Tero Kalliolevo

Tero Kalliolevo (born 1977) from Finland is the Nordic countries' most successful quiz player in international competitions.

Tero Kalliolevo

Tero Kalliolevo at the 2018 Nordic Quizzing Championships
Medal record
Quizzing
Representing Finland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2008 Singles
Bronze medal – third place2011 Singles
Silver medal – second place2013 Singles
Bronze medal – third place2019 Singles
Bronze medal – third place2021 Singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 Blackpool Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2008 Oslo National Team
Bronze medal – third place2008 Oslo Club
Silver medal – second place2009 Dordrecht Club
Silver medal – second place2010 Derby Singles
Silver medal – second place2010 Derby Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2010 Derby National Team
Gold medal – first place2011 Bruges National Team
Bronze medal – third place2011 Bruges Club
Gold medal – first place2012 Tartu Club
Silver medal – second place2012 Tartu Pairs
Silver medal – second place2012 Tartu National Team
Silver medal – second place2013 Liverpool Club
Bronze medal – third place2013 Liverpool Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2014 Bucharest Singles
Gold medal – first place2014 Bucharest Pairs
Silver medal – second place2014 Bucharest Club
Bronze medal – third place2017 Zagreb National Team
Silver medal – second place2017 Zagreb Club
Gold medal – first place2018 Venice Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia Singles
Bronze medal – third place2021 Kraków Singles
Gold medal – first place2021 Kraków Pairs
Gold medal – first place2021 Kraków Club
Nordic Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 Tallinn Singles
Gold medal – first place2008 Tallinn Pairs
Gold medal – first place2008 Tallinn Team
Gold medal – first place2010 Turku Singles
Gold medal – first place2010 Turku Pairs
Gold medal – first place2010 Turku Team
Gold medal – first place2012 Copenhagen Singles
Gold medal – first place2012 Copenhagen Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2015 Oslo Singles
Gold medal – first place2015 Oslo Pairs
Bronze medal – third place2015 Oslo Team
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tallinn Singles
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tallinn Team

In 2007 he won his first European Quizzing Championships medal in the pair competition with compatriot Jussi Suvanto behind Belgians Erik Derycke/Tom Trogh.[1]

In 2008 he won a singles bronze medal at the World Quizzing Championships even edging out superstar Kevin Ashman.[2] Only Mark Bytheway and Ronny Swiggers were better.

At the European Quizzing Championships 2008 in Norway he finished in 5th place (singles), even with Suvanto. Together they came in 4th in the doubles competition. With the club JFGI (Tero Kalliolevo, Jussi Suvanto, Estonians Ove Põder and Tauno Vahter) he edged out Ashman's Milhous Warriors for Bronze.[3]

In 2009 he finished 7th at the World Quizzing Championships behind the British and Belgian world stars (Ashman, Bytheway, Swiggers, Olav Bjortomt, Nico Pattyn, Pat Gibson).[4] At the Euros 2009 he also finished 7th at singles[5] behind the same players save Ian Bayley instead of Bytheway, again 4th at doubles and second with the club.

References
  1. See "EC" http://www.iqa.be/
  2. International Quizzing Association, results WQC 2008, http://www.qmania.de/wqc-2008-ergebnisse.php
  3. Report by norgesquiz "Norges Quizforbund". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  4. International Quizzing Association, results WQC 2009, http://www.qmania.de/wqc-2009-ergebnisse.php
  5. EQC results http://www.iqa.be/Result%20EQC%202009%201-40.png
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