Matti Nykänen

Also known as Matti Ensio Nykänen, Matti Ensio Paanala, Matti Paanala

Finnish ski jumper (1963–2019)

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Matti Nykänen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed during the 1980s and became one of the most successful athletes in his sport. He matters because he represented a peak era of Finnish excellence in ski jumping and remains a notable figure in the sport's history.

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Acting · Jyväskylä, Finland

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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Matti Nykänen – The Legend — Self (archive footage)2025
Matti Nykänen Files — Himself (archive footage)2019
Haapasalo ja kaverit — himself2017

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: FI
Active from: 1963-07-17
Active to: 2019-02-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Article

Updated on 10 February 2016

The longest jump at the ski jumping stadium in Laajavuori, Jyväskylä is called Matti Nykänen Hill (previously called Laajavuori Ski Jump Hill) Matti Ensio Nykänen ( pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Known as "The Flying Finn", he is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championship medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship medals (14 gold). Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete that winter.