Jari Puikkonen

Jari Markus Puikkonen is a Finnish former ski jumper, born on 25 June 1959, who made his international debut at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf on 30 December 1977. He won his first World Cup victory at Innsbruck in 1981, finished third overall in that year's Four Hills Tournament and fifth overall in the World Cup after three more victories. He won three Winter Olympic medals: team large hill gold in 1988 and bronzes in the individual normal hill in 1984 and the individual large hill in 1980. His biggest successes were at the Nordic World Ski Championships, with seven medals including four golds, and he won gold at the 1981 Ski Flying World Championships. He retired after the 1990 to 91 season, and Olympedia records him as closing flagbearer for Finland.