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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Birth name | Janne Holmén | ||||||||
| Full name | Janne Sven-Åke Holmén | ||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1977 Jomala, Åland, Finland | ||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Country |  Finland | ||||||||
| Sport | Running | ||||||||
| Event | Marathon | ||||||||
| Club | Jomala IK/IF Åland | ||||||||
| Coached by | Rune Holmén | ||||||||
| Retired | 3 July 2009 | ||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||
| Olympic finals | 2004: Marathon 22nd 2008: Marathon 19th | ||||||||
| World finals | 2005: Marathon DNF 2007: Marathon 9th | ||||||||
| Regional finals | 2002: Marathon  Gold 2006: Marathon 7th | ||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 5000 m: 13:35.62 (2001) 10,000 m: 28:09.94 (2003) 10 km road 28:31 (2002, NR) Half marathon: 1:02:35 (2007) Marathon: 2:10:46 (2008, NR) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Janne Sven-Åke Holmén (born 26 September 1977) is a Finnish former long-distance runner.[1]
Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:14. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with the time 2:17:50. In the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, Holmén finished in seventh place with a time of 2:13:10. In the 2007 World Championships in Athletics Janne Hólmen took ninth place with time of 2:19:36. In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Holmén finished in 19th place, with the time 2:14:44.
Holmén concentrated mainly on championship marathons where he generally succeeded well. His personal record time is 2:10:46, run in Rotterdam 2008. This is also the current Finnish record. He ended his athletics career in 2009 and concentrated on an academic career.
Holmén comes from a family of runners; his mother Nina was herself a European champion in 3000 metres in the 1974 European Championships, and his father Rune served as his trainer, in addition to being a former runner.[1] Holmén lives in Uppsala, Sweden,[1] with wife Laila Skah (sister of Khalid Skah) and three sons. He has converted to Islam.
Holmén has been studying at the University of Uppsala, and in 2006 he obtained a doctoral degree for his thesis Den politiska läroboken: Bilden av USA och Sovjetunionen i norska, svenska och finländska läroböcker under Kalla kriget, a study of Scandinavian school books and their portrayal of the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.[1]
Personal bests
- 5000m 13:35.62 (Lappeenranta 15.7.2001)
- 10000m 28:09.94 (Turku 15.6.2003)
- 10 km road 28:31 (NR) (Madrid 2002)
- Half marathon 1:02:35 (Sevilla 16.12.2007)
- Marathon 2:10:46 (NR) (Rotterdam 13.4.2008)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Isaksson, Janne (28 June 2020). ""Eller vad säger du, Janne, ska du bli en idrottsman?" Maratonmiraklet i München – Janne Holmén visste redan som sjuåring vad han ville" ["Or what do you say, Janne, are you going to be an athlete?" The marathon miracle in Munich - Janne Holmén already knew as a seven-year-old what he wanted]. Svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish).
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