Sami Niemi
Sami Niemi 
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Sami Niemi in summer 2014 |
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| birthday | 16th February 1991 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Rovaniemi , Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 182 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| society | Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pers. Best | 151 m ( Vikersund 2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut in the World Cup | December 1, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall World Cup | 63rd ( 2014/15 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Four Hills Tournament | 51st ( 2008/09 , 2014/15 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nordic Tournament | 52nd (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski jumping Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut in the Grand Prix | August 1, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall Grand Prix | 37th ( 2014 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sami Niemi (born February 16, 1991 in Rovaniemi ) is a former Finnish ski jumper . He started for the club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura .
Career
Up to the age of 15, Niemi was active as a Nordic combined skier, but did not take part in FIS competitions here.
He made his debut in the Ski Jumping World Cup on December 1, 2007 in Kuusamo , where he reached 35th place. He got his first points on January 6th, 2008 as part of the Four Hills Tournament 2007/08 when he finished 27th in Bischofshofen . A result that he was only able to repeat four years later on March 4, 2012 in Lahti. The 1.81 m tall Finn with a weight of 62 kg was already awarded the bronze medal in 2007 in Tarvisio at the 2007 Junior World Championships. His best individual result in the Continental Cup was a second place in Rovaniemi 2007.
In the 2008/2009 season he was used for the first time for a longer period in the World Cup, after he reached 72nd place overall with ten points in the previous season. In the winter of 2008/09, however, he only got three points and was 82nd overall.
In the summer of 2009, Niemi returned to the Ski Jumping Grand Prix . At the start in Hinterzarten , he was third on the podium after the team competition with his teammates. In the individual, he celebrated his first points win of the summer in Pragelato . In the end, however, these four points were only enough for 71st place in the overall Grand Prix standings. After missing a World Cup point placement in Kuusamo in November , Niemi went back to the B-squad and started again in the Continental Cup.
In January he traveled to the World Cup in Sapporo with the senior national team , but was again unable to place well. At the following Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2010 in Hinterzarten, he jumped to 14th place in the individual. In the team competition, Niemi narrowly missed a medal with the Finnish team and ended up in fourth place. For the FIS Team Tour 2010 he moved back to the World Cup squad a week later. After he had missed the qualification in Klingenthal , he only failed in the Willingen individual in the first round. In the team competition at the same place, he was fifth with the team. In his last World Cup appearance in Lahti , Niemi failed again in the qualification.
In the winter of 2010/11 Niemi started in the Continental Cup. In December he jumped to a good 10th place in Engelberg . Then he was used again in the World Cup in Zakopane , but did not get beyond the 48th place. At the 2011 Junior World Championships in Otepää , Estonia , he jumped to seventh place in both the individual and the team.
In the Ski Jumping Grand Prix 2011 he was only used in Szczyrk , but did not take part in the competition after qualifying. After Niemi failed again in the qualification at the beginning of the 2011/12 season in Kuusamo, he again missed a leap into the A-squad. He remained in the Continental Cup for another season. It was not until March 2012 that he was used again as a member of the national group in Lahti and was 27th and won four World Cup points, which put him in 69th place overall.
At the Winter Universiade 2013 in Predazzo he won the individual title on the normal hill as well as the silver medals on the large hill and with the team on the normal hill. As a result, Niemi worked on qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . However, since he missed this due to a lack of success in the Continental and World Cups, he did not join the team again until the end of February and started at the World Cup in Lahti. Neither there nor in Kuopio, Trondheim or Oslo could he secure points.
In the summer of 2014, he won clear points in the ski jumping Grand Prix and secured two top placings in Hakuba, finishing 11th and 12th . With 62 points at the end, he was ranked 37th in the overall standings and thus secured his starting place in the ski jumping World Cup for the 2014/15 season . Already at the season opener in Klingenthal, he proved his good form with a fourth place in the team competition and 24th place in the individual.
In Nizhny Tagil , Niemi jumped into the top 20 for the first time in a World Cup competition.
In the summer of 2016, Niemi ended his active ski jumping career.
statistics
World Cup placements
| season | space | Points |
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| 2007/08 | 72. | 10 |
| 2008/09 | 82. | 3 |
| 2011/12 | 69. | 4th |
| 2014/15 | 63. | 19th |
Grand Prix placements
| season | space | Points |
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| 2008 | 57. | 27 |
| 2009 | 71. | 4th |
| 2014 | 37. | 62 |
Web links
- Sami Niemi in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Sami Niemi's website (Finnish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of results at www.fis-ski.com , accessed on March 5, 2012.
- ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2010 - Men's HS106 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on January 10, 2015
- ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2010 - Men's Team HS106 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on January 10, 2015
- ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2011 - Men's HS100 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on January 10, 2015
- ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 2011 - Men's HS100 in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on January 10, 2015
- ↑ Sami Niemi zakończył career. On: skijumping.pl, June 30, 2016. Accessed February 24, 2017.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Niemi, Sami |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rovaniemi , Finland |