Matti Nykänen

Matti Nykänen

aka. Matti Ensio Nykänen

Birthday

1963-07-17

Deathday

2019-02-04

Place of Birth

Jyväskylä, Finland

Biography

Matti Ensio Nykänen (17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time, he won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championships medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship medals (14 gold).

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