Harri Olli
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| Country |
 Finland
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| Full name | Harri Juhani Olli |
| Born |
15 January 1985 Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Ski club | Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura |
| Personal best | 225.5 m (740 ft) Oberstdorf, 14 February 2009 |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons |
2003–2004 2006–2011 2015–present |
| Individual wins | 3 |
| Team wins | 2 |
| Indiv. podiums | 7 |
| Team podiums | 10 |
| Indiv. starts | 98 |
| Team starts | 17 |
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Medal record
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| Updated on 14 February 2016. | |
Harri Juhani Olli (born 15 January 1985) is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2001. His career best achievement is a silver medal in the individual large hill event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. In the 2005/06 Continental Cup season, Olli won four individual events on normal hills.
Before the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2008 in Oberstdorf, Olli had had a night out in a bar. Nonetheless both his jumps were over 200 metres, which gave him the sixth place in the final results.
In August 2008 Olli was dismissed from the national team for a second time. He had been drunk during the Summer Grand Prix tour in central Europe and was late for the ride to the competition venue next morning. In July the police caught Olli for drunk driving and heavy speeding near Lapinlahti. Olli won one competition and placed third in another during the Summer tour. Olli took his first World Cup win in Oberstdorf on 14 February 2009 with both jumps over 200 metres, including a hill record of 225.5 m which still stands as of 2015. He has since won two more World Cup events, both in early 2009.
Olli again had alcohol-related problems before the opening of the 2009/10 season. He was having a dispute with his fiancée in a bar room and a drinking glass was used as a striking weapon.
His 2009/10 season was characterized by sporadic bouts of good form. For much of the early season he maintained a position in the pre-qualified top 10, but as his performance curve dipped and he dropped outside the pre-qualified places, he sometimes did not qualify at all—something that seemed less to do with talent and more to do with attitude. Upon questioning by British Eurosport commentator David Goldstrom, the Finnish coach Janne Väätäinen stated that Olli's apparent disinterest stemmed more from "frustration" and shyness than a bad attitude to ski jumping. The Finnish team nonetheless maintained faith in his ability and talent and during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Olli competed in all three events, although he was disqualified in the normal hill event due to a suit violation. In the large hill event Olli placed 18th, the highest ranking Finn, after a poor first effort and the disqualification of Janne Happonen, as well as Janne Ahonen's knee injury. In the team event, Olli acted as anchorman in place of Ahonen, improving under the weight of responsibility and making two very good and consistent efforts. However, due to a sudden flurry of good form for the Norwegian team, Finland placed just outside the medals in a closely fought final round.
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