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

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on 18 March 2017. Johansson has often been nicknamed the "Wing Commander" for his distinctive

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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

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. In the

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he has finished once among the top 15, with a 13th place from

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in November 2013. He managed two more top-20 placements that season, with a 20th and a 19th place from

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in January 2014. At the

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, 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

which he began growing two years earlier. The moustache attracted considerable media attention.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Robert 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Lillehammer Skiers from Innlandet Norwegian male ski jumpers World record setters in ski flying Olympic ski jumpers for 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 European Games medalists in ski jumping European Games silver medalists for Norway Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games