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VUORINEN Niko

epee
Rank28
Pts55.000
Age34
HandL

Personal Information

Residence Hungary

Occupation Athlete, Student

Languages English, Finnish, German, Swedish

Higher education Philosophy - University of Helsinki: Finland

License number 08061989003

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup--11
Vancouver (CANADA), 2017-02-17
Grand Prix--11
Budapest (HUNGARY), 2022-03-04
1359
San-Jose (COSTA RICA), 2018-05-19Turku (FINLAND), 2009-10-17Arhus (DENMARK), 2011-11-12
Turku (FINLAND), 2012-10-13Stockholm (SWEDEN), 2014-01-11
Turku (FINLAND), 2018-10-06Stockholm (SWEDEN), 2016-01-09
Turku (FINLAND), 2017-03-18
Oslo (NORWAY), 2019-10-05

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing in 2005, and started competing the following year.

Why this sport? He enjoyed the variety and excitement of fencing.

Club / Team Helsingin Miekkailijoita: Finland

Name of coach Adrian Pop

Handedness Left

General Interest

Injuries He struggled with an injury in 2016. (fencing-pentathlon.fi, 19 Feb 2017)

Awards and honours In 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2020 he was named Fencer of the Year by the Finnish Sports Journalists Association. (fencing-pentathlon.fi, 14 Jan 2021; kymensanomat.fi, 16 Jan 2019; fencing-pentathlon.fi, 13 Jan 2016; mtvuutiset.fi, 13 Jan 2015)

In 2019 and 2020 he was named Fencer of the Year by the Finnish Fencing and Pentathlon Association. (helsinginmiekkailijat.com, 23 Nov 2020; fencing-pentathlon.fi, 24 Nov 2019)

In 2013 he was named Promising Athlete of the Year by the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper in Finland. (hs.fi, 05 Mar 2022)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (yle.fi, 06 Mar 2022)

Other information FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a degree in theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki in Finland, he continued at the university to earn a master's degree in the same subject in 2018, and later began studying for a PhD in theoretical philosophy. He has also earned a philosophy teaching qualification and a master's degree in educational sciences from the University of Helsinki. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

AUTHOR
He has written a book titled 'Kalpa and Mind - Philosophy of Fencing and Mind-Control'. (basambooks.com, 14 May 2015)

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