles
partner		Tiina Suuripää
Curling career
Member Association Finland
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2022)
Other appearancesWorld Mixed Championship: 3 (2018, 2019, 2022)
Medal record
Curling
Finnish Men's Championship[2]
Bronze medal – third place 2019
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lohja
Finnish Mixed Doubles Championship[3]
Gold medal – first place 2022 Joensuu
Gold medal – first place 2023 Eckerö

Markus Sipilä (born 14 January 1980) is a Finnish curler.[4]

At the national level, he is a five-time Finnish mixed champion curler (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) and two-time Finnish mixed doubles champion curler (2022, 2023).

Teams

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1998–99 Tomi Rantamäki Petteri Hietanen Markus Sipilä Vesa Hirsimaa FMCC 1999 (5th)
Juha Pekaristo Ari-Matti Ruottu Olli Orrainen Markus Sipilä FJCC 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2006–07 Toni Sepperi Antti Korhonen Aki Latvanne Markus Sipilä Vesa Hirsimaa FMCC 2007 (8th)
2007–08 Toni Sepperi Janne Ojanperä Juha Pääjärvi Markus Sipilä Aki Latvanne,
Vesa Hirsimaa		 FMCC 2008 (7th)
2008–09 Markus Sipilä Vesa Hirsimaa Tero Salo Janne Ojanperä Juha Pääjärvi FMCC 2009 (7th)
2009–10 Markus Sipilä Janne Ojanperä Juha Pääjärvi Tero Salo Vesa Hirsimaa,
Leo Mäkelä		 FMCC 2010 (7th)
2010–11 Markus Sipilä Juha Pääjärvi Janne Ojanperä Pekka Peura Olli Orrainen,
Tero Salo		 FMCC 2011 (7th)
2011–12 Toni Sepperi Jere Sullanmaa Markus Sipilä Juha Pääjärvi Markus Kaustinen,
Janne Ojanperä		 FMCC 2012 (6th)
2012–13 Markus Sipilä Janne Ojanperä Juha Pääjärvi Tero Salo Matti Helmonen,
Jaakko Uusitupa
2013–14 Markus Sipilä Juha Pääjärvi Jaarko Uusitupa Janne Ojanperä Matti Helmonen FMCC 2014 (6th)
2015–16 Markus Sipilä Perttu Piilo Juha Pääjärvi Leo Ouni Janne Ojanperä FMCC 2016 (6th)
2016–17 Markus Sipilä Erno Koliseva Leo Mäkelä Janne Ojanperä Juha Pääjärvi Perttu Piilo FMCC 2017 (5th)
2017–18 Markus Sipilä Erno Koliseva Leo Ouni Janne Ojanperä Juha Pääjärvi FMCC 2018 (5th)
2018–19 Markus Sipilä Kasper Hakunti Janne Ojanperä Leo Ouni Juha Pääjärvi FMCC 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019–20 Markus Sipilä Kasper Hakunti Janne Ojanperä Leo Ouni Juha Pääjärvi FMCC 2020 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2008–09 Ellen Vogt Elisa Westerberg Janne Ojanperä Paula Lehtomäki Markus Sipilä FMxCC 2009 (4th)
2009–10 Markus Sipilä Ellen Vogt Elisa Westerberg Janne Ojanperä Nina Sipilä FMxCC 2010 (10th)
2010–11 Ellen Vogt Janne Ojanperä Maija Salmiovirta Markus Sipilä FMxCC 2011 (4th)
2014–15 Toni Sepperi Markus Sipilä Jenni Räsänen Emmi Lindroos FMxCC 2015 (6th)
2016–17 Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Leo Ouni Tiina Suuripää FMxCC 2017 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017–18 Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Leo Ouni Tiina Suuripää FMxCC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018–19 Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Leo Ouni Tiina Suuripää WMxCC 2018 (13th)
FMxCC 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019–20 Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Leo Ouni Tiina Suuripää Paavo Kuosmanen WMxCC 2019 (20th)
Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Iikko Säntti Tiina Suuripää FMxCC 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021–22 Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Iikko Säntti Tiina Suuripää WMxCC 2022 (5th)
FMxCC 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022–23 Markus Sipilä Lotta Immonen Leo Ouni Tiina Suuripää FMxCC 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mixed doubles

Season Female Male Coach Events
2012–13 Nina Sipilä Markus Sipilä FMDCC 2013 (12th)
2013–14 Nina Sipilä Markus Sipilä FMDCC 2014 (8th)
2021–22 Lotta Immonen Markus Sipilä Katja Kiiskinen (WMDCC) FMDCC 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMDCC 2022 (17th)
2022–23 Lotta Immonen Markus Sipilä FMDCC 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Personal life

Markus is married to fellow curler Nina Sipilä and has two children.

He started curling in 1997 at the age of 17.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kisakallio Curling Club | Curling.fi
  2. ^ Finnish Men's Championships league / Finnish Cup - Finnish championships - past seasons | Curling.fi
  3. ^ Archive of Finnish Mixed Doubles Championships | Curling.fi
  4. ^ a b Sipilä, Markus | Curling.fi
  • Markus Sipilä at World CurlingEdit on Wikidata
  • "Markus Sipilä". ojy.kapsi.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2018-10-12.


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