Risto Laakkonen
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Risto Juhani Laakkonen (born 6 May 1967) 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 ...
.


Career

He won a gold medal in the team large hill competition at the
1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...
in
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. His biggest successes were at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...
, where he won two medals in the team large hill event (gold: 1989, silver: 1991). At the
World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
level, he won the 1989
Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...
without winning a single competition.


World Cup


Standings


Wins


References

* * * 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Kuopio Skiers from North Savo Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub