Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
[3] Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier and a defending Olympic champion, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.: Markku Uusipaavalniemi (skip), Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Jani Sullanmaa (alternate) Finland sent a men's curling team to the Olympics,[6] the same team which finished fifth at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.The Finnish men's team finished atop its Round-robin group, which including beating both previous Olympic gold medalists, the Czech Republic and Canada, and beat the United States and Russia to make the final, where it lost to Sweden to finish in the silver medal position.[9] Head coach: Erkka Westerlund Assistant coaches: Risto Dufva, Hannu Virta The Finnish women's team finished second to the United States in the round-robin section of the competition, but lost to both North American teams in the medal round to end up in fourth place.Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event.