Julia KYKKAENEN

17 Apr 1994
27
Female
LAHTI
 
Finland
 
Finland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SJP Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual 27

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
9Normal Hill Team2021Oberstdorf, GER332.0
9Normal Hill Team2021Oberstdorf, GER282.0
10Large Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT354.1
10Normal Hill Team2015Falun, SWE369.5
10Normal Hill2013Predazzo, ITA203.2
11Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT354.8
11Normal Hill Team2017Lahti, FIN397.4
17Normal Hill2011Oslo, NOR176.4
19Normal Hill2017Lahti, FIN204.0
21Large Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER195.4
23Normal Hill2015Falun, SWE194.4
26Normal Hill2009Liberec, CZE113.0
29Normal Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER180.8
World Cup Rankings Overview
SeasonOverall
2021/202228
2020/202133
2019/202041
2018/201929
Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
SeasonNormal HillLarge HillNormal Hill TeamLarge Hill Team
2021/20221 x 14th1 x 16th1 x 9th
2020/20212 x 22nd1 x 21st1 x 9th
2019/20201 x 29th1 x 24th1 x 8th
2018/20191 x 20th1 x 19th
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
9Large Hill Team2021/2022Willingen, GER148.9
14Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS174.4
16Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER54.2
22Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER8.6
22Large Hill2021/2022Klingenthal, GER156.6
29Normal Hill2021/2022Ramsau, AUT175.2
31Large Hill2021/2022Klingenthal, GER134.8
33Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS76.6
34Normal Hill2021/2022Ljubno, SLO101.3
37Large Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR60.0
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Football, skiing, and dogs. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

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Athlete, Student

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Student at Vierumaeki Sport Institute (FIN). (Athlete, Aug 2021)

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Father, Kimmo Kykkaenen. Mother, Tarja Kykkaenen. Brothers, Jere and Jesse.

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Finnish, English

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Helsingin Makihyppaajat

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Team: Ossi-Pekka Valta (FIN)
Personal: Kimmo Kykkaenen (FIN)
Ski: Fluege.de

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Father Kimmo Kykkaenen (Ski jumping): A coach.

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Football.

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2007 Continental Cup in Bischofsgruen (Normal hill - 46th)
2011 World Cup in Lillehammer (Normal hill - 14th)

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2007

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Started as a child and was the first Finnish female ski jumper to compete internationally.

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Season 2021/22 goals: Climb back on top again. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Career goal: Be the best female ski jumper in the world. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

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Podiums in the World Cup (third in Falun and Hinzenbach, both in 2014), Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

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Ski jumper Janne Ahonen (FIN), two-time Olympic silver team medallist (2002, 2006), finished fourth three times in Olympic individual normal hill events (1998, 2002, 2010), two-time individual world champion (1997 normal hill, 2005, large hill) and three-time world team champion (1995, 1997, 2003). (Athlete, Oct 2021)

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"Always checking the bindings and putting the skis the same way on my foot." (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Two-time Olympian making her Winter Games debut at Sochi 2014 (normal hill) with a 17th place. 23rd in PyeongChang 2018 (normal hill).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Finished individual 10th in her World Championships debut in 2013. After that, she only participated in 2015 and 2021, each time with the team.
Eighth in the 2012 Junior World Championships.

WORLD CUP
Debut in the first World Cup competition for women in Lillehammer 2011. Since then, her best season was 2013/14 when she finished ninth overall and also had two third places in Falun and in Hinzenbach, both in 2014.

SEASON 2021/22
Participated in the Summer Grand Prix 2021 and finished overall 38th. In the winter season, she scored World Cup points in five events, 14th in Nizhny Tagil and 16th in Willingen (large hill), which were her best season results.

OTHER
Team silver medal in the Universiade in 2013.

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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