Timo "Tinke" Toivonen
Age: 37 (March 22, 1988)
Location: Kiuruvesi, Finland
Condition: SMA2 (Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type 2)
Education: High School, Bachelor of Business Information Technology (UAS)
Languages: Finnish, English, German, Swedish, Russian
Idols: Mika Koivuniemi, Osku Palermaa, Teemu Selänne, Michael Schumacher, Diana Zavjalova
Bowling Club:
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2013–2022: Ice-Bowling Kiuruvesi
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2023–2025: Tampere Bowling Club
2025-Present: Ice-Bowling Kiuruvesi
Average Score: 187.4
Hobbies: Bowling, computers, drawing, designing graphics for floorball and ice hockey masks, and singing.
Bowling Achievements:
Sept 1, 2013 – First official competition
Feb 21, 2014 – First Dynamic Ramp Bowling world record (score: 227)
Feb 23, 2015 – Named Athlete of the Year in Kiuruvesi
May 18, 2015 – First match in the Finnish National League
June 13, 2015 – Ice-Bowling Club Championship title
Dec 5, 2015 – Winner of Ice-Bowling's Glow Doubles Tournament
Jan 10, 2016 – Second Dynamic Ramp Bowling world record (score: 257)
Apr 29, 2016 – Winner of Ice-Bowling's ICE-CUP
Jan 30, 2017 – First 800-point series
Feb 26, 2017 – First tournament final appearance (13th place)
Apr 27, 2017 – Kiuruvesi City Championship title
May 6, 2018 – 1st Finnish Para Bowling Championship title
May 5, 2019 – 2nd Finnish Para Bowling Championship title
Aug 29, 2019 – Current Dynamic Ramp Bowling world record (score: 269)
Jan 9, 2020 – Participation in first Brunswick Ballmaster ParaChallenge
Feb 3, 2020 – Signed with Team Brunswick Finland
Jan 11, 2021 – Factory player contract with Radical Bowling Technologies
Apr 21, 2021 - 3rd place and My first podium place in an open tour against "normal" bowlers.
IT Expertise
Hardware assembly, installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance
Operating system installation and optimization
Office software
Programming (C# and Visual Basic), website developmentVideo editing, digitizing VHS and C-cassettes, image processing
If you need IT support, feel free to send me an inquiry by email!