Janne Ahonen

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Men's Ski jumping
Medal record
Janne Ahonen
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
Silver	2008 Oberstdorf	Team
Bronze	2000 Vikersund	Individual
Bronze	2008 Oberstdorf	Individual

Janne Petteri Ahonen (pronunciation (help·info)) (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2008. He is considered one of the best and most successful ski jumpers of all time. 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 for a record-breaking five times, bettering the previous record of four by Jens Weissflog. Interestingly, Ahonen won the 1999 tournament without winning a single event, coming second on all four hills.

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 competing as a ski jumper, Ahonen has also successfully maintained a side-career in drag racing, winning both Finnish and Nordic Championship titles in 2004. He races with Team Eagle Racing, named after his Finnish nickname "Flying Eagle". He is married to Tiia Ahonen, and they have two sons, Mico (born 2001) and a yet nameless boy (born 2008). In December 2005 Ahonen was named the Finnish athlete of the year.

Ahonen announced to end his ski jumping career on March 26, 2008, but he has already promised to take part in worldcup 2008-2009 in "some way or another".^[1] His retirement was confirmed by the FIS in late April.^[2]

Janne Ahonen will end his career in Lahti 9.7.2008. He will jump with his friends from the past years from Lahti HS 97 -hill. He will be joined by Adam Małysz, POL, Martin Schmitt, GER, Georg Späth, GER, Andreas Goldberger, AUT, Thomas Morgenstern, AUT, Andreas Widhöelzl, AUT, Roar Ljökelsöy, NOR, Björn-Einar Romören, NOR, Noriaki Kasai, JPN, Andreas Kuettel, SUI, Tami Kiuru, Matti Hautamäki, Janne Happonen, Veli-Matti Lindström, Kimmo Yliriesto, Pasi Ahonen, Ville Larinto, Ville Kantee. See more ^[3]

1 Achievements
2 References

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Winter Olympic Games

2002 Winter Olympics
- Silver - team large hill
2006 Winter Olympics
- Silver - team large hill

[edit] FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Gold - Team large hill
1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Gold - Individual normal hill
- Gold - Team large hill
2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Silver - Team normal hill
- Bronze - Team large hill
- Bronze - Individual large hill
2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Gold - Team large hill
2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Gold - Individual large hill
- Silver - Team large hill
- Bronze - Individual normal hill

[edit] Four Hills Tournament

Nine wins, eight second places, eight third places and five overall victories.
1994–1995 Four Hills Tournament
- Victory at Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1998–1999 Four Hills Tournament
- Overall victory (no individual wins)
1999–2000 Four Hills Tournament
- Overall second
2000–2001 Four Hills Tournament
- Overall second
2002–2003 Four Hills Tournament
- Overall victory
- Victory at Innsbruck
2004–2005 Four Hills Tournament
- Overall victory
- Wins at Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck
2005–2006 Four Hills Tournament
- Overall victory (shared with Jakub Janda)
- Wins at Oberstdorf, Bischofshofen
2007–2008 Four Hills Tournament
- Win at Bischofshofen (originally scheduled for Innsbruck)
- Win at Bischofshofen
- Overall victory

[edit] Ski-flying World Championships

1996 Ski-flying World Championships
- Silver - Individual flying hill
2000 Ski-flying World Championships
- Bronze - Individual flying hill
2004 Ski-flying World Championships
- Silver - Individual flying hill
- Silver - Team flying hill
2006 Ski-flying World Championships
- Silver - Team flying hill
2008 Ski-flying World Championships
- Silver - Team flying hill
- Bronze - Individual flying hill

[edit] Ski jumping World Cup

World Cup: 36 victories, 42 second places, 27 third places
Summer Grand Prix: 5 victories, 6 second places, 2 third places
Most podium positions of all jumpers (105)
Most world cup points of all jumpers
Only jumper to win 12 times in a season (2004-2005)
Six consecutive victories (ties the record with Matti Hautamäki and Thomas Morgenstern)
Longest jump in the world (fell on landing): 240 m (Planica 2005)