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
Country Finland
Born (1968-05-29) May 29, 1968
Sotkamo, Finland
Ski clubSotkamon Jymy
World Cup career
Seasons1996, 1999–2001
Individual wins0
Team wins0
Indiv. podiums1
Team podiums4
Indiv. starts19
Team starts11
Overall titles0 – (28th in 2000)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Disqualified 2001 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay

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 
200132DNFDNF10——DSQ

World Cup

Season standings
 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
199627NCN/AN/AN/A
1999307443N/A—
2000312840951
20013250N/AN/A—

Individual podiums
  • 1 podium
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2000–01 10 February 2001 Otepää, Estonia10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums
  • 4 podiums (4 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1998–99 14 March 1999 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
2 1999–00 19 December 1999 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdMyllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
35 March 2000 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Kattilakoski / Repo
4 2000–01 26 November 2000 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
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See also
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References
  1. Passi, Minna (18 October 2013). "Ex-hiihtäjille ehdollista dopingjupakasta – oikeuden mukaan kolmikko käytti kiellettyjä aineita". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. "Janne IMMONEN". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2018.


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