Jari Puikkonen
Jari Markus Puikkonen ( born June 25, 1959 in Lahti ) is a former Finnish ski jumper. He jumped for the club Lahti Hiihtoseura in his native city.
Career
His debut at an international tournament, he announced on December 30, 1977 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. A few days later he reached with a seventh place at the Innsbruck Bergisel his first placing in the top ten. In 1981 he also won his first World Cup at Bergisel jumping; overall in the Four Hills Tournament, he finished third in the World Cup he won in the winter 1980/81, three more victories and was overall in fifth.
However, his greatest successes achieved Puikkonen at World Championships and Olympic Games. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, he won the individual competition on the large hill the bronze medal in 1984 in Sarajevo bronze medal on the normal hill in Calgary in 1988 and then gold in the team competition.
In the Ski Flying World Championships 1981 he won in Oberstdorf the gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo the silver medal on the normal hill and bronze with the Finnish team in 1984 at the first and only time discharged team 's World Cup in Engelberg gold, 1985 in Seefeld Silver on the large hill and gold in the team competition, and finally in 1989 in Lahti gold in the large hill and team competition. After the 1990/91 season, he finished his career.