Janne Immonen (born 29 May 1968) 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 (FIS).
World Championships Year Age 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay 2001 32 10 — —
World Cup Season standings Season Age OverallLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint 1996 27 1999 30 74 43 — 2000 31 28 40 9 51 2001 32 50 —
Individual podiums 1 podium No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2000–01 10 February 2001 Otepää, Estonia 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
Team podiums 4 podiums (4 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 1998–99 14 March 1999 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo2 1999–00 19 December 1999 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Myllylä / Kirvesniemi / Isometsä3 5 March 2000 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Kirvesniemi / Kattilakoski / Repo4 2000–01 26 November 2000 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Kirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
See also List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
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