Janne Lahtela
![]() Lahtela in 2010 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's freestyle skiing | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | Moguls |
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1998 Nagano | Moguls |
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | ||
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1999 Meiringen-Hasliberg | Moguls |
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1999 Meiringen-Hasliberg | Dual Moguls |
Janne Lahtela (born 28 February 1974) is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team. He also is a key founder and sponsor for the IDOne ski company based out of Japan.
Lahtela was born in Kemijärvi. He won a gold medal in the moguls final of 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Four years earlier he had taken a silver medal in front of his cousin Sami Mustonen, who took bronze. He has also won the moguls skiing World Cup five times and became a World Champion in 1999.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Janne Lahtela". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Kemijärvi
- Finnish male freestyle skiers
- Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic freestyle skiers of Finland
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- European freestyle skiing biography stubs
- Finnish winter sports biography stubs