Risto Laakkonen Explained

Risto Laakkonen
Fullname:Risto Juhani Laakkonen
Birth Date:6 May 1967
Birth Place:Kuopio, Finland
Height:184 cm
Seasons:19861992
Wins:2
Totalpodiums:8
Teampodiums:1
Individual Starts:70
Team Starts:1
Fhtitles:1 (1989)
Updated:10 February 2016

Risto Juhani Laakkonen (born 6 May 1967) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

He won a gold medal in the team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won two medals in the team large hill event (gold: 1989, silver: 1991). At the World Cup level, he won the 1989 Four Hills Tournament without winning a single competition.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall
scope=row align=center50 N/A
scope=row align=center18 N/A
scope=row align=center47 N/A
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scope=row align=center11 6 N/A
scope=row align=center19 10
scope=row align=center27 28

Wins

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No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1 4 December 1988   Big Thunder K120 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2 4 December 1989   Big Thunder K90 NH