Ari-Pekka Nikkola

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Ari-Pekka Nikkola
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Born (1969-05-16) 16 May 1969 (age 56)
Kuopio, Finland
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best183 m (600 ft)
Kulm, 9-11 February 1996
World Cup career
Seasons 1986–1998
Indiv. starts192
Indiv. podiums42
Indiv. wins9
Team starts7
Team podiums6
Team wins4
Overall titles1 (1990)
JP titles 1 (1996)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Calgary Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Albertville Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Oberstdorf Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Lahti Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Trondheim Team LH
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Lahti Individual NH
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Val di Fiemme Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Ari-Pekka Nikkola (born 16 May 1969) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

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Career

He won two gold medals in the Team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. [1] His best individual finish was a 15th place in the Individual normal hill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won seven medals. This included four golds (Team large hill: 1987, 1989, 1995, and 1997), two silver (Individual normal hill: 1989, Team large hill: 1991), and one bronze (Individual normal hill: 1991).

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall4HSFNTJP
1985/86 4718N/AN/AN/A
1986/87 1031N/AN/AN/A
1987/88 19—N/AN/AN/A
1988/89 530N/AN/AN/A
1989/90 Gold medal icon.svg5N/AN/AN/A
1990/91 568N/AN/A
1991/92 128—N/AN/A
1992/93 ———N/AN/A
1993/94 1630—N/AN/A
1994/95 8410N/AN/A
1995/96 Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg5N/AGold medal icon.svg
1996/97 126—2211
1997/98 2920—5923

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
1 1986/87 28 February 1987   Flag of Finland.svg Lahti Salpausselkä K88NH
24 March 1987   Flag of Sweden.svg Örnsköldsvik Paradiskullen K82NH
3 1989/90 10 December 1989   Flag of the United States.svg Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86NH
44 January 1990   Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109LH
511 February 1990   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
625 March 1990   Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120LH
7 1990/91 4 January 1991   Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109LH
8 1995/96 16 December 1995   Flag of France.svg Chamonix Le Mont K95NH
921 January 1996   Flag of Japan.svg Sapporo Ōkurayama K115LH

References

  1. ↑ Naciarskie, Skoki (28 November 2023). "Legendarny fiński skoczek i jego przedwcześnie zakończona kariera". sport.interia.pl. Interia Sport. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.


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