JARI PUIKKONEN"THE FLYING FINN AND WORLD CHAMPION"FINLAND(SUOMI-FINLAND)

Jari Puikkonen

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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Calgary	Team large hill
Bronze	1980 Lake Placid	Individual large hill
Bronze	1984 Sarajevo	Individual normal hill
World Championships
Gold	1984 Engelberg	Team large hill
Gold	1985 Seefeld	Team large hill
Gold	1989 Lahti	Individual large hill
Gold	1989 Lahti	Team large hill
Silver	1982 Oslo	Individual normal hill
Silver	1985 Seefeld	Individual large hill
Bronze	1982 Oslo	Team large hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold	1981 Oberstdorf	Ski-flying hill

Jari Puikkonen (born June 25, 1959 in Lahti) is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1977 to 1991. Puikkonen made his debut internationally in the Four Hills Tournament competition in Oberstdorf on December 30, 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.

[edit] References

• FIS-Ski: Jari Puikkonen – statistics

[show] v • d • e Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill 1988: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen) * 1992: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen) * 1994: Germany (Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weissflog) * 1998: Japan (Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki) * 2002: Germany (Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt) * 2006: Austria (Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern)

[show] v • d • e World champions in ski jumping individual large hill 1925: Willen Dick (TCH) • 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR) • 1927: Tore Edman (SWE) • 1929: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) • 1930: Gunnar Andersen (NOR) • 1931: Birger Ruud (NOR) 1933: Marcel Reymond (SUI) • 1934: Kristian Johansson (NOR) • 1935: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1937: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1938: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) • 1939: Josef Bradl (GER) World War II 1950: Hans Bjørnstad (NOR) • 1954: Matti Pietikäinen (FIN) • 1958: Juhani Kärkinen (FIN) • 1962: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) • 1966: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) • 1970: Gariy Napalkov (URS) 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) • 1978: Tapio Räisänen (FIN) • 1982: Matti Nykänen (FIN) • 1985: Per Bergerud (NOR) • 1987: Andreas Felder (AUT) • 1989: Jari Puikkonen (FIN) 1991: Franci Petek (YUG) • 1993: Espen Bredesen (NOR) • 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) • 1997: Masahiko Harada (JPN) • 1999: Martin Schmitt (GER) • 2001: Martin Schmitt (GER) 2003: Adam Małysz (POL) • 2005: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 2007: Simon Ammann (SUI) • 2009: Andreas Küttel (SUI)

[show] v • d • e World champions in men's ski jumping team large hill 1982: Norway (Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth & Olav Hansson) * 1984: Finland (Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen & Matti Nykänen) * 1985: Finland (Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen & Jari Puikkonen) * 1987: Finland (Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli & Pekka Suorsa) * 1989: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen & Risto Laakkonen) * 1991: Austria (Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher & Andreas Felder) * 1993: Norway (Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg & Espen Bredesen) * 1995: Finland (Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen & Ari-Pekka Nikkola) * 1997: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen & Janne Ahonen) * 1999: Germany (Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma & Martin Schmitt) * 2001: Germany (Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr & Martin Schmitt) * 2003: Finland (Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi & Matti Hautamäki) * 2005: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth) * 2007: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern) * 2009: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern & Gregor Schlierenzauer)

[show] v • d • e World champions in Ski-flying Individual 1972: Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1973: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) * 1975: Karel Kodejška (TCH) * 1977: Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1979: Armin Kogler (AUT) * 1981: Jari Puikkonen (FIN) * 1983: Klaus Ostwald (GDR) * 1985: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1986: Andreas Felder (AUT) * 1988: Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (NOR) * 1990: Dieter Thoma (FRG) * 1992: Noriaki Kasai (JPN) * 1994: Jaroslav Sakala (CZE) * 1996: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 2000: Sven Hannawald (GER) * 2002: Sven Hannawald (GER) * 2004: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) * 2006: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) * 2008: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) Team 2004: Norway (Roar Ljøkelsøy, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, & Tommy Ingebrigtsen) * 2006: Norway (Roar Ljøkelsøy, Lars Bystøl, Bjørn Einar Romøren, & Tommy Ingebrigtsen) * 2008: Austria (Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, & Martin Koch)

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