# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janne-virtanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:08:48.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janne-virtanen"
name: "Janne Virtanen"
slug: "janne-virtanen"
description: "Janne Virtanen is a Finnish former strongman who won the World's Strongest Man championship in 2000. He was runner-up in 1999 and finished third in 2001. His other championships include four-time Finland's Strongest Man, Helsinki Grand Prix (2000), and the Turkey Grand Prix in 2002 in Istanbul. He also won second place in Europe's Strongest Man twice, third place in World Muscle Power Classic and won World's Strongest Team four times with Jouko Ahola, Pasi Paavisto and Juha-Matti Räsänen."
tagline: "Finnish strength athlete"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1969-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.94
  momentum:             6.986301369863013
  historical:           6.358353333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Янне Віртанен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Virtanen"
    title: "Janne Virtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Virtanen"
    title: "Janne Virtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Virtanen"
    title: "Janne Virtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Virtanen_(voimamies)"
    title: "Janne Virtanen (voimamies)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Virtanen"
    title: "Janne Virtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Виртанен, Янне"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump