Juhani Ruotsalainen
Juhani Ruotsalainen | |
Full name | Kari Eemil Juhani Ruotsalainen |
nation | Finland |
birthday | April 1, 1948 |
place of birth | Iisalmi |
size | 172 cm |
Weight | 64-65 kg |
date of death | 2015 |
Career | |
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Pers. Best | 162 m (Planica 1972) |
End of career | 1973 |
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping | |
Four Hills Tournament | 13. ( 1968/69 ) |
Kari Eemil Juhani Ruotsalainen (born April 1, 1948 in Iisalmi ; † 2015 ) was a Finnish ski jumper .
In 1967 Ruotsalainen won the Swiss ski jumping tournament. In 1968 he started for the first time in the Four Hills Tournament . However, he could not achieve a place in the overall ranking with places 29 in Partenkirchen , 51 in Innsbruck and 73 in Bischofshofen . At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , he reached 39th place on the normal hill and 50th place on the large hill, tied with French Maurice Arbez . At the Four Hills Tournament 1968/69 he reached 13th place in the overall tournament ranking after good placements. At the ski flying world championships in Planica in 1972 , he finished fourth and narrowly missed the medal ranks. After the unsuccessful Four Hills Tournament in 1972/73 for Ruotsalainen , he ended his active ski jumping career.
Web links
- Juhani Ruotsalainen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Juhani Ruotsalainen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mäkihypyn lentomäen SE-mies kuollut. In: Ilta-Sanomat. November 16, 2015, accessed May 23, 2018 (Finnish).
- ↑ All Time Results (PDF) Ski jumping hill archive. March 25, 2014, archived from the original on September 10, 2011 ; accessed on September 16, 2018 .
- ^ Ski Jumping at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Large Hill, Individual. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ruotsalainen, Juhani |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruotsalainen, Kari Eemil Juhani (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ski jumper |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Iisalmi , Finland |
DATE OF DEATH | 2015 |