Jani Soininen

Jani Soininen
Country  Finland
Full name Jani Markus Soininen
Born (1972-11-12) 12 November 1972
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Personal best 203.5 m (668 ft)
Planica, Mar 1997
World Cup career
Seasons 19922001
Individual wins 4
Team wins 7
Indiv. podiums 18
Team podiums 10
Indiv. starts 196
Team starts 13
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Jani Markus Soininen (born 12 November 1972) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

He won two medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, earning a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill. His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he earned three medals in the team hill competitions with gold in 1995 and 1997, and silver in 2001 on the large hill.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall SF JP 4H NT
1991/92 N/A N/A
1992/93 39 N/A 45 N/A
1993/94 14 9 N/A 18 N/A
1994/95 7 N/A 6 N/A
1995/96 11 11 11 9 N/A
1996/97 9 8 10 9 12
1997/98 7 20 5 5 17
1998/99 35 37 33 25 32
1999/00 7 20 7 10 12
2000/01 10 14 N/A 14 42

Wins

No. Season Date Place Hill Size
1 1995/96 13 January 1996 Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
2 1997/98 30 November 1997 Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH
3 6 December 1997 Italy Predazzo Trampolino dal Ben K90 (night) NH
4 1999/00 26 January 2001 Japan Hakuba Olympic Hills K120 (night) LH

References

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