Janne Ahonen

Medal record
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?) (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. In Finland people call him as a "Flying Eagle". That's where he had the idea of his racing teams name. 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.

Achievements

Winter Olympic Games

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

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

Four Hills Tournament

• 1998–1999 Four Hills Tournament
  • Overall victory
• 1999–2000 Four Hills Tournament
  • Overall second
• 2000–2001 Four Hills Tournament
  • Overall second
• 2002–2003 Four Hills Tournament
  • Overall victory
• 2004–2005 Four Hills Tournament
  • Overall victory
• 2005–2006 Four Hills Tournament
  • Overall victory
• Seven wins, eight second places and seven third places all in all

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

Ski jumping World Cup

• 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)

References

• FIS Profile
• Janne Ahonen German fan page

Awards
Preceded by Marko Yli-Hannuksela	Finnish Sportsman of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Jukka Keskisalo

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