Janne Happonen Explained

Janne Mikael Happonen (born 18 June 1984) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2014, representing Puijo Ski Club.

Career

Happonen made his World Cup debut on 23 November 2001 in Kuopio, finishing an impressive eleventh in the individual large hill competition. Five years later he scored his first World Cup win on 5 March 2006, in a team competition in Willingen. This was followed up exactly a month later on 5 March, when Happonen won his first individual competition on the large hill in Lahti. Another individual win was achieved on 19 March at the ski flying hill in Planica. Happonen scored his third individual win on 3 March 2008 in Kuopio.

In 2006, Happonen won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Pragelato. He has also won three medals in the Ski Flying World Championships (silver in 2006 and 2008, bronze in 2010).

Happonen was one of five Finns that travelled to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. He participated in all three competitions at Whistler Olympic Park, producing good efforts in the normal hill and large hill competitions, although he was disqualified from the latter due to a suit violation. In the team large hill competition, Happonen produced an excellent jump of 139m (456feet) in the second round, receiving judges' style points of 19 and 19.5, but this was not enough to earn the Finnish team a bronze medal.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall
scope=row align=center		46	—	N/A	19
scope=row align=center		40	—	N/A	20
scope=row align=center		50	58	N/A	26
scope=row align=center		56	—	N/A	36
scope=row align=center		14	26	N/A	align=center bgcolor=#A57164
scope=row align=center		41	33	N/A	64
scope=row align=center		8	10	N/A	align=center bgcolor=#A57164
scope=row align=center		49	—	37	28
scope=row align=center		32	—	22	N/A
scope=row align=center		31	38	31	N/A
scope=row align=center		66	—	—	N/A
scope=row align=center		76	—	—	N/A

Wins

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No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	1	align=center rowspan=2		5 March 2006		Salpausselkä HS130
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	2	19 March 2006		Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215
scope=row style="text-align:center;"	3		3 March 2008		Puijo HS127 (night)	LH