Jouni Pellinen (born 11 May 1983) is a

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freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

who specializes in the

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discipline. He is a former

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. He made his

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debut in December 2005 in

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, and collected his first World Cup points in December 2006, with a 28th place in

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. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships. Retrieved on 4 February 2009. In freestyle skiing he made his World Cup debut in January 2009 in St. Johann in Tirol, and collected his first World Cup points the same month, with a 5th place in

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and a twelfth place in Lake Placid. Retrieved on 4 February 2009. He represents the sports club "Imatran Urheilijat". Pellinen retired from competition before the 2015–16 World Cup season.

References

1983 births Living people People from Imatra Finnish male alpine skiers Finnish male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for Finland Sportspeople from South Karelia {{Finland-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub