Risto Laakkonen

Risto Laakkonen
Full name	Risto Juhani Laakkonen
nation	Finland
birthday	May 6, 1967
place of birth	Kuopio ,  Finland
size	189 cm
Weight	62 kg
Career
society	Puijon Hiihtoseura
National squad	since 1986
status	resigned
End of career	1992
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 1992 Albertville Team K120  Nordic World Ski Championships gold 1989 Lahti Team K120 silver 1991 Val di Fiemme Team K120
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	January 11, 1986
World Cup victories (individual)	2 ( details )
Overall World Cup	7th ( 1988/89 )
Four Hills Tournament	1. ( 1988/89 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 2 5 1  Team jumping 0 0 1

Risto Juhani Laakkonen (born May 6, 1967 in Kuopio ) is a former Finnish ski jumper . His greatest achievement was winning team gold at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville .

Career

He made his debut in the Ski Jumping World Cup on January 11, 1986 in Harrachov and immediately reached eighth place. In the following years he was one of the world's best. In 1988 and 1989 he won the world cup competition in Thunder Bay, Canada. In the winter of 1988/89 he emerged as the overall winner of the Four Hills Tournament without having won an individual competition; in Oberstdorf he was second, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen third, in Innsbruck seventh, and in Bischofshofen only tenth. In the overall World Cup, Laakkonen was seventh this season; it should remain in its best position.

He was able to celebrate further successes with the Finnish team. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1989 he was world champion with the team, then vice world champion in 1991 in Val di Fiemme . At the 1992 Winter Olympics , he won the gold medal with the team that also included Ari-Pekka Nikkola , Mika Laitinen , and Toni Nieminen . At the end of the season he ended his career.

successes

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	Type
1.	4th December 1988	Thunder Bay	Large hill
1.	4th December 1989	Thunder Bay	Normal hill

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1985/86	50.	008th
1986/87	18th	038
1987/88	47.	013
1988/89	07th	132
1989/90	11.	117
1990/91	19th	052
1991/92	27.	026th

Web links

• Risto Laakkonen in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Risto Laakkonen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Ski Championships 1989 Men's Team K120 ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
2. ↑ World Ski Championships 1991 Men's Team K120 ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.