Robert Høneren Johansson (born 23 March 1990) is a Norwegian
ski jumper
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
. He is a former
ski flying world record holder, having landed a jump of in
Vikersund
Vikersund is a town of 3,232 (in 2020) inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Viken, Norway.
Overview
Vikersund is located 30 kilometers south of Hønefoss and 40 kilometers northwest of Drammen. The village is loca ...
on
18 March 2017. Johansson has often been nicknamed the "Wing Commander" for his distinctive
handlebar moustache
A handlebar moustache is a moustache with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. These moustache styles are named for their resemblance to the handlebars of a bicycle. It is also known as a spaghetti moustache, because of its st ...
.
Ski jumping career
He finished fourth in the team competition at the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships, and also competed at the 2010 Junior World Ski Championships. In January 2012 he took his first
Continental Cup podium, with a third place in
Neustadt, and in March 2012 he won his first Continental Cup race in
Kuopio
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.
[ In the ]World Cup
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he has finished once among the top 15, with a 13th place from Kuusamo
Kuusamo ( sme, Guossán; smn, Kuáccám) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
T ...
in November 2013. He managed two more top-20 placements that season, with a 20th and a 19th place from Sapporo
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in January 2014.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening =
, closing =
, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
, winte ...
in Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
, South Korea, Johansson won bronze in both the men's normal hill individual and men's large hill individual event.
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
World Cup
Standings
Wins
Individual starts (164)
Ski jumping national record
Moustache
Johansson competed in Pyeongchang with a manicured handlebar moustache
A handlebar moustache is a moustache with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. These moustache styles are named for their resemblance to the handlebars of a bicycle. It is also known as a spaghetti moustache, because of its ste ...
which he began growing two years earlier. The moustache attracted considerable media attention.
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1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lillehammer
Norwegian male ski jumpers
World record setters in ski flying
Olympic ski jumpers of Norway
Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
21st-century Norwegian people