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Finnish ski jumper
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Country Finland
Born (1969-05-16) 16 May 1969 (age 55)
Kuopio, Finland
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best183 m (600 ft)
Kulm, 9-11 February 1996
World Cup career
Seasons1986–1998
Indiv. starts192
Indiv. podiums42
Indiv. wins9
Team starts7
Team podiums6
Team wins4
Overall titles1 (1990)
JP titles1 (1996)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Team LH
Gold medal – first place 1992 Albertville Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Oberstdorf Team LH
Gold medal – first place 1989 Lahti Team LH
Gold medal – first place 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Gold medal – first place 1997 Trondheim Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1989 Lahti Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Val di Fiemme Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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

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. 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  Overall 4H SF NT JP
1985/86 47 18 N/A N/A N/A
1986/87 10 31 N/A N/A N/A
1987/88 19 — N/A N/A N/A
1988/89 5 30 N/A N/A N/A
1989/90 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 N/A N/A N/A
1990/91 5 6 8 N/A N/A
1991/92 12 8 — N/A N/A
1992/93 — — — N/A N/A
1993/94 16 30 — N/A N/A
1994/95 8 4 10 N/A N/A
1995/96 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1996/97 12 6 — 22 11
1997/98 29 20 — 59 23

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1986/87 28 February 1987   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH
2 4 March 1987   Sweden Örnsköldsvik Paradiskullen K82 NH
3 1989/90 10 December 1989   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH
4 4 January 1990   Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH
5 11 February 1990   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
6 25 March 1990   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH
7 1990/91 4 January 1991   Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH
8 1995/96 16 December 1995   France Chamonix Le Mont K95 NH
9 21 January 1996   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K115 LH

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.

External links

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champions
Men
Women
Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill
World champions in men's ski jumping team large hill


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