Esko Rautionaho

Career
Esko Rautionaho
Full name	Esko Olavi Rautionaho
nation	Finland Finland
birthday	September 23, 1950
place of birth	Rovaniemi
size	163 cm
Weight	53-58 kg
society	Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura
National squad	since 1971
status	resigned
End of career	1980
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	March 9, 1980
Overall World Cup	92nd ( 1979/80 )
Four Hills Tournament	10. ( 1973/74 )

Esko Olavi Rautionaho (born September 23, 1950 in Rovaniemi ) is a former Finnish ski jumper .

Career

Rautionaho, who started for the club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura from his hometown, took part regularly in the Four Hills Tournament from January 1972 . At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , Japan , he was ninth on the large hill and 45th place on the normal hill. At the Four Hills Tournament 1973/74 he achieved the best result of his career with 10th place in the overall tournament ranking. At the ski flying week in Planica he reached his greatest distance with 161 meters and took second place in the overall ranking behind Walter Steiner .

In 1976 he was nominated again for the Olympic Winter Games and reached 11th place on the normal and 12th place on the large hill in Innsbruck . On March 9, 1980, he took part in a ski jumping World Cup for the first time and finished 13th on the large hill in Lahti . With the 2 World Cup points he gained, he finished 92nd in the overall ranking at the end of the 1979/80 World Cup season . However, it was his only world cup competition. After the season he ended his active ski jumping career at the age of 29.

Personal

His daughter Jenny Rautionaho (* 1996) is also a ski jumper.

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1979/80	92.	3

Web links

Esko Rautionaho in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Esko Rautionaho in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Luis Holuch: The media-historical development of women's ski jumping: media coverage and history in focus. Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2017 (on Google Books )

personal data
SURNAME	Rautionaho, Esko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rautionaho, Esko Olavi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rovaniemi , Finland

[Holuch-1] Luis Holuch: The media-historical development of women's ski jumping: media coverage and history in focus. Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2017 (on Google Books )