Hemmo Silvennoinen

Hemmo Valio Silvennoinen (6 November 1932 in Kesälahti – 4 December 2002 in Vantaa) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. He won the overall event at the 1954-55 Four Hills Tournament, then won the 1955-56 Four Hills event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Silvennoinen also finished tenth in the individual large hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He also finished fourth in the individual normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 in Zakopane.

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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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