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Matti Nykänen

Matti Nykänen performing in Kirkkonummi 0495 (cropped).jpg
Nykänen in 2010

Country
 Finland
Full nameMatti Ensio Nykänen
Born
(1963-07-17) 17 July 1963 (age 55)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best
191 m (627 ft)
Planica, 15 March 1985
World Cup career
Seasons
1981–1991
Individual wins46
Indiv. podiums76
Yellow bibs62
Indiv. starts143
Overall titles4 (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988)
Four Hills titles2 (1983, 1988)
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Matti Ensio Nykänen (About this soundpronunciation ) (born 17 July 1963) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time,[1][2][3][4][5][6] he won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championship medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship medals (13 gold). Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most successful athlete at that event.


Nykänen is the only ski jumper in history to have won all five of the sport's major events: a gold medal at the Winter Olympics (three times), the Ski Jumping World Championships (once), the Ski Flying World Championships (once), four World Cup overall titles, and the Four Hills Tournament (twice). His four World Cup titles is an all-time record shared with Adam Małysz and Sara Takanashi. Nykänen is also the only male five-time ski flying world record holder in history.


Since the 1990s, Nykänen's status as a celebrity has mainly been fueled by his colourful personal relationships, his career as a pop singer, and various incidents often related to heavy use of alcohol and violent behaviour. He was sentenced to 26 months in prison following a stabbing incident in 2004, and again for 16 months following an aggravated assault on his wife in 2009.[7]




Contents





  • 1 Ski jumping career


  • 2 Olympic games

    • 2.1 Standings



  • 3 World Cup

    • 3.1 Standings


    • 3.2 Wins



  • 4 Personal life

    • 4.1 Relationship with Mervi Tapola


    • 4.2 Assault incident


    • 4.3 As an entertainer



  • 5 In popular culture


  • 6 Discography


  • 7 Biographies


  • 8 Books


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links




Ski jumping career[edit]




Nykänen on a postage stamp


For most of the 1980s, Nykänen and Jens Weißflog of East Germany dominated the sport. Nykänen won gold and silver at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. His 17.5-point gold medal victory was the largest margin of victory in Olympic ski jumping at the time.[citation needed] He was also the first ever to win gold medals on both hills at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In 1985 he flew 191 metres in Planica, a world record that stood briefly until Piotr Fijas (Poland) flew 194 metres, again in Planica, in 1987.[citation needed] His other achievements include a total of nine medals (five golds) at the World Championship level.[citation needed] He also won a total of 46 World Cup competitions (Only topped by record-holder Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria) and won the overall title four times (also a record, currently shared with Adam Małysz POL).[citation needed] He won the prestigious Four Hills Tournament twice.[8] He competed in the FIS Ski Flying World Championships five times and placed in the medals every time. Nykänen also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1982, 1987). In 1987, Nykänen was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal (shared with Hermann Weinbuch).[9]


On 28 February 2008, he won the International Masters Championship, the world title for veterans.[citation needed]



Olympic games[edit]



Standings[edit]














Event
Normal hill
Large hill
Team

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo

Silver

Gold

Gold

Canada 1988 Calgary

Gold

Gold

Gold


World Cup[edit]



Standings[edit]


















































Season
Overall

4H

SF

1980/81
26N/A

1981/82
411N/A

1982/83
1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)N/A

1983/84
2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/A

1984/85
1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)N/A

1985/86
1st, gold medalist(s)N/A

1986/87
665N/A

1987/88
1st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)N/A

1988/89
92nd, silver medalist(s)N/A

1989/90
1916N/A

1990/91


Wins[edit]






















































































































































































































































No.
Season
Date
Location
Hill
Size
1
1981/8230 December 1981  
West Germany Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze K110
LH
2
28 February 1982  
Norway Oslo

Holmenkollbakken K105
LH
3
12 March 1982  
Austria Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf

Kulm K165
FH
4
1982/8318 December 1982  
Italy Cortina d’Ampezzo

Trampolino Italia K92
NH
5
4 January 1983  
Austria Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze K104
LH
6
15 January 1983  
United States Lake Placid

