Ilkka HEROLA

Finland
Nordic Combined
22 Jun 1995
26
Male
1.77/5'9''
SIILINJARVI
 
Finland
KUOPIO
 
Finland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
NCB Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km 6
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km 16
Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km
FIN
Finland
 8

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Cross-Country
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Trial Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Competition Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Cross-Country
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
6Men's Team2018PyeongChang, KOR
8Men's Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
14Large Hill / 10 km, Individual2014Sochi, RUS
16Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual2014Sochi, RUS
18Men's Large Hill / 10 km, Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
DNSTeam2014Sochi, RUS
Youth Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocationResult
2Medium Hill / 10 km, Individual2012Innsbruck, AUT
4Medium Hill, Team2012Innsbruck, AUT578.3
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
2Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men2021Oberstdorf, GER23:01.6
4Team Sprint HS134/2x7.5 K Men2015Falun, SWE39:35.8
5Team HS106/4x5 Km Men2021Oberstdorf, GER46:36.4
5Team Sprint HS137/2x7.5 Km Men2021Oberstdorf, GER31:12.4
5Gundersen NH HS109/10,0 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT25:37.7
5Team HS109/4x5 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT51:25.1
5Team HS100/4x5 Km Men2017Lahti, FIN47:49.0
6Gundersen Large Hill HS137/10,0 Km Men2021Oberstdorf, GER25:10.1
7Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT30:32.6
7Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 K Men2017Lahti, FIN30:12.5
8Team HS106/4x5 Km Men2013Predazzo, ITA1:01:10.8
9Team HS100/4x5 Km Men2015Falun, SWE48:28.7
11Gundersen LH HS130/10,0 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT24:52.3
11Team Sprint HS134/2x7.5 K Men2013Predazzo, ITA39:17.5
12Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men2017Lahti, FIN27:06.5
16Gundersen LH HS134/10,0 K Men2015Falun, SWE23:31.8
17Gundersen LH HS130/10.0 K Men2017Lahti, FIN28:30.2
22Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men2013Predazzo, ITA30:02.3
23Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men2015Falun, SWE28:24.2
27Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men2013Predazzo, ITA31:09.1
World Cup Rankings
SeasonOverall
2021/202214
2020/20217
2019/20208
2018/201911
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonNH/15.0kmNH/10.0kmNH/5.0kmLH/10.0kmTeam NH/4x5kmTeam LH/4x5kmTSP NH/2x7.5kmTSP LH/2x7.5km
2021/20221 x 3rd2 x 10th
2020/20211 x 2nd1 x 2nd1 x 4th1 x 4th1 x 3rd1 x 7th
2019/20201 x 6th1 x 4th1 x 10th2 x 3rd1 x 5th1 x 6th1 x 8th
2018/20191 x 5th1 x 29th2 x 2nd1 x 8th1 x 1st
2017/20181 x 8th1 x 6th1 x 22nd1 x 3rd1 x 4th1 x 3rd1 x 3rd
2016/20171 x 8th1 x 5th1 x 8th1 x 6th1 x 4th1 x 4th
2015/20161 x 7th1 x 8th1 x 14th1 x 3rd1 x 7th
2014/20151 x 11th1 x 14th1 x 29th1 x 9th1 x 8th1 x 11th
2013/20141 x 13th2 x 14th1 x 10th1 x 4th1 x 5th1 x 16th1 x 14th
2012/20131 x 27th1 x 17th1 x 8th1 x 10th1 x 15th
2011/20121 x 47th
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
3NH/10.0km2021/2022Ramsau, AUT24:33.9
5Mass Start NH/10.0km2021/2022Otepää, EST23:32.9
6NH/12.5km2021/2022Seefeld, AUT30:58.5
6NH/10.0km2021/2022Ramsau, AUT24:53.2
7NH/7.5km2021/2022Seefeld, AUT20:12.5
8NH/10.0km2021/2022Seefeld, AUT25:56.2
10LH/10.0km2021/2022Ruka, FIN26:05.4
10LH/10.0km2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR26:48.7
18LH/5.0km2021/2022Ruka, FIN13:56.0
22LH/10.0km2021/2022Ruka, FIN27:11.3
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Hunting. Enjoys music and has been playing the drums since he was young; started playing guitar so he could make some melodies, and now has a band.

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Athlete, Student

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Studies Economics at the University of Eastern Finland.

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Father, Timo. Mother, Tiina. Two brothers, Matti and Veikko.

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Swedish, English, Finnish

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Puijon Hiihtoseura

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Team: Petter Kukkonen (FIN)
Personal: Antti Kuisima (FIN), Petter Kukkonen (FIN)

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2012 World Cup in Lahti (Large hill/10km - 47th)

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2012

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First time on skis was in his family’s backyard as a child. Up until age 15, he was still undecided between ski jumping and Nordic combined as he was better at jumping (under-16 Finnish champion) than he was at skiing. (FIS Nordic Combined, 6 Feb 2019)

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Physical testing showed that he had the body for cross-country skiing, so he believed he could become a Nordic combined athlete. (FIS Nordic Combined, 6 Feb 2019)

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To win an Olympic medal and finish in the top three in the World Cup. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

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Hard interval training. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

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Winning a silver medal at the 2021 World Championships. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

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Ski jumper Janne Ahonen (FIN), two-time Olympic team silver medallist (Salt Lake City 2002, Torino 2006), two-time individual world champion (1997 normal hill, 2005, large hill), three-time world champion with the team (1995, 1997, 2003), finished fourth three times in Olympic individual normal hill events (Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010), five-time winner of the Four Hills Tournament (1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008).

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Nordic combined athlete Hannu Manninen (FIN), three-time Olympic team medallist (2002 gold, 1998 silver, 2006 bronze), six-time Olympian, six-time World Championship medallist (three gold, one silver, two bronze), four-time consecutive winner of the overall Nordic Combined World Cup (2004-07), and current record holder with 48 World Cup titles and 89 podium finishes. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Finished sixth in the normal hill/10km event in Beijing 2022, which marks his personal best result in this event. In large hill/10km he finished 16th.

At Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, his best individual finish of eighth was in the normal hill/10km in 2018.

Competed at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in the medium hill/10km individual.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
In four World Championships appearances, he has had 12 top-10 results, including winning the silver medal in the normal hill/10km in 2021 in Oberstdorf, finishing 0.4 seconds behind world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway.

Competed at three Junior World Championships (2012-14) winning silver medals in 2012 (normal hill/5km) and in 2014 (normal hill/10km).

WORLD CUP
Ten individual podium finishes, with four in team. His only victory to date is in the team event, winning the team sprint in Lahti in 2019 (with Eero Hirvonen).

2021/22
Overall winner of the Summer Grand Prix 2021, consisting of five events within nine days held in Germany and Austria.
In winter, he has four top-six results, one podium, finishing third in Ramsau (normal hill/10km). Missed competitions due to COVID-19, was back for the Seefeld Triple, just in time for the Olympic Winter Games. In Seefeld, he finished in the top 10 in all three races.
He is currently ranked 14th in the overall World Cup.
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