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Personal data
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Biography
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At the age of three, Hakkinen learned how to skate. Soon after, he picked up cross-country skiing, where he won the Junior 5 km freestyle. He got involved in biathlon when in 1994, he went for a year to a Norwegian town in a student exchange program. His host parents were able to arrange for him to trade with a local biathlon club. Within three years of returning home to Alaska, he was the Junior Champion of biathlon.
2006 Winter Olympics, Jay Hakkinen got off to a rough start in what was considered his best event, the 10k sprint, where he missed all of five of his targets, and accidentally skiied six penalty laps. He finished 80th in the event.
However, his stardom came at the Olympic men's 4 X 7.5-kilometer relay, an event in which four team members go around the track twice, and shoot from two positions: prone and standing.
The United States has never been a threat in such an event, however, this suddenly changed with Hakkinen in the first leg.
Hakkinen surprisingly took the lead in the first leg (first laps, first biathlete to go), shocking many fans - and finished ahead by 6.3 seconds ahead of Ricco Gross of Germany.
Eventually, the three other members of the U.S. Biathlon failed to hold the lead for the United States, as they eventually dropped to Ninth, despite Hakkinen's amazing performance. The ninth-place showing is the U.S. best since 1972, when the U.S. Biathlon team finished in sixth.
In the first biathlon event of the games, the 20k individual, Hakkinen finished 10th, with 3 penalty minutes for missed shots. One of his misses was a split bullet that hit the target but did not knock the target down. This cost him what would have been a bronze medal. Hakkinen, did however, have the second fastest ski times behind Bjorndalen in the event.
In the 15k mass start, Hakkinen started towards the back of the pack, and with only one miss throughout the four shooting stages, had an outside shot at a medal but all the strength that required him to get to the front cost him, and he faded during the last ski loop.
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Results
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Shooting
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| Season |
ALL |
IN |
SP |
PU |
MS |
RL |
| 12/13 |
81.1 (86/106) |
95.0 (19/20) |
74.0 (37/50) |
0.0 (0/0) |
0.0 (0/0) |
83.3 (30/36) |
| 11/12 |
82.1 (303/369) |
81.7 (49/60) |
86.0 (86/100) |
86.4 (121/140) |
0.0 (0/0) |
68.1 (47/69) |
| 10/11 |
83.4 (121/145) |
70.0 (14/20) |
88.0 (44/50) |
88.3 (53/60) |
0.0 (0/0) |
66.7 (10/15) |
| 09/10 |
74.2 (155/209) |
71.7 (43/60) |
73.3 (44/60) |
72.5 (29/40) |
0.0 (0/0) |
79.6 (39/49) |
| 08/09 |
76.0 (237/312) |
78.3 (47/60) |
83.8 (67/80) |
75.0 (45/60) |
75.0 (30/40) |
66.7 (48/72) |
| 07/08 |
73.3 (198/270) |
75.0 (30/40) |
75.6 (68/90) |
77.0 (77/100) |
0.0 (0/0) |
57.5 (23/40) |
| 06/07 |
77.0 (275/357) |
78.8 (63/80) |
77.0 (77/100) |
79.0 (79/100) |
90.0 (18/20) |
66.7 (38/57) |
| 05/06 |
81.1 (184/227) |
86.7 (52/60) |
76.3 (61/80) |
80.0 (32/40) |
95.0 (19/20) |
74.1 (20/27) |
| 04/05 |
74.0 (259/350) |
70.0 (56/80) |
83.3 (75/90) |
75.0 (90/120) |
63.3 (38/60) |
0.0 (0/0) |
| 03/04 |
75.3 (213/283) |
83.3 (50/60) |
77.8 (70/90) |
70.0 (84/120) |
0.0 (0/0) |
69.2 (9/13) |
| 02/03 |
67.9 (57/84) |
0.0 (0/0) |
72.0 (36/50) |
55.0 (11/20) |
0.0 (0/0) |
71.4 (10/14) |
| 01/02 |
78.1 (178/228) |
85.0 (17/20) |
75.0 (45/60) |
80.0 (96/120) |
0.0 (0/0) |
71.4 (20/28) |
| 00/01 |
72.2 (166/230) |
72.5 (58/80) |
74.3 (52/70) |
70.0 (56/80) |
0.0 (0/0) |
0.0 (0/0) |
| 99/00 |
74.9 (230/307) |
81.7 (49/60) |
75.0 (60/80) |
72.9 (102/140) |
0.0 (0/0) |
70.4 (19/27) |
| 98/99 |
71.3 (221/310) |
75.0 (45/60) |
67.8 (61/90) |
71.0 (71/100) |
75.0 (15/20) |
72.5 (29/40) |
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Speed statistics by seasons
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Average time gap per kilometer from average time of five best results in SPRINT races (in seconds)
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Top results
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Junior world championship
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Top-10 individual results
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World cup total
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