Osku Palermaa

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Osku Palermaa (born 18 November 1983 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish professional ten-pin bowler who lives in Partille, Sweden. He competes on the European Bowling Tour, World Bowling Tour, and the PBA Tour, and has 18 professional titles (13 EBT titles and 5 PBA titles). He was the EBT ranking champion for three straight years (2007–2009) and again in 2011. He became the first two-handed bowler to compete on a televised PBA event in 2004 at the U.S. Open. His first PBA Tour win came in 2010 at the Geico Shark Championship in Las Vegas, and he won the 2011 PBA World Championship, making him the first two-handed bowler to win a major. Palermaa has bowled 78 perfect games, including five in PBA events. He captained Europe in the Weber Cup from 2008 to 2012 and won the 2006 AMF World Cup. He has been named Bowler of the Year in Finland and in Espoo, and Athlete of the Year in Espoo. Other notable wins include the 2007 Istanbul Open, and World Bowling Tour titles such as Bahrain Open (2013), Thailand Open (2014), and Bowling World Open (2015).