Janne Holmén
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| Personal information | |||||||
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| Birth name | Janne Holmén | ||||||
| Full name | Janne Sven-Åke Holmén | ||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | ||||||
| Born |
26 September 1977 Jomala, Åland, Finland | ||||||
| Residence | Uppsala, Sweden | ||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st) | ||||||
| Sport | |||||||
| Country |
 Finland | ||||||
| Sport | Running | ||||||
| Event(s) | Marathon | ||||||
| Club | Jomala IK/IF Åland | ||||||
| Coached by | Rune Holmén | ||||||
| Retired | 3 July 2009 | ||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||
| World finals |
2005: Marathon DNF 2007: Marathon 9th | ||||||
| Regional finals |
2002: Marathon  Gold 2006: Marathon 7th | ||||||
| Olympic finals |
2004: Marathon 22nd 2008: Marathon 19th | ||||||
| Personal best(s) |
5000 m: 13:35.62 (2001) 10,000 m: 28:09.94 (2003) 10 km road 28:31 (2002, NR) Half marathon: 1:02:35 (2007) Marathon: 2:10:46 (2008, NR) | ||||||
Medal record
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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 two 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.
Personal bests
- 5000m 13:35.62 (Lappeenranta 15.7.2001)
- 10000m 28:09.94 (Turku 15.6.2003)
- 10 km road 28:31 (NR) (Madrid 2002)
- Half marathon 1:02:35 (Sevilla 16.12.2007)
- Marathon 2:10:46 (NR) (Rotterdam 13.4.2008)
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