Janne Ahonen

Janne Ahonen
Ahonen in Oslo, 2011
CountryFinland
Full nameJanne Petteri Ahonen
Born (1977-05-11) 11 May 1977
Lahti, Finland
Ski clubLahden Hiihtoseura
Personal best233.5 m (766 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons
Indiv. starts412
Indiv. podiums108
Indiv. wins36
Team starts47
Team podiums25
Team wins10
Overall titles2 (2004, 2005)
Four Hills titles5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008)
Nordic titles1 (2000)
JP titles1 (1999)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 0
World Championships 5 3 2
Ski Flying World Championships 0 5 2
Total 5 10 4
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityTeam LH
2006 TurinTeam LH
World Championships
1995 Thunder BayTeam LH
1997 TrondheimIndividual NH
1997 TrondheimTeam LH
2003 Val di FiemmeTeam LH
2005 OberstdorfIndividual LH
2001 LahtiTeam LH
2001 LahtiTeam NH
2005 OberstdorfTeam LH
2001 LahtiIndividual LH
2005 OberstdorfIndividual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
1996 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
2004 PlanicaIndividual
2004 PlanicaTeam
2006 Bad MitterndorfTeam
2008 OberstdorfTeam
2000 VikersundIndividual
2008 OberstdorfIndividual

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.