Janne Holmén
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Janne Holmén (b. 26 September 1977, Jomala, Åland) is a Finnish long distance runner. Holmén's biggest achievement to date is winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2h 12'4". In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with the time 2h 17'50". His personal record time is 2h 12'10". In the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, Holmén finished in seventh place with a time of 2h 13'10".
Holmén comes from a family of runners; his mother Nina was herself a European champion on 3000 metres in the 1974 European Championships, and his father Rune serves as his trainer, in addition to being a former runner.
Holmén currently lives in Uppsala, Sweden, with wife Laila Skah (sister of Khalid Skah) and two sons. He has been studying at the University of Uppsala, and in 2006 he obtained a doctoral degree for his thesis Den politiska läroboken: Bilden av USA och Sovjetunionen i norska, svenska och finländska läroböcker under Kalla kriget, a study of Scandinavian school books and their portrayal of the USA and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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