Hannu Manninen

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Hannu Manninen
Personal information
Full name Hannu Kalevi Manninen
Nickname Juhis
Date of birth April 17, 1978 (1978-04-17) (age 30)
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Professional information
Club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura
Skis Madshus (Cross country)
Germina (Ski jumping)
World Cup
Seasons 1994-2008
Wins 45
Additional podiums 40
Total podiums 85
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Medal record
Men’s nordic combined
Olympic Games
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 4 x 5 km team
Silver 1998 Nagano 4 x 5 km team
Bronze 2006 Turin 4 x 5 km team
World Championships
Gold 1999 Ramsau 4 x 5 km team
Gold 2007 Sapporo 7.5 km sprint
Gold 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km team
Silver 1997 Trondheim 4 x 5 km team
Bronze 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km team
Bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 x 5 km team

Hannu Kalevi Manninen (born April 17, 1978 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish nordic combined athlete. Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal. Three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the age of 23. He has five other nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds (4 x 5 km team: 1999, 2007 and 7.5 km sprint: 2007) and two bronzes (4 x 5 km team: 2001, 2003). He has two other Olympic team medals as well (silver: 1998, bronze: 2006).

Manninen has the record for most wins (45) and most championship titles (4), after passing Kenji Ogiwara's records during the 2006-07 season, in the Nordic combined World Cup. He also has won the 7.5 km sprint event of the Nordic combined three times (2002, 2004, 2005) at the Holmenkollen ski festival.

As a cross country skier, he finished 8th in the individual sprint event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. His younger sister, Pirjo is a cross country skier who has also won several World Championship medals, including two golds at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 x 5 km: 2007). They are the first brother-sister combonation to ever win gold medals at the same championships.

Manninen announced his retirement from competition on May 29, 2008 to focus on his family and a future career as an airline pilot.

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Olympic champions in men's team nordic combined
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World champions in nordic combined men's sprint
1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Marco Baacke * 2003: Johnny Spillane * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007 Hannu Manninen
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