Janne Happonen decided a sports career in the 2014 Sochi olympics. IT-a man’s journey to fit so much injuries than the sweet success.Janne Happonen suffered even undue their own misfortunes, but he is not embittered. JOHN PALMÉN
, 34, jumped to the last race jump in 2014 Poland Zakopanessa during the world cup race.
after Happonen was team Finland with the Sochi winter olympics, but didn’t get to wear number vest on.
after the Olympics kuopio types had a clear vision of their career destiny.
I Know that it is over for injuries. Although I announced that I was quitting my career officially until the year 2016, was the thing I found out already during 2014, Happonen said.
In 2001, the first world cup race to jump of the Happonen’s career to accommodate a lot of good moments. The prize closet has over the years been raised in the 2006 Turin olympics joukkuemäen silver and two WORLD silver and one bronze lentomäen team from the race.
kuopio professional should also still holds the longest Finnish jumper burners land up staying join the jump. Happonen flying in norway in 2011 Vikersundin lentomäen in 240 meters. World cup overall competition, he ranked in the 2008 eighth.
Hell gun-jump 240 meters, is still Janne Happonen in the name. Pekka Sipola/AOP
Can only guess what kind of kuopio Finnish merit list would be without the shocking injury thread. Acid-opened up a real hell of a gap in the summer of 2008 the German Klingenthalin lentomäen.
her Life get to know the Finnish left hyppyynsä stage lower than many other countries ‘ jumpers. The jump ended however, complete destruction. The left foot mono betrayed among nearly 155 meters of the position of the aircraft.
I don’t remember anything about what happened. However, I know that rämähdin the slope about a hundred miles an hour without the possibility to stay afloat, Happonen recalls.
furious at the overthrow of the consciousness lost Happonen injured fatally, because his left thigh bone in a compound fracture and the knee broke down badly. His own memories are of the hospital.
when I woke Up I first thought it was a car accident. Soon, however, I remembered the crash I had the top of the hill, although it happened I still don’t have a recollection. I’ve also heard from doctors that I was in danger of a massive thigh injury.
what Happened was certainly a shock also my relatives, because they saw what happened. In fact, I still haven’t watched the tape, what happened to me.
Because the injuries were very serious, doubt Happonen jumps in the ice to jump. Especially the recovery period of the first weeks were really difficult. The eagle lay on the bed masentavien the idea of an avalanche in on top.
– the Mind and the emotion was black, I didn’t think my return. The wrestling between the very dark thoughts, and light just showed up.
Gradually life however winning and will power take over. Although the pains were hard, I felt the bed lying with my back to want to climb again the hill to the tower, Happonen recalls.
Three knocks, inter alia, the left knee operated on was Janne Happonen mäkiuran during. The picture is from 2011. IL-ARCHIVE
to the astonishment of All Happonen returned about a year later back in action. In the spring of 2010, he will also celebrate lentomäen team race championships-bronze medal.
a man of the world, however, went black back in the summer, Puijo suurmäen.
I jumped out the extra length of the jump, where my left knee broke down completely. The front was again new rehabilitation, which at the time, however, the previous easily previous experiences.
– the additional effort brought though the leg struck two blood clots, but decided at that time to go back.
And Happonen came. He blew the next year, a whopping 240 feet of Norway Vikersundin. It is still the history of the longest Finnish hill man leiskautus.
IT-jump know however yet another trip to the operating table. Television pictures showed me how very lucky mäkimies held immediately tuuletusten interspersed with the left knee.
I didn’t at that moment realize that I have another bad injury, because of the success I felt was so strong. The seriousness of the situation became clear a little later. This was a cross-bandage and an intrauterine device injuries.
Pointless to speculate
Again himself in top shape to fight the b. sc in 2013, the aim was set in the Val di Fiemme world championships. They were, however, dream a little before the race in norway’s lillehammer in the event of injury. Knee betrayed again.
I Knew as soon as landing after the cross ties broken, because the feeling was similar to several times in the past. To understand my dream was once again over.
Although Happonen misfortune has been shocking, he doesn’t want to still speculate on the lost merit.
– the kind of contemplation doesn’t help anything, these dents just come my way. It is still clear that the reflection several times, why me you hurt this much. I still don’t want to speculate, I would have some medals more without, say, Klingenthalin the accident.
I’m overall very happy for this opportunity to be involved in top-level sport. I received it thanks to the huge amount of different experiences. I am at the same time also received a lot of good friends, what is life a very important.
a Tough decision
the Decision on career end of the acid-heavy, because the sport had been a part of everyday life in less than ten years old.
I jumped the first jump home the jump of seven years old, the first time Ruka suurmäen two years later and at the age of 10, put in the same place already 145 meters, or long road travelled.
Acid-had a career end in front of a hard place, because the bottom had no professional training.
I never went to school, because sports had been everything to me. I didn’t during my career even thought I was studying at the same time. When the sport was left out of the picture, was your day really, really stupid.
hill man’s luck was that he paid an active, in time, the voluntary insurance premium, which was possible to go to college.
– It forced me to start the studies quickly, in order to get the insurance offered benefits. I started the year 2015 college of graduate studies, who returned from time to time quite lost the day’s rhythm. Now the degree is done, and I have also already studied some logistics.
