Kalle Niilo Ponteva Halonen (born 25 December 1940 in

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...

) is a Finnish former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

who competed between 1960 and 1967. His biggest success was the silver medal in the individual large hill at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valle ...

in Squaw Valley. Halonen also won the bronze medal in the individual large hill at the

1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5&nb ...

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been p ...

. He finished second in a normal hill competition in

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in 1964.

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* * 1940 births Living people People from Kouvola Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub