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Janne Ahonen

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Janne Petteri Ahonen (pronounced [ˈjɑnːe ˈpetːeri ˈɑhonen] ; born 11 May 1977) is a Finnish former ski jumper and drag racer. He competed in ski jumping between 1992 and 2018, and is one of the sport's most successful athletes of all time, as well as one of the most successful from Finland. Ahonen won two consecutive World Cup overall titles (the most recent ski jumper to do so, as of 2023), the Four Hills Tournament a record five times, two individual gold medals at the World Championships, and the Nordic Tournament once. Nicknamed Kuningaskotka ("King Eagle"), he has been described as the greatest ski jumper to have never won an individual medal at the Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janne Ahonen is the 62nd most popular skier (down from 55th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Finland (down from 245th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Janne Ahonen ranks 62 out of 817. Before him are Reidar Andersen, Inger Aufles, Trude Beiser, Ivar Formo, Josef Bradl, and Yvonne Rüegg. After him are Sigmund Ruud, Marie-Theres Nadig, Jean Vuarnet, Erik Schinegger, Giuliana Minuzzo, and Maurilio De Zolt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Janne Ahonen ranks 99. Before him are Takuma Sato, Giorgos Karagounis, Erika Lust, Hakan Yakin, Tom Welling, and Rob Delaney. After him are Matthias Schoenaerts, Virginie Efira, Peter Phillips, Audrey Fleurot, Lauren, and Kerry Washington.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Janne Ahonen ranks 265 out of 751. Before him are Nils Torvalds (1945), Alexi Laiho (1979), Matti Salminen (1945), Adolf Lindfors (1879), Timo Mäkinen (1938), and Teemu Sippo (1947). After him are Teemu Selänne (1970), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), and Eino Leino (1891).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Janne Ahonen ranks 5. Before him are Heikki Hasu (1926), Matti Nykänen (1963), Juha Mieto (1949), and Antti Hyvärinen (1932). After him are Jouko Törmänen (1954), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Toini Pöysti (1933), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Paavo Lonkila (1923), and Tapio Mäkelä (1926).

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