Antti Hyvärinen
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Competitor for  Finland |
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| Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Large hill | |
Antti Abram Hyvärinen (born June 21, 1932 in Rovaniemi – died January 13, 2000) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950's.
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.
[edit] External links
- FIS-Ski: A. Hyvaerinen - statistics
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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| Preceded by Voitto Hellstén |
Finnish Sportsman of the Year 1956 |
Succeeded by Olavi Vuorisalo |
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