Jari Puikkonen

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Jari Puikkonen Ski jumping
Full name Jari Markus Puikkonen
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday June 25, 1959
place of birth LahtiFinlandFinlandFinland 
size 180 cm
Weight 68 kg
Career
society Lahden Hiihtoseura
National squad since 1977
status resigned
End of career 1991
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
World Cup medals 4 × gold 2 × silver 3 × bronze
SFWM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1980 Lake Placid Large hill
bronze 1984 Sarajevo Normal hill
gold 1988 Calgary team
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1980 Lake Placid Large hill
bronze 1982 Oslo team
silver 1982 Oslo Normal hill
bronze 1984 Sarajevo Normal hill
gold 1984 Engelberg team
gold 1985 Seefeld team
silver 1985 Seefeld Large hill
gold 1989 Lahti team
gold 1989 Lahti Large hill
FIS Ski flying world championships
gold 1981 Oberstdorf singles
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup December 30, 1979
 World Cup victories (individual) 5 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 5. ( 1980/81 )
 Four Hills Tournament 3. ( 1980/81 , 1985/86 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single jump 5 11 3
 

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 AustriaAustria innsbruck Large hill
2. March 6, 1981 FinlandFinland Lahti Normal hill
3. March 7, 1981 FinlandFinland Lahti Large hill
4th March 21, 1981 SloveniaSlovenia Planica Large hill
5. 4th January 1986 AustriaAustria innsbruck Large hill

World Cup placements

season space Points
1979/80 10. 087
1980/81 05. 162
1981/82 26th 031
1982/83 010. 097
1983/84 09. 101
1984/85 06th 125
1985/86 14th 086
1986/87 49. 009
1987/88 20th 040
1988/89 18th 045
1989/90 37. 019th

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