Risto Laakkonen

Country

Finland

Full name

Risto Juhani Laakkonen

Born

6 May 1967
Kuopio, Finland

Height

1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)

World Cup career

Seasons

1986–1992

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Team podiums

Indiv. starts

Team starts

Four Hills titles

1 (1989)

Medal record

Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
	1992 Albertville	Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
	1989 Lahti	Team LH
	1991 Val di Fiemme	Team LH

Updated on 10 February 2016.

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	SF	4H
1985/86	50	N/A	–
1986/87	18	N/A	–
1987/88	47	N/A	–
1988/89	1	N/A	01 !
1989/90	11	N/A	6
1990/91	19	–	10
1991/92	27	–	28

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	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 Federation

Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

World champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

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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