Tapio Suominen, 58, a former Yle TV sports reporter, says he can for a very long time.
Tapio Suominen has a really long experience of the World Hockey Championships. Juha Veli Jokinen
Tapio Suominen the community service brought by the two drunk driving carts will end in two weeks. Suominen, who has lived in Parola for six years, did it at the Hattula Library.
– It’s been a great time, it’s been a regular place to go. After this period, I feel better than ever, and I have regretted my drunk driving, still a double cart, Suominen smiles.
He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2012 and has been treated with medication.
– I live in my home as a single, but I have a long distance relationship. The bride is in Turku and I am in a relationship.
Suominen is proud of its achievement, which has been a long-term dream.
– I’ve completed the detective. It is awaiting the publisher’s final approval, Suominen reveals.
17 times
The ex-sports journalist has worked at the World Hockey Championships 17 times.
– I started as a reporter in 1995 in Stockholm, when Finland won gold.
The highlight was to cover the World Cup match at the legendary Madison Square Garden in the USA and Russia in 1996.
– In that hall, the explanatory work was memorable. It is an iconic sports sanctuary that has also had some great show events. For example Marilyn (Monroe) sang (John F.) To Kennedy there good luck but.
Violent reaction
During his studies, the loss of the Lions took Suominen’s friend hard.
– I was studying at the University of Jyväskylä and I lived in a student dormitory when I prevented my friend Jyrk’s whim from throwing the TV out the window when Finland lost, Suominen says.
– She could have done it suddenly, but I calmed the man.