Janne Ahonen

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Medal record
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Janne Ahonen
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Team large hill
Silver 2006 Turin Team large hill
World Championships
Gold 1995 Thunder Bay Team large hill
Gold 1997 Trondheim Individual normal hill
Gold 1997 Trondheim Team large hill
Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme Team large hill
Gold 2005 Oberstdorf Individual large hill
Silver 2001 Lahti Team large hill
Silver 2001 Lahti Team normal hill
Silver 2005 Oberstdorf Team large hill
Bronze 2001 Lahti Individual large hill
Bronze 2005 Oberstdorf Individual normal hill
Ski flying World Championships
Silver 1996 Kulm Individual
Silver 2004 Planica Individual
Silver 2004 Planica Team
Silver 2006 Kulm Team
Bronze 2000 Vikersund Individual

Janne Petteri Ahonen (pronunciation (help·info)) (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. His achievements include individual World Championships in 1997 (normal hill) and 2005 (large hill), first place in the World Cup in 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, and first place in the Four Hills Tournament in 1998–99, 2002–2003, 2004–2005 and 2005–2006. With these four wins he ties the record with Jens Weissflog. It is an interesting fact that Ahonen won the tournament in 1999 without winning a single event.

Ahonen's other medals in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships include the individual normal hill (bronze: 2005), individual large hill (bronze: 2001), team normal hill (silver: 2001), and team large hill (gold: 1995, 1997, 2003; silver: 2001, 2005).

In addition to his career as a ski jumper, Ahonen has also competed successfully in drag racing, winning both Finnish and Nordic Championship titles in 2004. He races with Team Eagle Racing. He is married to Tiia Ahonen, and they have one son, Mico (born 2001). In December 2005 Ahonen was named the Finnish athlete of the year.

He is known in the public for maintaining a deadpan face, as he does not exhibit strong emotions during interviews.

Contents

  • 32 victories
  • Most podium positions of all jumpers (96)
  • Most world cup points of all jumpers
  • First jumper to win 12 times in a season (2004-2005)
  • Six consecutive victories (ties the record with Matti Hautamäki)

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World champions in ski jumping individual normal hill

1962: Toralf Engan * 1966: Bjørn Wirkola * 1970: Gariy Napalkov * 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach * 1978: Matthias Buse * 1982: Armin Kogler * 1985: Jens Weissflog * 1987: Jiří Parma * 1989: Jens Weissflog * 1991: Heinz Kuttin * 1993: Masahiko Harada * 1995: Takanobu Okabe * 1997: Janne Ahonen * 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki * 2001: Adam Małysz * 2003: Adam Małysz * 2005: Rok Benkovič * 2007: Adam Małysz

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World champions in ski jumping individual large hill

1925: Willen Dick * 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams * 1927: Tore Edman * 1929: Sigmund Ruud * 1930: Gunnar Andersen * 1931: Birger Ruud * 1933: Marcel Reymond * 1934: Kristian Johansson * 1935: Birger Ruud * 1937: Birger Ruud * 1938: Asbjørn Ruud * 1939: Josef Bradl * 1950: Hans Bjørnstad * 1954: Matti Pietikäinen * 1958: Juhani Kärkinen * 1962: Helmut Recknagel * 1966: Bjørn Wirkola * 1970: Gariy Napalkov * 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach * 1978: Tapio Räisänen * 1982 Matti Nykänen * 1985 Per Bergerud * 1987: Andreas Felder * 1989: Jari Puikkonen * 1991: Franci Petek * 1993: Espen Bredesen * 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen * 1997: Masahiko Harada * 1999: Martin Schmitt * 2001: Martin Schmitt * 2003: Adam Małysz * 2005: Janne Ahonen * 2007: Simon Ammann

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World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth & Olav Hansson
1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen & Matti Nykänen
1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen & Jari Puikkonen
1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli & Pekka Suorsa
1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen & Risto Laakkonen
1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher & Andreas Felder
1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg & Espen Bredesen
1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen & Ari-Pekka Nikkola
1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen & Janne Ahonen
1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma & Martin Schmitt
2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr & Martin Schmitt
2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi & Matti Hautamäki
2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth
2007 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern

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