Janne Korpi
Janne Korpi - Juhani ( born February 5, 1986 in Vihti ) is a Finnish snowboarder.
Career
Junior range
Korpi made his international debut in the Snowboard FIS World Cup on December 5, 2003 in Tandådalen. He had, however, classified with rank 45 on the rear ranks. Four weeks later, he also achieved in Klagenfurt for the first time a top 20 placement and rank 14 with his first World Cup points. On 23 January 2004, he missed the competition in Kreischberg than fifth only just short of the podium in the halfpipe, but I was able to place in the world rankings for the first time. It was in the wake until January 2005 to Korpi again drove into the top ten and also was eighth in Kreischberg. In Xingyu Resort in February 2005, he was the fourth best be achieved up to that single result in the World Cup. Shortly afterwards, he finished seventh in the Finnish Championships in 2005 in Saariselkä snowboard in the halfpipe.
The Snowboard Junior World Championships 2005 in Zermatt, he became Junior World Champion in the halfpipe and missed the Big Air in fourth place medals just barely. To kick off the World Cup season 2005/ 06 Korpi was in Rotterdam in third place for the first time in a World Cup on the podium. Also in Whistler, he was in fourth and fifth forefront with. End of December 2005 launched Korpi first time as part of the TTR World Snowboard Tour and was at the O'Neill SB -Jam at the end of 31
World Cup breakthrough
On January 9, 2006 Korpi won in the halfpipe at the competition in Kreischberg his first World Cup. Shortly thereafter, he started at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and has been in the halfpipe after a 42nd place in the first qualifying run and 14th in the second at the end of 20th in the halfpipe. Just ten days later he reached the fifth rank in the Xbox Big Day Out. During his last World Cup of the season he reached in Saint Petersburg again ranked 10th.
In the season 2006/ 07 he started with a 26th place at the Big Air in Stockholm. After a 12th place in the halfpipe in Saas-Fee Korpi reached in January at the O'Neill Evolution has the 10th place in the quarter-pipe and the 13th place in the halfpipe. Then he was at the Snowboard World Cup 2007 in Arosa not necessarily of the favorites, the competition surprise but in Big Air, where he won the bronze medal behind Mathieu Crepel and his compatriot Antti Autti. In the halfpipe, he missed the medals in fourth. Two weeks after the World Cup he was again on the Olympic halfpipe in Bardonecchia in second on the podium and won the Big Air World Cup of Turin. With this result, he finished the season as 21 of the World Cup overall standings. In the Big Air standings, he was on a good eighth place.
In the 2007/ 08 World Cup season Korpi started with the sixth place in the halfpipe at Cardrona New Zealand. Also in Big Air in Rotterdam, he repeated this placement before he was on the podium for the first time in Saas -Fee and second in halfpipe was. Two weeks later, he won the Big Air Race in Stockholm and also proved in the sequel, that it rightly belongs to the world's best. So he won the O'Neill Evolution on New Year's 2008 with the third place podium again in the TTR Tour. After he Freestyle Team at Fiat - Rock the spot in the halfpipe was fifth, he repeated this placement also at the World Cup in Bardonecchia. After another but rather mixed results, he finished the World Cup season as the seventh in the World Cup as well as halfpipe Appreciation and as the second of the Big Air Ranking. In the TTR Tour, he was at the end of the season in the eighth. Only six days later he was in Saas -Fee, however, returned to the world class and won the halfpipe competition, and shortly afterwards the Big Air World Cup in Stockholm. However, it was his last World Cup of the season and Korpi drove the rest of the season exclusively on the TTR Tour. In the Winter Dew Tour in December he was at the end of third parties before he could win the slopestyle competition at the O'Neill Evolution on January 5, 2009. Previously, he had been there in the quarterpipe eighth. In May, he finished the season as 11 of the TTR Tour Ranking.
In August 2009, Korpi started again at the FIS World Cup and reached an 11th place in Cardrona in London again a place in the top ten. After it was difficult, however, continue after the break way back to him in the world's best, it was not until mid-January 2010, when he again won both the World Cup in Stoneham and Quebec. Also in the TTR Tour, he found it in parallel, difficult to obtain consistent results.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he missed as 24th in the halfpipe again to connect to the world's best. After he showed a rising power curve in the following TTR contests, he finally won his first title in March at the Finnish Championships in snowboarding. The TTR season, he finished as the fifth with his previously best season result.
Absolute world class
After almost exclusively in the TTR Tour, he went to the start at de 2010/11 season, Korpi won for the third competition of the 2011/12 season in August 2011 again a halfpipe World Cup in Cardrona. Also in October 2011 in London, he was successful in the Big Air. After only import in the rest of the season World Cup with two exceptions placements in the top ten, he won at the end of the season for the first time the Snowboard World Cup overall standings and also the total votes in the Big Air and Halfpipe.
After he was sixth in July at the Burton New Zealand Open and second at Boost Mobile Sno Sho, he reached on October 25, 2008 at the World Cup opener in Big Air in London only a disappointing 29th place. As defending champion and now absolutely world class, he launched successfully in the 2012/13 season, but without a win. In the Snowboard World Cup 2013 in Stoneham, he won bronze in slopestyle and was in the halfpipe after a third place in qualifying at the end of 11th in the Big Air he did not start.
After he was successful in March at Nescafe Champs Leysin, he also won the World Cup in the Spanish Sierra Nevada. At the end of the season, although he defended his overall World Cup victory, but was beaten significantly in the Discipline Ranking fifth and sixth.
Private
In addition to the sport of snowboarding Korpi is also active in trotting. Back it goes to the successes of his father Pekka Korpi.