Ville Kantee

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Ville Kantee
Country Finland Finland
Full name Ville Valtteri Kantee
Born (1978-12-08) 8 December 1978 (age 45)
Joutseno, Finland
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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
Updated on 30 Mar 2015.

Ville Valtteri Kantee (born 8 December 1978) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1996 to 2004.

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 1999–2000 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 Nov 1999 Finland Kuopio Puijo K-120 (night) LH
2 2000–01 3 Feb 2001 Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K-120 LH

References