Matti Nykänen

Acting

Born: 1963-07-17
Died: 2019-02-04
From: Jyväskylä, Finland
Gender: Male
Height: 177.00 m
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Matti Ensio Nykänen

Biography

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).

Awards & Nominations2 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland

2017
🏆 Won

Holmenkollen Medal

1987