Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a Finnish former long-distance runner.
Education
In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with the time 2:17:50. In the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, Holmén finished in seventh place with a time of 2:13:10. In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Holmén finished in 19th place, with the time 2:14:44.
Career
In the 2007 World Championships in Athletics Janne Hólmen took ninth place with time of 2:19:36. Holmén concentrated mainly on championship marathons where he generally succeeded well. His personal record time is 2:10:46, run in Rotterdam 2008.
This is also the current Finnish record.
He ended his athletics career in 2009 and concentrated on an academic career. Holmén has been studying at the University of Uppsala, and in 2006 he obtained a doctoral degree for his thesis Den politiska läroboken: Bilden av United States of America och Sovjetunionen i norska, svenska och finländska läroböcker under Kalla kriget, a study of Scandinavian school books and their portrayal of the United States. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
5000m 13:35.62 (Lappeenranta 1572001)
10000m 28:09.94 (Turku 1562003)
10 km road 28:31 (NR) (Madrid 2002)
Half marathon 1:02:35 (Sevilla 16122007)
Marathon 2:10:46 (NR) (Rotterdam 1342008).