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Robert Johansson
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Johansson in 2017
Country Norway
Born (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 34)
Lillehammer, Norway
Ski clubSøre Ål IL
Personal best252 m (827 ft) National record
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2014–present
Starts65
Podiums4
Wins1
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Oberstdorf Team
Updated on 25 March 2018.

Robert Johansson (born 23 March 1990) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, with 252 m (827 ft) set in Vikersund on 18 March 2017. He has been referred to as " The flying mustache"

Ski jumping career

He finished fourth in the team competition at the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships, and also competed at the 2010 Junior World Ski Championships. In January 2012 he took his first Continental Cup podium, with a third place in Neustadt, and in March 2012 he won his first Continental Cup race in Kuopio.[1] In the World Cup he has finished once among the top 15, with a 13th place from Kuusamo in November 2013. He managed two more top-20 placements that season, with a 20th and a 19th place from Sapporo in January 2014.[1]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Johansson won bronze in both the men's normal hill individual and men's large hill individual event.[2]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF RA W5 P7 NT
2008/09 N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 61 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 75 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 58 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 16 15 9 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 5 5 2 2 4 3 N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2017/18 18 March 2018   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH

Individual starts (63)

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
2008/09 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Pragelato Pragelato Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Zakopane Zakopane Whistler Whistler Sapporo Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Vikersund Planica Planica 0
q
2013/14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 43
13 42 50 q q 41 46 34 39 41 35 20 19 46 35
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 5
26 44 45 37
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 19
25 33 18
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 424
25 14 31 34 23 39 30 2 20 22 9 q 24 27 14 22 7 10 10 6 29 10 8 7
2017/18 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 840
13 7 26 11 5 9 15 11 17 7 5 4 12 8 4 12 4 3 3 1 4 4

Mustache

Johansson competed in Pyeongchang with a manicured handlebar mustache which he began growing two years earlier. The mustache attracted considerable media attention.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Robert Johansson at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ^ a b Josh Peter (10 February 2018). "Winter Olympics 2018 breakout star: Ski jumper Robert Johansson's mustache?". USA Today.
  3. ^ "Norwegian wins 'Moustache Games' for magnificent facial hair". The Local. Norway. AFP. 11 February 2018.

External links

Records
Preceded by
Anders Fannemel
251.5 m (825 ft)
World's longest ski jump
252 m (827 ft)

18 March 2017
Succeeded by
Stefan Kraft
253.5 m (832 ft)