- Matti Pietikäinen
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Medal record Men's ski jumping World Championships Gold 1954 Falun Individual large hill Matti Pietikäinen (October 29, 1927, Kuopio – November 15, 1967) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. He won the ski jumping gold medal at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun.
Pietikäinen also finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
External links
- Matti Pietikaeinen at the International Ski Federation
- Matti Pietikäinen's profile at Sports Reference.com
1925: Willen Dick (TCH) • 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR) • 1927: Tore Edman (SWE) • 1929: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) • 1930: Gunnar Andersen (NOR) • 1931: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1933: Marcel Reymond (SUI) • 1934: Kristian Johansson (NOR) • 1935: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1937: Birger Ruud (NOR) • 1938: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) • 1939: Josef Bradl (GER)
World War II
1950: Hans Bjørnstad (NOR) • 1954: Matti Pietikäinen (FIN) • 1958: Juhani Kärkinen (FIN) • 1962: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) • 1966: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) • 1970: Gariy Napalkov (URS) • 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) • 1978: Tapio Räisänen (FIN) • 1982: Matti Nykänen (FIN) • 1985: Per Bergerud (NOR) • 1987: Andreas Felder (AUT) • 1989: Jari Puikkonen (FIN) • 1991: Franci Petek (YUG) • 1993: Espen Bredesen (NOR) • 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR) • 1997: Masahiko Harada (JPN) • 1999: Martin Schmitt (GER) • 2001: Martin Schmitt (GER) • 2003: Adam Małysz (POL) • 2005: Janne Ahonen (FIN) • 2007: Simon Ammann (SUI) • 2009: Andreas Küttel (SUI) • 2011: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
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