MacKenzie Intervale K114
LH
7
16 January 1983  
United States Lake Placid

MacKenzie Intervale K114
LH
8
23 January 1983  
Canada Thunder Bay

Big Thunder K120
LH
9
18 February 1983  
Norway Vikersund

Vikersundbakken K155
FH
10
19 February 1983  
Norway Vikersund

Vikersundbakken K155
FH
11
20 February 1983  
Norway Vikersund

Vikersundbakken K155
FH
12
27 February 1983  
Sweden Falun

Lugnet K112
LH
13
26 March 1983  
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica

Srednja Bloudkova K90
NH
14
1983/8418 February 1984  
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo

Igman K112
LH
15
2 March 1984  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K88
NH
16
4 March 1984  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K113
LH
17
17 March 1984  
West Germany Oberstdorf

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182
FH
18
18 March 1984  
West Germany Oberstdorf

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182
FH
19
1984/854 January 1985  
Austria Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze K109
LH
20
9 February 1985  
Japan Sapporo

Miyanomori K90
NH
21
1 March 1985  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K88
NH
22
10 March 1985  
Norway Oslo

Holmenkollbakken K105
LH
23
23 March 1985  
Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso

MS 1970 B K88
NH
24
24 March 1985  
Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso

MS 1970 A K114
LH
25
1985/8611 January 1986  
Czechoslovakia Harrachov

Čerťák K120
LH
26
17 January 1986  
East Germany Klingenthal

Aschbergschanze K102
LH
27
25 January 1986  
Japan Sapporo

Miyanomori K90
NH
28
26 January 1986  
Japan Sapporo

Ōkurayama K112
LH
29
1 March 1986  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K90
NH
30
2 March 1986  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K113
LH
31
22 March 1986  
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica

Srednja Bloudkova K90
NH
32
1986/877 December 1986  
Canada Thunder Bay

Big Thunder K120
LH
33
1 March 1986  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K88
NH
34
8 March 1987  
Sweden Falun

Lugnet K112
LH
35
1987/885 December 1987  
Canada Thunder Bay

Big Thunder K89
NH
36
6 December 1987  
Canada Thunder Bay

Big Thunder K120
LH
37
19 December 1987  
Japan Sapporo

Miyanomori K90
NH
38
20 December 1987  
Japan Sapporo

Ōkurayama K115
LH
39
1 January 1988  
West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze K107
LH
40
4 January 1988  
Austria Innsbruck

Bergiselschanze K109
LH
41
6 January 1988  
Austria Bischofshofen

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K111
LH
42
20 January 1988  
Switzerland St. Moritz

Olympiaschanze K94
NH
43
4 March 1988  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K90
NH
44
6 March 1988  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä K114
LH
45
1988/8917 December 1988  
Japan Sapporo

Miyanomori K90
NH
46
1 January 1989  
West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze K107
LH


Personal life[edit]


Nykänen has been married several times:


  • Tiina Hassinen (1986–1988), one son[10]

  • Pia Hynninen (1989–1991), one daughter[10]

  • Sari Paanala (1996–1998)[10] (Nykänen changed his surname to Paanala during this marriage[11])


Relationship with Mervi Tapola[edit]


Nykänen met millionaire sausage heiress Mervi Tapola in 1999,[10] and they were married from 2001 to 2003.[12]
They were divorced in 2003, and remarried in 2004.[12] This marriage was tempestuous and gave rise to many well-publicised incidents: The first reported assault against Tapola occurred in June 2000, following which a restraining order was imposed upon Nykänen.[12] In 2004, Nykänen was handed a suspended sentence for assaulting Tapola again. Nykänen had already been accused of assaulting Tapola in 2001, but the charges were withdrawn because Tapola exercised her right to remain silent.[13]


In September 2005, while on probation for another assault, Nykänen was re-arrested four days after his release for again abusing his partner. Nykänen was convicted again and imprisoned for four months on 16 March 2006. Soon after that he stabbed a man in a pizza restaurant in Korpilahti.[13] In the summer of 2009 Tapola (then Tapola-Nykänen) petitioned for divorce a 14th time, but cancelled it.[14]


On Christmas Day 2009, Nykänen allegedly injured his wife with a knife and tried to throttle her with a bathrobe belt. He was charged for attempted manslaughter and held in custody by Tampere police,[13] but was released on 28 December after charges were dropped for insufficient evidence. On 24 August 2010, Nykänen was convicted of grievous bodily harm and sentenced to 16 months in prison[7] and ordered to pay €5,000 in compensation to his wife for pain and emotional suffering, and €3,000 euros for legal expenses.[15] In August 2010 Tapola made a 15th request for divorce.



