Niilo Halonen

Kalle Niilo Ponteva Halonen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed between 1960 and 1967. His biggest success was the silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1960 [Winter Olympics] in Squaw Valley, [Placer County, California|Squaw Valley].

Biography

Halonen was born in Kouvola on 25 December 1940. He also won the bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. He finished second in a normal hill competition in Germany in 1964.
Halonen died on 17 August 2025, at the age of 84.