Janne Korhonen Taekwondo - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Mar 30, 1970 Oulu, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland 54 years old

Finnish taekwondo practitioner

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About Janne Korhonen Taekwondo

  • Janne Korhonen (born March 30, 1970 in Oulu, Finland), 195 cm/120 kg (6'4.75?/265 lbs/18 stone 11 lbs), reach 206 cm (6'9?) is a Finnish taekwondo athlete.
  • He used to compete in the ITF (International Taekwon-Do Federation)'s competitions.
  • His best achievements are three personal European Championship gold medals in 1992, 1993 and 1999.Korhonen started to train athletics and cross-country skiing at an early age.
  • He started combat sports at the age of 12.
  • After a few years of karate, he started taekwondo.
  • After being promoted as a black belt in 1991, he debuted in the national team of his native country.
  • His competitive career in taekwondo lasted from 1988 to 1999.
  • During that period of time he participated European Championships five times and World Championships twice, among other international and national competitions. Korhonen also cross-trained multiple other sports to improve his performance in taekwondo.
  • On field, for example, he threw 2 kg discus 58.32m., and on track, ran 100m in 11,2 secs.
  • His standing long jump peaked at 340 cm and power clean at 190 kg.
  • His instructor on the early years of training was Grand Master Fikret Güler, 9.
  • dan. Janne korhonen is a medical doctor by profession.

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