Jari Puikkonen Explained

Jari Puikkonen
Fullname:Jari Markus Puikkonen
Birth Date:25 June 1959
Birth Place:Lahti, Finland
Height:180 cm
Seasons:1980–1991
Wins:5
Totalpodiums:19
Individual Starts:106
Updated:10 February 2016

Jari Markus Puikkonen (born 25 June 1959) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

Puikkonen made his debut internationally in the Four Hills Tournament competition in Oberstdorf on 30 December 1977. He won his first World Cup victory at Innsbruck in 1981. That year he finished third overall in the Four Hills Tournament and he won three more victories in the ski jumping World Cup to finish fifth overall. He also won three medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the team large lill (1988 Winter Olympics), and bronze medals in both the individual normal hill (1984 Winter Olympics) and the individual large hill (1980 Winter Olympics).

Puikkonen's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won seven medals, including four golds (individual large hill: 1989, team large hill: 1984, 1985, 1989), two silvers (individual normal hill: 1982, individual large hill: 1985), and one bronze (team large hill: 1982). He also won a gold medal at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1981.

Puikkonen retired after the 1990/91 season.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall
scope=row align=center10 27 N/A
scope=row align=center5 align=center bgcolor=#A57164N/A
scope=row align=center26 21 N/A
scope=row align=center10 11 N/A
scope=row align=center9 4 N/A
scope=row align=center6 24 N/A
scope=row align=center14 align=center bgcolor=#A57164N/A
scope=row align=center49 15 N/A
scope=row align=center20 10 N/A
scope=row align=center18 12 N/A
scope=row align=center37 27 N/A
scope=row align=center— 43 —

Wins

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No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1 align=center rowspan=44 January 1981   Bergiselschanze K104 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2 6 March 1981   Salpausselkä K88 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3 7 March 1981   Salpausselkä K113 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"4 21 March 1981   Srednja Bloudkova K90 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"5 4 January 1986   Bergiselschanze K109 LH