Janne Holmén

Personal information

Birth name

Janne Holmén

Full name

Janne Sven-Åke Holmén

Nationality

Finnish

Date of birth

26 September 1977 (age 32)

Place of birth

Jomala, Åland, Finland

Residence

Uppsala, Sweden

Height

1.77 m (5 ft 9¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st)

Sport

Country

Finland

Sport

Running

Event(s)

Marathon

Club

Jomala IK/IF Åland

Coached by

Rune Holmén

Retired

3 July 2009

Achievements and titles

Worlds

2005: Marathon DNF
2007: Marathon 9th

Regional finals

2002: Marathon

Gold
2006: Marathon 7th

Olympics

2004: Marathon 22nd
2008: Marathon 19th

Personal best(s)

5000 m: 13:35.62 (2001)
10,000 m: 28:09.94 (2003)
10 km road 28:31 (2002, NR)
Half marathon: 1:02:35 (2007)
Marathon: 2:10:46 (2008, NR)

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Medal record

European Championships
Gold	2002 Munich	Marathon

Janne Sven-Åke Holmén (born 26 September 1977 in Jomala, Åland) is a former Finnish long-distance runner.

Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with the time 2:17:50. In the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, Holmén finished in seventh place with a time of 2:13:10. In the 2007 World Championships in Athletics Janne Hólmen took ninth place with time of 2:19:36. In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Holmén finished in 19th place, with the time 2:14:44.

Holmén concentrated mainly on championship marathons where he generally succeeded well. His personal record time is 2:10:46, run in Rotterdam 2008. This is also the current Finnish record. He ended his athletics career in 2009 and concentrated on an academic career.

Holmén comes from a family of runners; his mother Nina was herself a European champion in 3000 metres in the 1974 European Championships, and his father Rune served as his trainer, in addition to being a former runner.

Holmén currently lives in Uppsala, Sweden, with wife Laila Skah (sister of Khalid Skah) and two sons. He has been studying at the University of Uppsala, and in 2006 he obtained a doctoral degree for his thesis Den politiska läroboken: Bilden av USA och Sovjetunionen i norska, svenska och finländska läroböcker under Kalla kriget, a study of Scandinavian school books and their portrayal of the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.