Janne Holmén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Janne Holmén

athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1977

Place of Birth: Jomala, State Department of Åland, Finland

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Janne Holmén

  • Janne Sven-Åke Holmén (born 26 September 1977) is a Finnish former long-distance runner. 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.
  • Holmén currently lives in Uppsala, Sweden, 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.

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