Jari Markus Puikkonen (born June 25, 1959 in Lahti ) is a former Finnish ski jumper . He jumped for the club Lahden Hiihtoseura in his hometown.
Career
He made his debut at an international tournament on December 30, 1977 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf . Just a few days later he achieved his first place in the top ten with a seventh place on the Innsbruck Bergisel . In 1981 he also won his first World Cup competition at Bergisel; in the overall ranking of the Four Hills Tournament he was third, in the World Cup he won three more victories in the winter of 1980/81 and was fifth in the overall ranking.
However, Puikkonen achieved his greatest successes at world championships and the Olympic Games. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , he won the bronze medal in the individual competition on the large hill, the bronze medal on the normal hill in Sarajevo in 1984 and then gold in the team competition in Calgary in 1988 .
At the Ski Flying World Championships in 1981 in Oberstdorf he won the gold medal, at the Nordic Ski World Championships in 1982 in Oslo the silver medal on the normal hill and bronze with the Finnish team, in 1984 gold at the first and one-time World Team Championships in Engelberg , 1985 silver in Seefeld on the large hill and gold in team jumping, and finally in 1989 in Lahti gold on the large hill and in team jumping. After the 1990/91 season he ended his career.
successes
World Cup victories in individual
No.
date
place
Type
1.
4th January 1981
Austria innsbruck
Large hill
2.
March 6, 1981
Finland Lahti
Normal hill
3.
March 7, 1981
Finland Lahti
Large hill
4th
March 21, 1981
Slovenia Planica
Large hill
5.
4th January 1986
Austria innsbruck
Large hill
World Cup placements
Web links
1978: Duschk , Danneberg , Glaß , Buse | 1982: Sætre , Bergerud , Bremseth , Hansson | 1984: Pusenius , Kokkonen , Puikkonen , Nykänen | 1985: Ylipulli , Kokkonen , Nykänen , Puikkonen | 1987: Nykänen , Nikkola , Ylipulli , Suorsa | 1989: Nikkola , Puikkonen , Nykänen , Laakkonen | 1991: Kuttin , Vettori , Horngacher , Felder | 1993: Myrbakken , Brendryen , Berg , Bredesen | 1995: Soininen , Ahonen , Laitinen , Nikkola | 1997: Nikkola , Soininen , Laitinen , Ahonen | 1999: Hannawald , Duffner , Thoma , Schmitt | 2001: Hannawald , Uhrmann , Herr , Schmitt | 2003: Ahonen , Kiuru , Lappi , Hautamäki | 2005: Loitzl , Widhölzl , Morgenstern , Höllwarth | 2007: Loitzl , Schlierenzauer , Kofler , Morgenstern | 2009: Loitzl , Koch , Morgenstern , Schlierenzauer | 2011: Schlierenzauer , Koch , Kofler , Morgenstern | 2013: Loitzl , Fettner , Morgenstern , Schlierenzauer | 2015: Bardal , Jacobsen , Fannemel , Velta | 2017: Żyła , Kubacki , Kot , Stoch | 2019: Geiger , Friday , Leyhe , Eisenbichler
1988: Nikkola , Nykänen , Ylipulli , Puikkonen | 1992: Nikkola , Laitinen , Laakkonen , Nieminen | 1994: Jäkle , Duffner , Thoma , Weißflog | 1998: Okabe , Saitō , Harada , Funaki | 2002: Hannawald , Hocke , Uhrmann , Schmitt | 2006: Widhölzl , Kofler , Koch , Morgenstern | 2010: Loitzl , Kofler , Morgenstern , Schlierenzauer | 2014: Wank , Kraus , Wellinger , Freund | 2018: Tande , Stjernen , Forfang , Johansson Finland Finland Germany Japan Germany Austria Austria Germany Norway
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