likes skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, girls
	studies engineering at WPI

	started at 7, inspired by his older half-brother
	spent 5 years training and living in Lake Placid, coached by Larry Stone
	still tries to stick with ski jumping as much as possible in spite of his studies
	uses to train with his home-coach Alexy Sotskov

	Winter 2001/2002: he wins 8 out of 10 Eastern competitions
	February 2002: Junior Olympics in Coleraine, MN - Jonathan finishes 1st two times, 2nd another two times and sets a new hill record three times in a row
	March 2002: first trip to Europe, COC in Vikersund/NOR - 43rd and 49th
	Summer 2002: COC and training camp in Europe, COC in Park City - 30th and 36th
	Late summer 2002: he's ill and not able to jump for a long time, doctors diagnosed "infectious mononucleosis"
	October 2002: Jonathan is back at the hills, placing 3rd in Lake Placid, Flaming Leaves
	Winter 2002/2003: a few domestic competitions, the past disease still seems to affect his jumping
	Summer 2003: he is named to the Eastern Elite Team
	Winter 2003/2004: several domestic competitions, 2 Super Tour comps
	July 2004: 5th in Lake Placid, Super Tour
	January 2005: 7th and 5th in Lake Placid, NY, Super Tour, beating many of Park City's top guys

 

getting started: "I thought it looked cool so I decided to give it a try."

 

his half-brother: "He went to JOs and jumped with Tim Tetrault and those guys."

 

Alexy Sotskov: "He taught me how to jump and he really understands my style of jumping. I've always done pretty well with him."

 

Larry Stone: "I've been so young, away from my parents and it was good to have someone like Larry around, because he was kind of your friend. He was a pretty cool guy."

 

his summer in Park City in 2002: "This summer is my first experience like living more than 2 or 3 weeks away from home. So far it's been pretty good. I'm staying with a really nice family, we have a lot of fun. I had a lot of pressure on me and going to school and trying to jump at the same time is really hard. But now training is so much better. We have an awesome weight room and perfect jumps. It's not quite as hard as like you're at home and, you know, you have to go all the way to the schools to do weights or go out and run by yourself."

 

the Junior Olympics 2002: "I went to the JOs expecting to maybe get a top5 finish in the J1 nordic combined and maybe a top10 in the J1 special jumping competition. The first few days of training went really well and I was jumping great. Competition time came and I did even better."

 

his first trip to Europe: "The trip was awesome. My first European experience couldn't have been better. We stayed in Drammen, Norway, which was a nice town with good food and good people."

 

summer jumping: "It's more laid-back and it's cool that it's so hot outside. You can go chill with your friends afterwards and stuff."

 

Kari Yliantila (in '02): "Kari's really strict. He used to be very scary, like I wouldn't even want to talk to him and I hadn't seen him smile up until this year, but he seems like he's pretty cool now."

 

dedication: "Just always remember no matter who you are and how good you are, there's always somebody who looks up to you."

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