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Janne Happonen

Janne Happonen
Happonen in Oslo, 2008
Country Finland
Full nameJanne Mikael Happonen
Born (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 40)
Kuopio, Finland
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best240 m (790 ft) National record
Vikersund, 13 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons20022008
20102014
Indiv. starts129
Indiv. podiums7
Indiv. wins3
Team starts16
Team podiums4
Team wins1
Updated on 14 February 2016.

Janne Mikael Happonen (born 18 June 1984) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2014, representing Puijo Ski Club.

Career

Happonen made his World Cup debut on 23 November 2001 in Kuopio, finishing an impressive eleventh in the individual large hill competition. Five years later he scored his first World Cup win on 5 March 2006, in a team competition in Willingen. This was followed up exactly a month later on 5 March, when Happonen won his first individual competition on the large hill in Lahti. Another individual win was achieved on 19 March at the ski flying hill in Planica. Happonen scored his third individual win on 3 March 2008 in Kuopio.

In 2006, Happonen won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Pragelato. He has also won three medals in the Ski Flying World Championships (silver in 2006 and 2008, bronze in 2010).

Happonen was one of five Finns that travelled to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. He participated in all three competitions at Whistler Olympic Park, producing good efforts in the normal hill and large hill competitions, although he was disqualified from the latter due to a suit violation. In the team large hill competition, Happonen produced an excellent jump of 139 metres (456 ft) in the second round, receiving judges' style points of 19 and 19.5, but this was not enough to earn the Finnish team a bronze medal.

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT
2001/02 46 N/A 19
2002/03 40 N/A 20
2003/04 50 58 N/A 26
2004/05 56 N/A 36
2005/06 14 26 N/A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006/07 41 33 N/A 64
2007/08 8 10 N/A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009/10 49 37 28
2010/11 32 22 N/A
2011/12 31 38 31 N/A
2012/13 66 N/A
2013/14 76 N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2005/06 5 March 2006   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
2 19 March 2006   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 FH
3 2007/08 3 March 2008   Finland Kuopio Puijo HS127 (night) LH