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February 4, 2019 (55 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Celebrities born on July 17
Born in 1963
Born in Jyvaskyla, Finland
Cancer named Matti
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Matti Nykanen
Matti Ensio Nykänen was a Finnish dive who competed from 1981 to 1991. Considered the greatest male jumper of all time, he won five Olympic Winter Games medals, 9 world championship medals and 22 championship medals from Finland. Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with Dutchwoman Yvonne van Gennip, the athlete who won the most medals this winter. Nykänen is the only ski jumper in history to have won five major events of the sport: gold medals at the Winter Olympics, World ski jump championships, flying championships world skiing, four general World Cup titles and the Four Hills Tournament. . His four World Cup titles are all-time men's records shared with Adam Małysz. Nykänen still holds the world record for the only five times male flying ski in history.
Full nameMatti Ensio Nykänen
BornJuly 17, 1963, Jyväskylä, Finland
DiedFebruary 4, 2019, Lappeenranta, Finland
Personal best191 m (626.64 ft), Planica, 15 March 1985
Seasons1981–1991
Individual wins46
Indiv. podiums76
Indiv. starts130
Four Hills titles2 (1983, 1988)

About Matti Nykanen

Skier Matti Nykanen was born in Jyvaskyla, Finland on July 17, 1963. He dies at the age of 55, on February 4, 2019.

He was regarded as one of the best male ski jumpers of all time, winning five Olympic and nine World Championship gold, but his reputation was tainted by his violent behavior.

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Matti Nykanen before becoming famous

Matti Nykanen was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1963 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

In the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, he tied for the most gold medals of any competitor in the tournament with three.

Achievement of Matti Nykanen

He was convicted in a stabbing case in 2004, serving almost two years in prison, and was sent back to prison in 2009 after attacking his wife. He was known to be a frequent drinker.

Matti Nykanen's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He had a tumultuous relationship with heiress Mervi Tapola, divorcing in 2003 and then remarrying the following year. Sami and Eveliina were his two children.

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Skier Janne Ahonen was a less colorful Olympic athlete from Finland.

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Matti Nykanen Income & Net worth

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