| Sari Karjalainen | |
| Gender: | female |
| Birth Name: | Sari Räsänen |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Ylitornio |
| Curling Club: | Lappi Kurlinki Ry, Rovaniemi[1] |
| World Wheelchair Championship Appearances: | 4 |
| Paralympic Appearances: | 2 (2014, 2018) |
Sari Karjalainen (born 26 June 1968 in Ylitornio as Sari Räsänen) is a Finnish wheelchair curler.[2] [3]
She participated in the 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on tenth and eleventh places respectively.
Her husband Markku is also a member of the Finland national wheelchair curling team.[4]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Sari Räsänen | FWhCC 2009 | ||||||
| 2009–10 | Sari Räsänen | Tarja Hänninen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2010 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | WWhCQ 2010 (8th) | |||||
| Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | FWhCC 2011 | |||||
| 2011–12 | Markku Karjalainen (fourth) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Särösalo | Lauri Ikävalko | ||
| Markku Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | FWhCC 2012 | |||||
| 2012–13 | Markku Karjalainen (fourth) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Lauri Ikävalko | |||
| Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Markku Karjalainen | FWhCC 2013 | |||||
| Markku Karjalainen (fourth) | Vesa Hellman (skip) | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | (8th) | ||||
| 2013–14 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Hellman | Tuomo Aarnikka | Mina Mojtahedi | Osku Kuutamo | WPG 2014 (10th) | |
| 2014–15 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Mina Mojtahedi | Tuomo Aarnikka | Vesa Leppänen | |||
| 2015–16 | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Särösalo | Lauri Ikävalko | (10th) | ||
| 2016–17 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppänen | Riitta Särösalo | WWhBCC 2016 (10th) | ||
| 2017–18 | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjö Jääskeläinen | Vesa Leppänen | Sari Karjalainen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko | WPG 2018 (11th) |