Heikki Väisänen

Heikki Väisänen
Full name	Heikki Juhani Väisänen
nation	Finland
birthday	January 7, 1943
place of birth	Kajaani ,  Finland
size	164 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
society	Kainuun Hiihtoseura
status	resigned
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	15. ( 1967/68 )

Heikki Juhani Väisänen (born January 7, 1943 in Kajaani ) is a former Finnish ski jumper .

Career

Väisänen, who started for the Kainuun Hiihtoseura club, made his international debut at the Four Hills Tournament in 1966/67 . Already in the opening competition on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf he landed on a good 30th place in the midfield. However, since he only showed weaker performance in the following competitions, he ended the tour in 61st place in the overall ranking. In the following Four Hills Tournament in 1967/68 he skipped the opening competition, but convinced on the Great Olympic Hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with 14th place. After he only reached a weak 45th place in Innsbruck , he achieved his best individual result with 12th place in the final competition on the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen . In the overall ranking he reached 15th place.

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , Väisänen started again in the individual from the normal hill. After jumps on 68.5 and 63.5 meters, he finished in 45th place.

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season	space	Points
1966/67	61.	522.1
1967/68	15th	773.4

Web links

• Heikki Väisänen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Heikki Väisänen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Heikki Väisänen on The-Sports.org (Profile 1)
• Heikki Väisänen on The-Sports.org (Profile 2)