Osku Palermaa

Career

He is a competitor on the European Bowling Tour, World Bowling Tour, and Proceedings of the British Academy Tour. Palermaa was also joint runner up in the Electron beam tomography rankings, and runner up in the 2006 Electron beam tomography rankings. Palermaa has to date bowled 52 perfect games, including five in Proceedings of the British Academy Tour events.

Palermaa has been captain of the European team for the Weber cup since.

2007 International tournament titles European Bowling Tour titles 2006 2007 Proceedings of the British Academy Tour titles Palermaa uses the rare two handed "shovel" style, which gives him high revolutions. Foreign certain spares he puts his thumb in the ball and throws the ball hard and straight one-handed, generating strong pin action.

Achievements

• Palermaa won the bronze medal at the World Ranking Masters tournament. Palermaa won the 2006 American Machine and Foundry 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 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 Proceedings of the British Academy 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 Electron beam tomography rankings, narrowly ahead of 3-time Electron beam tomography ranking champion, Paul Moor from England. Palermaa participated in the 2007 World Ranking Masters at the Kegel Training Centre, Lake Wales, Florida, United States., and finished the 24 game qualifier 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. 2005 Super Series Tour Championships Champion 2008 European Ranking Masters Super Six Gothenburg 2009 World Ranking Masters Super Six Super Star 2010 Dubai International 2005 III Catalonia Open - Trofeu Galasa Columbia 300 Vienna Open Kungsbacka International Tournament Brunswick Euro Challenge 4th Istanbul Bowling Open 2008 Brunswick Aalborg International Ebonite Lahti Open 2009 Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2010 Won the Geico Shark Championship at the Proceedings of the British Academy World Series of Bowling in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States of America) on November 6, 2010. 2011 Won the Proceedings of the British Academy World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 18, 2011. This was his second Proceedings of the British Academy Tour title and first Proceedings of the British Academy major. 2013 Won the WBT Bahrain Open on March 10, 2013 for his third Proceedings of the British Academy Tour title. 2014 Won the WBT Thailand Open on August 28, 2014. His fourth Proceedings of the British Academy Tour title. 2015 Won the WBT Bowling World Open in Tokyo on July 12, 2015. His fifth Proceedings of the British Academy Tour title.