Robert Johansson

Robert Johansson
Robert Johansson
	Johansson in 2019
Country	Norway
Full name	Robert Høneren Johansson
Born	23 March 1990; Lillehammer, Norway
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski club	Søre Ål IL
Personal best	252 m (827 ft) ; Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2014–present
Individual wins	3
Team wins	11
Indiv. podiums	16
Team podiums	15
Indiv. starts	164
Team starts	31
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
World Championships
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
	Updated on 13 March 2022.

Robert Høneren Johansson (born 23 March 1990) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, having landed a jump of 252 m (827 ft) in Vikersund on 18 March 2017. Johansson has often been nicknamed the "Wing Commander" for his distinctive handlebar moustache.

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.[2] 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.[2]

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.[3]

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
2018 Oberstdorf	9
2020 Planica	5

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7	NT
2008/09	—	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2013/14	61	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	75	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	58	—	31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	16	26	15	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	5	5			4	N/A		N/A
2018/19	6	8	12		13	N/A	19	N/A
2019/20	17	12	7	6	21	11	NA	N/A
2020/21	5	17	7	N/A	10	N/A	8	N/A
2021/22	10	6		7	N/A	N/A		N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2017/18	18 March 2018	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS240	FH
2	2018/19	10 March 2019	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
3	2020/21	24 January 2021	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130 (night)	LH

Individual starts (164)

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																																0
2008/09	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	–	–					0

2013/14																																43
2013/14	–	13	42	50	q	q	41	46	–	–	–	–	34	39	41	35	20	19	46	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–				43

2014/15																																5
2014/15	–	–	–	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	45	–	–	–	–	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

2015/16																																19
2015/16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	33	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			19

2016/17																																424
2016/17	–	–	25	14	31	34	23	39	30	2	20	22	9	q	24	27	14	22	7	10	10	6	29	10	8	7						424

2017/18																																840
2017/18	13	7	26	11	5	9	15	11	17	7	5	4	12	8	4	12	4	3	3	1	4	4										840

2018/19																																974
2018/19	16	8	7	6	9	17	7	7	19	11	9	13	4	2	3	9	17	5	15	3	17	15	1	2	10	6	25	16				974

2019/20																																503
2019/20	11	DQ	25	9	11	9	8	8	14	17	16	38	26	13	15	15	14	15	25	8	8	–	–	12	8	5	13					503

2020/21																																884
2020/21	44	6	6	3	2	44	11	39	18	12	5	6	20	3	1	13	11	8	4	9	3	11	7	5	9							884

2021/22																																531
2021/22	9	11	12	50	10	8	4	13	21	3	13	7	6	34	–	–	–	15	12	23	31	11	3	8								531

Ski jumping national record

Date	Hill	Location	Nation	Metres	Feet
18 March 2017	vikersundbakken HS240	vikersund	Norway	252	827

Moustache

Johansson competed in Pyeongchang with a manicured handlebar moustache which he began growing two years earlier. The moustache attracted considerable media attention.[3][4]

References

"Robert JOHANSSON". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
Robert Johansson at the International Ski Federation
Josh Peter (10 February 2018). "Winter Olympics 2018 breakout star: Ski jumper Robert Johansson's mustache?". USA Today. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
"Norwegian wins 'Moustache Games' for magnificent facial hair". The Local. Norway. Agence France-Presse. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

External links

Robert Johansson at FIS (ski jumping)

Robert Johansson at Olympics.com

Robert Johansson at Olympedia

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[1] "Robert JOHANSSON". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[bio-2] Robert Johansson at the International Ski Federation

[USA-3] Josh Peter (10 February 2018). "Winter Olympics 2018 breakout star: Ski jumper Robert Johansson's mustache?". USA Today. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

[4] "Norwegian wins 'Moustache Games' for magnificent facial hair". The Local. Norway. Agence France-Presse. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.