Eino Kirjonen

Eino Kirjonen (born 25 February 1933 in Koivisto – 21 August 1988 in Kouvola) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1954 to 1962. He finished seventh in the individual large hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Kirjonen earned a total of three career victories, all in normal hill events (1955, 1957, 1961). He also won the Four Hills Tournament event in 1961-62.

References

Eino Kirjonen at the International Ski Federation

Four Hills Tournament winners

1952–53: Sepp Bradl (AUT)
1953–54: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR)
1954–55: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN)
1955–56: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
1956–57: Pentti Uotinen (FIN)
1957–58: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1958–59: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1959–60: Max Bolkart (GER)
1960–61: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1961–62: Eino Kirjonen (FIN)
1962–63: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963–64: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1964–65: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR)
1965–66: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1966–67: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1967–68: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1968–69: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969–70: Horst Queck (GDR)
1970–71: Jiří Raška (TCH)
1971–72: Ingolf Mork (NOR)
1972–73: Rainer Schmidt (GDR)
1973–74: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
1974–75: Willi Pürstl (AUT)
1975–76: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1976–77: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1977–78: Kari Ylianttila (FIN)
1978–79: Pentti Kokkonen (FIN)
1979–80: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1980–81: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1981–82: Manfred Deckert (GDR)
1982–83: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1983–84: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1984–85: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1985–86: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1986–87: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1987–88: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1988–89: Risto Laakkonen (FIN)
1989–90: Dieter Thoma (FRG)
1990–91: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1991–92: Toni Nieminen (FIN)
1992–93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1993–94: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1994–95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1995–96: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1996–97: Primož Peterka (SLO)
1997–98: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
1998–99: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
1999–2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)
2000–01: Adam Małysz (POL)
2001–02: Sven Hannawald (GER)
2002–03: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2003–04: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR)
2004–05: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2005–06: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE)
2006–07: Anders Jacobsen (NOR)
2007–08: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2008–09: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
2009–10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
2010–11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
2011–12: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2012–13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2013–14: Thomas Diethart (AUT)
2014–15: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
2015–16: Peter Prevc (SLO)

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