Janne Immonen
Janne Immonen (born 29 May 1968) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003. He was best known for his doping role in the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships doping scandal that would affect five other Finnish skiers for taking hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander. Immonen was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that finished first, but would be disqualified for his blood doping and would receive a two-year suspension from the FIS as a result. He also finished 10th in the 30 km event at those same championships. In 2013, Immonen received a 6-month suspended sentence after the Helsinki District Court found that he had committed perjury when witnessing to the court in 2011 that he was unaware of any doping use in the 1990s.[1]
| Janne Immonen | |||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1968 Sotkamo, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Sotkamon Jymy | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 4 – 1996, 1999–2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (28th in 2000) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Immonen's best individual career World Cup finish was third in Otepää in 2001.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
World Championships
| Year | Age | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32 | DNF | DNF | 10 | — | — | DSQ |
Season standings
| Season | Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | ||
| 1996 | 27 | NC | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 30 | 74 | 43 | — | — |
| 2000 | 31 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 51 |
| 2001 | 32 | 50 | — | — | — |
Individual podiums
- 1 podium
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000–01 | 10 February 2001 |  Otepää, Estonia | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
Team podiums
- 4 podiums (4 RL)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998–99 | 14 March 1999 |  Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo |
| 2 | 1999–00 | 19 December 1999 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 3rd | Myllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä |
| 3 | 5 March 2000 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Kirvesniemi / Kattilakoski / Repo | |
| 4 | 2000–01 | 26 November 2000 |  Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo |
References
- Passi, Minna (18 October 2013). "Ex-hiihtäjille ehdollista dopingjupakasta – oikeuden mukaan kolmikko käytti kiellettyjä aineita". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- "Janne IMMONEN". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2018.