"THE FLYING FINN"AND WORLD STAR SKI JUMPER-OLYMPIC WINNER-from FINLAND

Jani Soininen

Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold	1998 Nagano	Individual normal hill
Silver	1998 Nagano	Individual large hill
World Championships
Gold	1995 Thunder Bay	Team large hill
Gold	1997 Trondheim	Team large hill
Silver	2001 Lahti	Team normal hill
Silver	2001 Lahti	Team large hill

Jani Markus Soininen (born November 12, 1972 in Jyväskylä) is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2001. He won two medals the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, earning a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where earned four medals in the team hill competitions with golds in the 1995 and 1997 large hills, and silvers in 2001 both in the normal and large hills.

[edit] External links

• FIS-Ski: Jani Soininen – statistics