Hannu Manninen
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| Hannu Manninen | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hannu Kalevi Manninen | |
| Nickname | Juhis | |
| Date of birth | April 17, 1978 (age 28) | |
| Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland | |
| Professional information | ||
| Club | Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura | |
| Skis | Madshus (Cross country) Germina (Ski jumping) |
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| World Cup | ||
| Seasons | 1994- | |
| Wins | 25 | |
| Additional podiums | 57 | |
| Total podiums | 82 | |
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | 4 x 5 km team | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1999 Ramsau | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Gold | 2007 Sapporo | 7.5 km sprint | |
| Gold | 2007 Sapporo | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Bronze | 2001 Lahti | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Bronze | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km team | |
Hannu Kalevi Manninen (born April 17, 1978 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the age of 23. He has five other nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds (4 x 5 km team: 1999, 2007 and 7.5 km sprint: 2007) and two bronzes (4 x 5 km team: 2001, 2003). He has two other Olympic team medals as well (silver: 1998, bronze: 2006).
Manninen has the record for most wins (45) and most championship titles (4), after passing Kenji Ogiwara's records during the 2006-07 season, in the Nordic combined World Cup. He also has won the 7.5 km sprint event of the Nordic combined three times (2002, 2004, 2005) at the Holmenkollen ski festival.
As a cross country skier, he finished 8th in the individual sprint event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. His younger sister, Pirjo is a cross country skier who has also won several World Championship medals, including two golds at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 x 5 km: 2007). They are the first brother-sister combonation to ever win gold medals at the same championships.
[edit] External links
- FIS profile (Cross-country skiing)
- FIS profile (Nordic combined)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Official website
(As 3 x 10 km) 1988 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Hubert Schwarz
1992 Japan Reiichi Mikata, Takanori Kono, & Kenji Ogiwara
1994 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara
(As 4 x 5 km) 1998 Norway Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Fred Børre Lundberg
2002 Finland Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, & Samppa Lajunen
2006 Austria Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher
1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Marco Baacke * 2003: Johnny Spillane * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007 Hannu Manninen
(As 3 x 10 km) 1982 East Germany Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder & Konrad Winkler
1984 Norway Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth & Geir Andersen
1985 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz & Hermann Weinbuch
1987 West Germany Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl & Thomas Müller
1989 Norway Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden
1991 Austria Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner & Klaus Sulzenbacher
1993 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe & Kenji Ogiwara
(As 4 x 5 km) 1995 Japan Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara & Takanori Kono
1997 Norway Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland & Fred Børre Lundberg
1999 Finland Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila & Samppa Lajunen
2001 Norway Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik & Kristian Hammer
2003 Austria Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald
2005 Norway Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan & Kristian Hammer
2007 Finland Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus, & Hannu Manninen
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