Pekka Niemelae

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Pekka Niemelae Ski jumping
Pekka Niemelä in Oslo 2011

Pekka Niemelä in Oslo 2011

nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday 1974
place of birth Helsinki ,  FinlandFinlandFinland 
Career
National squad since 1991
status resigned
End of career 1996
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
silver 1991 Reit im Winkl Team K70
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup March 3, 1991
 

Pekka Niemelä (* 1974 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ski jumper and today's ski jumping trainer. He was the coach of the Finnish World Cup team and the Turkish team.

Career

As a jumper

Niemelä made his debut on March 3, 1991 in Lahti in the World Cup. He achieved his best result on February 28, 1996 in Kuopio when he finished 40th. He also won silver at the Junior World Championship in Reit im Winkl in 1991 with the team that included the previous Finnish head coach Janne Väätäinen .

As a trainer

The Finn started his work as a trainer in 1997. He first worked as a base trainer at Puijon Hiihtoseura in Kuopio , where he trained with his assistant Ari-Pekka Nikkola, among others Matti Hautamäki , Janne Happonen and Toni Nieminen . From 2001 he was coach of the Finnish B-team, Northern Finland area.

Even beyond his engagement in Finland, namely until 2003, he was Matti Hautamäki's exercise bike. Niemelä led him to Olympic silver with the team and bronze in the individual at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and to the ski flying world record in 2003. In 2002, he led his protégé Janne Happonen to win the Junior World Championships both individually and in a team.

After the end of the 2001/2002 season, Niemelä left the Finnish Ski Association for Japan, where he signed a four-year contract as the coach of Team Tsuchiya . There he worked with Topi Sarparanta, among others, with athletes such as Daiki Itō , Kazuya Yoshioka and Noriaki Kasai as well as the combiner Daito Takahashi . According to his own statements, his engagement was initially characterized by language problems.

In May 2006, Niemelä then signed a contract to train the French national ski jumping team. He was responsible for the A and B squad as well as the junior team, together with his assistant coach Remy Trachsel. To work with his athletes, he commuted between his hometown Kuopio and the French bases. In March 2010 his move to Finland was announced. There he works as head coach. Especially during the 2012/2013 World Cup season , there was considerable criticism of Niemelä, as the Finnish team was unable to free itself from a deep performance gap.

On July 16, 2014, Niemelä became the head coach of the Turkish ski jumping team. He resigned from this office in autumn 2018.

Private

Niemelä is married to Minna. They have two sons, Nicolas and Robert.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1991 - Team K70 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skispringen.com
  3. ↑ skispringen.com on March 25th 2010: Pekka Niemelä new coach of the Finns
  4. ↑ skispringen.com: Pekka Niemelä: Finland's head coach on the brink? , accessed March 19, 2013
  5. ↑ Pekka Niemelä takes command in Turkey , on berkutschi.com, July 16, 2014. Accessed May 20, 2017.
  6. ^ Adrian Dworakowski: Peterka nie podołał, tureccy skoczkowie z nowym trenerem i nadziejami na przyszłość. In: skijumping.pl. July 7, 2019, accessed July 7, 2019 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Niemelae, Pekka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ski jumper and ski jumping coach
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland