Ilkka Herola

Ilkka Herola
Herola in 2019
Born	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 29) Siilinjärvi, Finland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski club	Puijon Hiihtoseura
World Cup career
Seasons	2014–
Indiv. starts	220
Indiv. podiums	14
Indiv. wins	1
Medal record Men's nordic combined Representing   Finland World Championships 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Updated on 21 December 2024.

Ilkka Herola (born 22 June 1995) is a Finnish nordic combined skier. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. ^[1]

Together with Eero Hirvonen, he won the 2 x 7.5 km team sprint on 9 February 2019, in front of their home crowd in Lahti. ^[2]

In 2025, Ilkka Herola ended the Finns' winless streak. Fifteen years had passed since the previous victory. The last Finn who win was Hannu Manninen's victory in the 2009-10 season in Salpausselkä.

Results

All results are sourced from FIS.

Record

Olympic Games

Year	Age	Individual NH	Individual LH	Team LH
2014	18	16	14	—
2018	22	8	18	6
2022	26	6	16	8

World Championships

Year	Individual NH	Individual LH	Team NH	Team sprint LH	Mixed team NH
2013	27	22	8	11	Not held
2015	23	16	9	4	Not held
2017	12	17	5	7	Not held
2019	5	11	5	7	Not held
2021	Silver	6	5	5	Not held
2023	18	9	5	Not held	6
2025	12	5	4	Not held	5

Season standings

Ilkka Herola was ski jumping section in Seefeld, January 2018.

Herola in Ramsau 2016.

Season	Overall	Best Jumper Trophy	Best Skier Trophy
2012–13	40th	N/A	N/A
2013–14	22nd
2014–15	17th
2015–16	10th
2016–17	7th
2017–18	10th	30th	2nd
2018–19	11th	30th	3rd
2019–20	8th	18th	1st
2020–21	7th	17th	1st
2021–22	9th	24th	1st
2022–23	9th	16th	4th
2023–24	13th	19th	4th
2024–25	5th	10th	6th

Individual Podiums

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2015–16	5 December 2015	Lillehammer	HS138/10 km	3rd
2017–18	20 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	HS118/10 km	3rd
2018–19	3 February 2019	Klingenthal	HS140/10 km	2nd
	9 March 2019	Oslo	HS134/10 km	2nd
2019–20	22 February 2020	Trondheim	HS138/10 km	3rd
	7 March 2020	Oslo	HS134/10 km	3rd
2020–21	15 January 2021	Val di Fiemme	HS106/10 km	2nd
	30 January 2021	Seefeld	HS109/10 km	3rd
	31 January 2021		HS109/15 km	2nd
2021–22	18 December 2021	Ramsau	HS98/10 km	3rd
2022–23	7 January 2023	Otepää	10 km/HS97	2nd
2024–25	21 December 2024	Ramsau	HS98/10 km	2nd
	18 January 2025	Schonach	HS100/10 km	3rd
	16 March 2025	Oslo	COM HS134/7.5 km	1st
	21 March 2025	Lahti	HS130/10 km	2nd

Team Podiums

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place	Team member(s)
2017–18	21 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	HS118/4x5km	3rd	Leevi Mutru, Arttu Mäkiaho, Eero Hirvonen
	3 March 2018	Lahti	HS130/2x7,5km	3rd	Eero Hirvonen
2018–19	9 February 2019		HS130/2x7,5 km	1st
2020–21	16 January 2021	Val di Fiemme	HS106/2x7,5km	3rd

References

1. "Ilkka Herola bio, stats and results". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
2. "Herola / Hirvonen fulfil dream of home victory in Lahti". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

External links

• Ilkka Herola at FIS (Nordic combined)
• Ilkka Herola at Olympics.com
• Ilkka Herola at the Finnish Olympic Committee (in Finnish)
• Ilkka Herola at Olympedia
• Ilkka Herola at Olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)