Joel Kristian Naukkarinen

Joel Kristian Naukkarinen (born March 30, 1993 , Ummeljoki, Kouvola), also known as Rowing Finn, is a Finnish competitive rower who represents Tako Rowing Club . In addition to sports, Naukkarinen has trained as a doctor and he graduated from the University of Eastern Finland with a licentiate in medicine in 2022. In addition he is a researcher in the clinical doctoral program of the University of Eastern Finland . Naukkarinen is a four-time world champion in indoor rowing, a ten-time World Championship medalist and a three-time European Championship medalist.

Naukkarinen holds 16 Finnish Records and one standing World Record. Naukkarinen has 152 Finnish Championship medals. Naukkarinen has won the Nordic Championships in 2015 and 2022 .

In February 2022, Naukkarinen was awarded Rower of the Month by the World Rowing Federation .

Joel Kristian Naukkarinen
Joel Naukkarinen in a rowing competition in 2022.
Personal information
Born	March 30, 1993 (age 29) Ummeljoki , Kouvola
Citizenship	Finland
Profession	Rower, doctor, researcher
Career details
Nick name	Rowing Finn
Species	Olympic rowing, indoor rowing, coastal rowing
Company	Nesten Soutajat
Track record
Records	Ergometer 5:46.1 Olympic unit 6:53.6 (2000 m)
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Championship medals [ edit | edit wiki text ]

Indoor rowing:

2018, World Championships, silver medal, 2000m, Alexandria, USA
2019, European Championships, bronze medal, 2000m, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019, European Championships, gold medal, 200m, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020, European Championships, bronze medal, 500m, Prague, Czech Republic
2020, World Championships, silver medal, 500m, Paris, France
2021, World Championships, gold medal, men’s team relay, virtual competition (Joel Naukkarinen, Toni Koski, Mika Viitakangas, Teemu Keljo)
2021, World Championships, bronze medal, 500m, virtual competition
2021, World Championships, silver medal, one-hour rowing, virtual competition
2021, World Championships, gold medal, mixed team relay, virtual competition (Joel Naukkarinen, Toni Koski, Sonja Peltola, Anni Keisanen)
2022, World Championships, gold medals, men’s team relay, Hamburg, Germany (Joel Naukkarinen, Joonas Kuivalainen, Martti Kirjola, Sam Zerlik)
2022, World Championships, gold medal, mixed team relay, Hamburg, Germany (Joel Naukkarinen, Joonas Kuivalainen, Sonja Peltola, Anni Keisanen)
2022, World Championships, bronze medal, 2000m, Hamburg, Germany
2023, European Indoor Rowing Championships, silver medal, 2000m, Paris, France

Coastal rowing:

2022, World Championships, Beach Sprint, bronze medal, Saundersfoot, Wales

Indoor rowing [ edit | edit wiki text ]

Naukkarinen is Finland's most successful indoor rower. In 2015, he became the first men's open category rower to win the Finnish Championship title in all distances (500m, 2,000m, 10,000m and 42,195m). In 2022, Naukkarinen also became the Finnish Record holder for each distance when he broke Klaus Geiger's historic 2,000m and 10,000m records from 1997 .

In total Naukkarinen has won 9 World Championship medals and 4 European Championship medals in indoor rowing .

Naukkarinen has broken the World Records for 100m, one minute and 100 kilometers. His 100 kilometer record of 6:06:06.1 (average speed 1:49.8/500m) is still standing, from when Naukkarinen rowed at the Kuopio market square at the opening of the Christmas season on November 24th, 2018.

In 2019 Naukkarinen founded an unofficial Finnish indoor rowing national team and has worked as a head coach and leader of the team. Since then the Finnish team has won almost every world team championship in the men's, women's and mixed relays .

In January 2023, Joel earned the silver for the men’s 2000m at the European World Indoor Championships in Paris, France with a time of 05:51.5.

In November 2022, Naukkarinen qualified and was invited to participate in the World Indoor Rowing Championships in Mississauga, Canada. He ranked first out of 10 men invited to the Versa Challenge to determine the most fit versatile rower in the world.