lauantai 30. tammikuuta 2010

"THE FLYING FINN"ANTTI HYVÄRINEN"WORLDS STAR SKI JUMPER AND OLYMPIC WINNER:FROM FINLAND(SUOMI-FINLAND)

Antti Hyvärinen






Medal record
Men's Ski jumping
Competitor for Finland
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Large hill

Antti Abram Hyvärinen (June 21, 1932 – January 13, 2000) was a Finnish ski jumperRovaniemi. who competed in the 1950s. He was born in

His best year as a ski jumper was 1956, when he won a gold medal in the Individual large hill at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo as well as the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival. He became the first non-Norwegian ski jumper to win an Olympic gold medal.

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Awards
Preceded by
Finland Voitto Hellstén
Finnish Sportspersonality of the year
1956
Succeeded by
Finland Olavi Vuorisalo

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