| Ville Kantee | |||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Ville Valtteri Kantee | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1978 Joutseno, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 223.5 m (733 ft) Planica, 18 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1997–2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 93 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 10 February 2016. | |||||||||||||||
Ville Valtteri Kantee (born 8 December 1978) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 1996 to 2002.
Kantee won two team (large and normal hill) silver medals at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, as well as finishing ninth in the individual large hill event at those same championships. He also finished 23rd in the 2000 Ski Flying World Championships. At World Cup level he won two individual events, both on large hills, in Kuopio (28 November 1999) and Willingen (3 February 2001). His best overall finish was sixth in the 1999/00 season. Kantee retired in 2004 after spending his final seasons in the Continental Cup.
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF | NT | JP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996/97 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 20 |
| 1997/98 | 54 | 40 | — | 41 | 51 |
| 1998/99 | 28 | — | 25 | 11 | 30 |
| 1999/00 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
| 2000/01 | 17 | 11 | 41 | 61 | N/A |
| 2001/02 | 63 | — | N/A | — | N/A |
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999/00 | 28 November 1999 | Kuopio | Puijo K120 (night) | LH |
| 2 | 2000/01 | 3 February 2001 |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze K120 | LH |
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