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{{short description|Finnish nordic combined athlete (born 1978)}}
{{Infobox skier
| name              = Hannu Manninen
| image             = Hannumanninen.jpg
| fullname          = Hannu Kalevi Manninen
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1978|4|17|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Rovaniemi]], [[Finland]]
| height            = 
| club              = Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura
| seasons           = 1994–2008, 2009–2011, 2017–2018
| wins              = 48
| totalpodiums      = 90
| wcoveralls = 4 ([[2003–04 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup|2004]], [[2004–05 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup|2005]], [[2005–06 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup|2006]], [[2006–07 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup|2007]])
| medaltemplates    =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[nordic combined]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics|4 × 5 km team]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] | [[Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics|4 × 5 km team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|4 × 5 km team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1999 Ramsau]]| 4 × 5 km team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2007 Sapporo]]| [[Nordic combined at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|7.5 km sprint]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2007 Sapporo]]| [[Nordic combined at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|4 × 5 km team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1997 Trondheim]]| 4 × 5 km team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2001 Lahti]]| 4 × 5 km team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2003 Val di Fiemme]]| 4 × 5 km team}}
}}

'''Hannu Kalevi Manninen''' (born 17 April 1978 in [[Rovaniemi]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[nordic combined]] athlete. Debuting at the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]] at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 × 5&nbsp;km team event at the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]]. At the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], he won a gold medal in the 4 × 5&nbsp;km team event at the age of 23. He has five other Nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds (4 × 5&nbsp;km team: 1999, 2007 and  7.5&nbsp;km sprint: 2007) and two bronzes (4 × 5&nbsp;km team: 2001, 2003). He has two other Olympic team medals as well (silver: 1998, bronze: 2006).

Manninen formerly had the record for most wins (48) and most championship titles (4), after passing [[Kenji Ogiwara]]'s records during the 2006–07 season, in the [[FIS Nordic Combined World Cup]]. He also has won the 7.5&nbsp;km sprint event of the Nordic combined three times (2002, 2004, 2005) at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]].

As a [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross country skier]], he finished 8th in the individual sprint event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Manninen announced his first retirement from competition on 29 May 2008 to focus on his family and a future career as an [[airline pilot]]. He made his comeback to World Cup on 28 November 2009 in Ruka (Kuusamo), Finland, where he finished 2nd. Day after he won his first race after comeback. The first race in 2010 took place in Oberhof Germany where Manninen won for the 47th time in his sporting career. He made his second comeback on 7 January 2017 in Lahti, Finland, where he finished 18th.

== Personal life ==
His younger sister, [[Pirjo Muranen|Pirjo]] is a cross-country skier who has also won several World Championship medals, including three golds at the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] (Individual sprint: 2001, 4 × 5&nbsp;km: 2007, 2009). They are the first brother-sister combination to ever win gold medals at the same championships.

Manninen graduated from the [[Finnish Aviation Academy]] in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/a1305551174532 |title= IS: Hannu Manninen sai töitä lentäjänä |website= Helsingin Sanomat|date=11 December 2011 | language = fi|access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref> and is working for [[Finnair]] as of 2016.<ref name="ilta-sanomat_20161128">{{cite web|last1=Husu|first1=Atte|title=Katseet kääntyvät Helsinki–Vantaan lentokentällä – Hannu Manninen aloitti uudessa työssään|url=https://www.is.fi/yhdistetty/art-2000004885052.html|website=Ilta-Sanomat|access-date=28 November 2016|language=fi|date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
==Cross-country skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=37421&type=st-WC |title= MANNINEN Hannu|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref>

===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Pursuit&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Sprint&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp;
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] || ''23'' ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical|—]]  || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit|—]] ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] ||   [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|8]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|—]]
|-
|}

===World Cup===
====Season standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;" rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Season&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;" rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
|-
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Distance
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Sprint
|-
| [[1992–93 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1993]] || ''14'' || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}}  || {{n/a}}  ||  {{n/a}}
|-
| [[2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2003]] || ''24'' ||60  || {{n/a}}  ||  31
|-
| [[2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2004]] || ''25'' || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}}  || — || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} 
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Olympic medalist families]]

== Sources ==
* [https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=skiing&id=3416906 ESPN.com May 29, 2008 announcement of Manninen's retirement.] – accessed May 29, 2008.
* FIS Newsflash 177 on Manninen's potential retirement. April 30, 2008.
* {{FIS cross-country skier|37421}}. Cross-country
* {{FIS Nordic combined skier|37422}}. Nordic combined
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
* {{Official website|http://hannumanninen.fi/}}

==References==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://www.fis-ski.com/en/nordic-combined/nordic-combined-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/archive/2017-18/article=goodbye-for-good Hannu Manninen Profile]. International Ski Federation. March 27th 2018. 
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