Robert Johansson

For the Swedish politician who was born as Robert Johansson, see Robert Dockered.

Robert Høneren Johansson (born 23 March 1990) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, having landed a jump of 252 m (827 ft) in Vikersund on 18 March 2017. Johansson has often been nicknamed the "Wing Commander" for his distinctive handlebar moustache.

Robert Johansson
Johansson in 2019
Country	Norway
Full name	Robert Høneren Johansson
Born	(1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 35) Lillehammer, Norway
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Ski club	Søre Ål IL
Personal best	252 m (827 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2014–present
Indiv. starts	201
Indiv. podiums	16
Indiv. wins	3
Team starts	33
Team podiums	17
Team wins	11
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH World Championships 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed team NH Men's ski flying Ski Flying World Championships 2018 Oberstdorf Team 2020 Planica Team 2022 Vikersund Team
Updated on 24 March 2024.

Ski jumping career

He finished fourth in the team competition at the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships, and also competed at the 2010 Junior World Ski Championships. In January 2012 he took his first Continental Cup podium, with a third place in Neustadt, and in March 2012 he won his first Continental Cup race in Kuopio.^[2] In the World Cup he has finished once among the top 15, with a 13th place from Kuusamo in November 2013. He managed two more top-20 placements that season, with a 20th and a 19th place from Sapporo in January 2014.^[2]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Johansson won bronze in both the men's normal hill individual and men's large hill individual event.^[3]

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
2018 Oberstdorf	9
2020 Planica	5

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7	NT
2008/09	—	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2013/14	61	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	75	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	58	—	31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	16	26	15	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	5	5			4	N/A		N/A
2018/19	6	8	12		13	N/A	19	N/A
2019/20	17	12	7	6	21	11	N/A	N/A
2020/21	5	17	7	N/A	10	N/A	8	N/A
2021/22	12	6	—	7	N/A	N/A	—	N/A
2022/23	21	16	17	20	N/A	N/A	12	N/A
2023/24	29	—	13	25	N/A	N/A	14	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2017/18	18 March 2018	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS240	FH
2	2018/19	10 March 2019	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
3	2020/21	24 January 2021	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130 (night)	LH

Individual starts (201)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Points
2008/09																																	0
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	–	–
2013/14																																	43
	–	13	42	50	q	q	41	46	–	–	–	–	34	39	41	35	20	19	46	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014/15																																	5
	–	–	–	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	45	–	–	–	–	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–¨
2015/16																																	19
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	33	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016/17																																	424
	–	–	25	14	31	34	23	39	30	2	20	22	9	q	24	27	14	22	7	10	10	6	29	10	8	7
2017/18																																	840
	13	7	26	11	5	9	15	11	17	7	5	4	12	8	4	12	4	3	3	1	4	4
2018/19																																	974
	16	8	7	6	9	17	7	7	19	11	9	13	4	2	3	9	17	5	15	3	17	15	1	2	10	6	25	16
2019/20																																	503
	11	DQ	25	9	11	9	8	8	14	17	16	38	26	13	15	15	14	15	25	8	8	–	–	12	8	5	13
2020/21																																	884
	44	6	6	3	2	44	11	39	18	12	5	6	20	3	1	13	11	8	4	9	3	11	7	5	9
2021/22																																	531
	9	11	12	50	10	8	4	13	21	3	13	7	6	34	–	–	–	15	12	23	31	11	3	8	–	–	–	–
2022/23																																	387
	11	13	20	16	13	7	13	9	25	16	17	21	–	12	26	37	37	23	–	–	–	–	–	q	23	17	33	9	6	21	15	16
2023/24																																	195
	–	–	–	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	15	44	5	39	38	5	15	19	7

Ski jumping national record

Date	Hill	Location	Nation	Metres	Feet
18 March 2017	Vikersundbakken HS240	Vikersund	Norway	252	827

Moustache

Johansson competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics with a manicured handlebar moustache which he began growing two years earlier. The moustache attracted considerable media attention.^[3][4]