Ilkka Herola
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Herola in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1995 Siilinjärvi, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Puijon Hiihtoseura | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2014– | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 220 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 21 December 2024. | |||||||||||||||
Ilkka Herola (born 22 June 1995) is a Finnish nordic combined skier. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Together with Eero Hirvonen, he won the 2 x 7.5 km team sprint on 9 February 2019, in front of their home crowd in Lahti.
In 2025, Ilkka Herola ended the Finns' winless streak. Fifteen years had passed since the previous victory. The last Finn who win was Hannu Manninen's victory in the 2009-10 season in Salpausselkä.