| Risto Laakkonen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Risto Juhani Laakkonen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-05-06) 6 May 1967 (age 57) Kuopio, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1986–1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Four Hills titles | 1 (1989) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Risto Juhani Laakkonen (born 6 May 1967) is a Finnish former ski jumper.
Career
He won a gold medal in the team large hill competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won two medals in the team large hill event (gold: 1989, silver: 1991). At the World Cup level, he won the 1989 Four Hills Tournament without winning a single competition.
World Cup
Standings
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985/86 | 50 | — | N/A |
| 1986/87 | 18 | — | N/A |
| 1987/88 | 47 | — | N/A |
| 1988/89 | 7 |  |
N/A |
| 1989/90 | 11 | 6 | N/A |
| 1990/91 | 19 | 10 | — |
| 1991/92 | 27 | 28 | — |
Wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1988/89 | 4 December 1988 |  Thunder Bay |
Big Thunder K120 | LH |
| 2 | 1989/90 | 4 December 1989 | Thunder Bay |
Big Thunder K90 | NH |
References
- Risto Laakkonen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Risto Laakkonen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Risto Laakkonen at Olympics.com
| World champions in men's ski jumping team large hill | |
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- 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
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