Janne Immonen


Janne Immonen is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003. He was best known for his doping role in the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships doping scandal that would affect five other Finnish skiers for taking hydroxyethyl starch, a blood plasma expander. Immonen was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that finished first, but would be disqualified for his blood doping and would receive a two-year suspension from the FIS as a result. He also finished 10th in the 30 km event at those same championships. In 2013, Immonen received a 6-month suspended sentence after the Helsinki District Court found that he had committed perjury when witnessing to the court in 2011 that he was unaware of any doping use in the 1990s.
Immonen's best individual career World Cup finish was third in Otepää in 2001.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2000–01 10 February 2001 Otepää, Estonia10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 1998–99 14 March 1999 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
2 1999–00 19 December 1999 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdMyllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä
3 1999–00 5 March 2000 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Kattilakoski / Repo
4 2000–01 26 November 2000 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo