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Osku Palermaa (born 18 November 1983) in Espoo, Finland is a Finnish Ten-pin bowler.
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Palermaa has 8 EBT titles to his name, and was the EBT ranking champion for three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009. Palermaa was also joint runner up in the 2005 EBT rankings, and runner up in the 2006 EBT rankings.[1]
Osku won his first U.S. PBA Tour title at the 2010 Geico Shark Championship, which was part of the PBA's World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2]
Palermaa has to date bowled 41 perfect games.
Achievements
2006
Palermaa won the bronze medal at the World Ranking Masters tournament.
Palermaa won the 2006 AMF World Cup, defeating Norway's Petter Hansen 2 games to 1 in the final.
Palermaa averaged over 250 in the qualifying rounds (24 games), bowling 2 perfect games in the process.Palermaa was voted the 'Bowler Of The Year' by the industry writers, and was also voted 'Bowler Of The Year' in his native Finland, and 'Athlete Of The Year' in his home town, Espoo
2007
In April, Palermaa was invited for the first time to participate in the World Tenpin Masters tournament, held at the Barnsley Metrodome. Palermaa beat South Africa's Guy Caminsky in the first round (464-438), before losing to the 2006 champion, American PBA bowler Chris Barnes in the quarter-final (490-467).
Following this, Palermaa travelled to Turkey for the 4th Istanbul open, and was victorious, defeating fellow two-handed bowler Jason Belmonte from Australia in the single-game final (258-195). This win, his 5th on the European Bowling Tour and his 2nd in 2007, put him on top of the 2007 EBT rankings, narrowly ahead of 3-time EBT ranking champion, Paul Moor from England.
Palermaa participated in the 2007 World Ranking Masters [2] at the Kegel Training Centre, Lake Wales, Florida, U.S., and finished the 24 game qualifer as the number 1 seed, with an average of 241.58. He was then defeated in the quarter finals by Thomas Gross of Austria 2-0 (196-265, 203-207). Palermaa finished in 5th position.
Palermaa has been voted Finnish 'Bowler of the Year' 2006 - 2009.
International tournament titles:
2005
Super Series Tour Championships Champion
2008
European Ranking Masters
Super Six Gothenburg
2009
World Ranking Masters
Super Six Super Star
2010
Dubai International
European Bowling Tour titles:
2005
III Catalonia Open - Trofeu Galasa
Columbia 300 Vienna Open
2006
Kungsbacka International Tournament
2007
Brunswick Euro Challenge
4th Istanbul Bowling Open
2008
Brunswick Aalborg International
Ebonite Lahti Open
2009
Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament
PBA Tour titles:
2010
Won the Geico Shark Championship at the PBA World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) on November 6, 2010.
Miscellaneous
- Palermaa uses the rare two handed "shovel" style, which gives him lots of revolutions. For certain spares he puts his thumb in the ball and throws the ball hard and straight one-handed, generating strong pin action.
References
- ^ "EBT Rankings". http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/bld/2/277. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Vint, Bill. "Finnish Two-Handed Star Palermaa Wins GEICO Shark Championship, Qualifies for Tournament of Champions." Article at www.pba.com on December 26, 2010. [1]
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Categories:- Living people
- 1983 births
- Finnish bowling players
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