The same year, he already won the large hill team event in Kuusamo and got two individual podiums in Sochi and Engelberg.
He made his World Cup debut in November 2006 in Kuusamo, and his eighth place in that race is his best result so far.
The group, incorporated in 1907, owns and operates production plants in Finland (Sipoo, Lapinjärvi, Kuusamo, Kitee and Urjala), Sweden (Åhus, formerly operated by Åhus Glass) and Lithuania (Mazeikiai).
On 5 February 1973, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered OH-KOA) crashed near Pudasjärvi in heavy icing conditions during a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Oulu to Kuusamo because of an engine failure.
His best result in World Cup is a second place in Kuusamo in November 2013.
At the beginning of the 2011/2012 World Cup, he finished 9th in Kuusamo.
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He began the season with an impressive 9th place finish at Kuusamo, and got his first career podium finish one week later in Trondheim, Norway, where he finished second behind Gregor Schlierenzauer.