Janne Pekka Ryynänen (born 1 January 1988 in

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athlete who has been competing since 2003. His ski club is ''Ounasvaaran hiihtoseura''. One of his greatest achievements include a gold medal from 4 x 5 km team competition at Sapporo 2007, where he had the longest jump of the Finnish team. Ryynänen best individual finish was fourth in the 10 km individual large hill event at

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. Ryynänen's best finish at the

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was seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at

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while his best individual finish was 12th in the 10 km individual large hill event at those same games. His lone World Cup victory was at a 4 x 5 km team event at

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in 2007 while his best individual finish was second in

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twice, both in 2008.

References

* 1988 births Finnish male Nordic combined skiers Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Finland Skiers from Rovaniemi FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined 21st-century Finnish people {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub