Janne Petteri Ahonen (Finnish pronunciation: ['j?n?e 'pet?eri '?honen] pronunciation ; born 11 May 1977), nicknamed "The King Eagle", is a Finnish former ski jumper and drag racer.
He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, as well as one of the most successful from Finland, having won two consecutive World Cup overall titles, the Four Hills Tournament a record five times, two individual gold medals at the World Championships, and the Nordic Tournament once.
He has been described as the greatest ski jumper to have never won an individual Winter Olympics medal.