Robert Johansson

Robert Johansson
Johansson in 2017
Country	Norway
Born	(1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 Lillehammer, Norway
Ski club	Søre Ål IL
Personal best	252 m (827 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2014–present
Individual wins	1
Team wins	7
Indiv. podiums	4
Team podiums	8
Indiv. starts	65
Team starts	11
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH Men's ski flying Ski Flying World Championships 2018 Oberstdorf Team
Updated on 25 March 2018.

Robert Johansson (born 23 March 1990) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, with 252 m (827 ft) set in Vikersund on 18 March 2017. He has been referred to as " The flying mustache"

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

World Cup

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2017/18	18 March 2018	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS240	FH

Individual starts (63)

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
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	–	–
2013/14																																43
	–	13	42	50	q	q	41	46	–	–	–	–	34	39	41	35	20	19	46	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014/15																																5
	–	–	–	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	45	–	–	–	–	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015/16																																19
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	33	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016/17																																424
	–	–	25	14	31	34	23	39	30	2	20	22	9	q	24	27	14	22	7	10	10	6	29	10	8	7
2017/18																																840
	13	7	26	11	5	9	15	11	17	7	5	4	12	8	4	12	4	3	3	1	4	4

Mustache

Johansson competed in Pyeongchang with a manicured handlebar mustache which he began growing two years earlier. The mustache attracted considerable media attention.^[2][3]

References

External links

• Robert Johansson at the International Ski Federation