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Jani Markus Soininen (born November 12, 1972 in Jyväskylä) is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2001. He won two medals the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, earning a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill.
His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where earned four medals in the team hill competitions with golds in the 1995 and 1997 large hills, and silvers in 2001 both in the normal and large hills.
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World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill |
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1982 Norway - Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth & Olav Hansson * 1984 Finland - Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen & Matti Nykänen * 1985 Finland - Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen & Jari Puikkonen * 1987 Finland - Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli & Pekka Suorsa * 1989 Finland - Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen & Risto Laakkonen * 1991 Austria - Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher & Andreas Felder * 1993 Norway - Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg & Espen Bredesen * 1995 Finland - Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen & Ari-Pekka Nikkola * 1997 Finland - Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen & Janne Ahonen * 1999 Germany - Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma & Martin Schmitt * 2001 Germany - Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr & Martin Schmitt * 2003 Finland - Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi & Matti Hautamäki * 2005 Austria - Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth * 2007 Austria - Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern |
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