Eino Kirjonen Eino Kirjonen (25 February 1933, in Koivisto – 21 August 1988, in Kouvola) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1954 to 1962. He finished seventh in the individual large hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Kirjo ...

became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...

. Against tradition,

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was the second single event, switching with

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, which was held third.

Participating nations and athletes

The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.

Results

Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze ORLEN Arena Oberstdorf (from 2017 to 2023 ''Audi Arena Oberstdorf'', from 2004 to 2017 ''Erdinger Arena'', until 2004 ''Skisprungstadion am Schattenberg'') is a complex of five ski jumping hills, located in the German town of Oberstdorf, Bavaria, ...

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28 December 1961

Innsbruck

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30 December 1961

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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01 January 1962

Bischofshofen

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06 January 1962 In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in

was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.

Final ranking

References

External links

FIS website

Four Hills Tournament web site
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