Jouni Pellinen
Jouni Pellinen (born 11 May 1983) is a Finnish freestyle skis. He specializes in the discipline of ski cross.
Biography
Pellinen was an alpine ski racer at the start of his racing career. In January 2000, he played the first FIS races, bets in the European Cup was followed in December 2004. Also in 2004 he won the Finnish championship in the giant slalom. The first race in the World Cup was followed a year later. But could Pellinen only once classify in the points, on 20 December 2006 as the 28th of the Super - G in Hinterstoder. At the 2007 World Championships, he reached the fourth place in the team competition with the Finnish team. Further success came from.
Pellinen contests since the 2008/ 09 season only sporadically Alpine race, as he turned to ski cross. His debut in the Freestyle World Cup he had on January 5, 2009 in St. Johann in Tyrol, where he was 33. Nine days later, he established himself in fifth place in Flaine on top of the world. His best result in the World Cup season 2009/10 was a tenth place. Due to a knee injury he was unable to attend the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
In the World Cup season 2010/11 Pellinen established with several top 10 results on the world's best. The previously best result of his career, he scored in the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley, where he rather unexpectedly won the silver medal behind the Canadians Christopher Del Bosco. On 3 March 2011 him with second place in Grindelwald achieved the first podium in a World Cup race. Three days later he was able to celebrate the first victory in Hasliberg.
Success ( Freestyle )
Olympic games
- Sochi 2014: 13 ski cross
World Championships
- Inawashiro 2009: 16 ski cross
- Deer Valley 2011: 2 ski cross
- Voss 2013: 4th ski cross
World Cup
- Season 2010/ 11: 9 Overall World Cup, 3rd World Cup ski cross
- Season 2012/13: 8 ski cross World Cup
- 4 podiums, including two victories: