Ville Kantee

Ville Kantee
Country  Finland
Full name Ville Valtteri Kantee
Born (1978-12-08) 8 December 1978
Joutseno, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best 223.5 m (733 ft)
Planica, 18 Mar 2000
World Cup career
Seasons 1997–2002
Individual wins 2
Team wins 3
Indiv. podiums 6
Team podiums 5
Indiv. starts 93
Team starts 6
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
2001 Lahti Team NH
2001 Lahti Team LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Ville Valtteri Kantee (born 8 December 1978) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

Kantee won two team (large and normal hill) silver medals at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, as well as finishing ninth in the individual large hill event at those same championships. He also finished 23rd in the 2000 Ski Flying World Championships. At World Cup level he won two individual events, both on large hills, in Kuopio (28 November 1999) and Willingen (3 February 2001). His best overall finish was sixth in the 1999/00 season. Kantee retired in 2004 after spending his final seasons in the Continental Cup.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall SF JP 4H NT
1996/97 20 29 20 31 15
1997/98 54 – 51 40 41
1998/99 28 25 30 – 11
1999/00 6 15 6 9 5
2000–01 17 41 N/A 11 61
2001–02 63 N/A N/A – –

Wins

No. Season Date Place Hill Size
1 1999/00 28 November 1999 Finland Kuopio Puijo K120 (night) LH
2 2000/01 3 February 2001 Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K120 LH

References

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