Jari Puikkonen

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Jari Puikkonen
Country Finland
Full nameJari Markus Puikkonen
Born (1959-06-25) 25 June 1959 (age 64)
Lahti, Finland
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
World Cup career
Seasons19801991
Starts106
Podiums19
Wins5
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Lake Placid Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sarajevo Individual NH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place
1984 Engelberg
Team LH
Gold medal – first place
1985 Seefeld
Team LH
Gold medal – first place
1989 Lahti
Individual LH
Gold medal – first place
1989 Lahti
Team LH
Silver medal – second place
1982 Oslo
Individual NH
Silver medal – second place
1985 Seefeld
Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place
1982 Oslo
Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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

Career

Puikkonen made his debut internationally in 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 Ski-Flying World Championships 1981
.

Puikkonen retired after the 1990/91 season.

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF
1979/80 10 27 N/A
1980/81 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A
1981/82 26 21 N/A
1982/83 10 11 N/A
1983/84 9 4 N/A
1984/85 6 24 N/A
1985/86 14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A
1986/87 49 15 N/A
1987/88 20 10 N/A
1988/89 18 12 N/A
1989/90 37 27 N/A
1990/91 43

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1980/81 4 January 1981   Austria Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze
K104
LH
2 6 March 1981   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH
3 7 March 1981   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K113 LH
4 21 March 1981   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica Srednja Bloudkova K90 NH
5 1985/86 4 January 1986   Austria Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze
K109
LH

References