Olli Muotka

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Olli Muotka
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Born14 July 1988 (1988-07-14) (age 33)
Rovaniemi, Finland
Medal record
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Planica Team

Olli Muotka (born 14 July 1988, in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined athlete.

Before 2007 Muotka competed mainly in Nordic combined, in the Junior World Ski Championships and World Cup B competitions. [1]

Since 2007 Muotka started to concentrate on ski jumping. In 2007 Junior World Ski Championships he finished eighth in the normal hill and won a bronze medal in the team competition. He made his Continental Cup debut in December 2007, his best result being a twelfth place from Zakopane in February 2008. He made his World Cup debut in January 2010 in Sapporo, collecting his first World Cup points with a fourteenth place. [2]

Muotka earned a bronze in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica.

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