Assault incident[edit]


On 24 August 2004, Matti Nykänen was arrested on suspicion of attempted manslaughter of a family friend after losing a finger pulling competition[16] in Tottijärvi, Nokia.[17] In October 2004 he was found guilty of aggravated assault, and sentenced to 26 months in prison.[7] As it was a first offence, he was released in September 2005.



As an entertainer[edit]


When Nykänen's ski jumping career was drawing to a close, a group of businessmen proposed to make him a singer. His first album Yllätysten yö was released in 1992 and sold over 25,000 copies.[18] Nykänen became the second Olympic gold medalist after Tapio Rautavaara to be awarded a golden record in Finland. The next album Samurai (1993) was not as successful.


At the end of the 1990s, due to serious financial problems, Nykänen worked as a stripper in a Järvenpää restaurant. The restaurateur was reproached for exploitation of Nykänen.[19]


In 2002 Nykänen made a comeback as a singer and released the single "Ehkä otin, ehkä en". He also gave his name to a cider brand with the same advertisement slogan.[20] In 2006 Nykänen released his third studio album Ehkä otin, ehkä en.[21] Most of his musical career Nykänen has worked with professional musician Jussi Niemi. Nykänen has toured Finland performing 2 to 3 times a week with the Samurai ensemble led by Niemi.[22]


Many of Nykänen's singles are named after some (in)famous quotes by Nykänen, such as Elämä on laiffii ('Life is life'), Jokainen tsäänssi on mahdollisuus ('Every chance is a possibility'), and Ehkä otin, ehkä en ('Maybe I did [drink], maybe I didn't').


In November 2009 Nykänen began to present his own cooking web series Mattihan se sopan keitti.



In popular culture[edit]


  • In 1988 DPR Korea issued a postage stamp depicting Matti Nykänen in the flight during competition.

  • In 2016, Swedish actor Edvin Endre portrayed Matti Nykänen, in the British biographical sports film Eddie the Eagle.


Discography[edit]



  • Yllätysten yö (1992)


  • Samurai (1993)


  • Ehkä otin, ehkä en (2006)


Biographies[edit]



  • A film about the life of Nykänen, simply entitled Matti, was released in 2006 with Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen cast as Nykänen. The movie focused on Nykänen's exploits beyond ski jumping.


Books[edit]


  • Matti Nykänen, Päivi Ainasoja and Manu Syrjänen: Mattihan se sopan keitti (2007)[23]

  • Juha-Veli Jokinen: Missä me ollaan ja oonko mäkin siellä (2007)[23]

  • Juha-Veli Jokinen: Elämä on laiffii (2006)[23]

  • Kai Merilä: Matin ja minun rankka reissu (2005)[23]

  • Egon Theiner: Grüsse aus der Hölle (2004)[23][24] (the English version of the book Greetings from Hell was published in January 2006)

  • Antero Kujala: Voittohyppy (1999)[23]

  • Antti Arve: Matti Nykänen Maailman paras (1988)[23]

  • Kari Kyheröinen and Hannu Miettinen: Takalaudasta täysillä: Matti Nykäsen tie maailmanhuipulle (1984)[23]

  • Juha-Veli Jokinen: Myötä- ja vastamäessä (2010)[23]


References[edit]




  1. ^ "Matti Nykänen". IOC. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


  2. ^ Boswell, Thomas (24 February 1988). "Another Jump Begets Gold for Nykanen". The Washington Post. Fred Ryan. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


  3. ^ Associated Press (24 June 1994). "Sports People: Ski Jumping; Nykanen Gives Up Comeback and Retires". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


  4. ^ Davies, Lizzy (28 December 2009). "Ski jump star suspected of trying to stab his wife". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


  5. ^ Battersby, Kate (8 January 2010). "Life still all downhill for ski legend Matti Nykanen". Daily Express. Northern & Shell. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


  6. ^ MacArthur, Paul J. (September–October 2011). Skiing Heritage Journal, p. 29, at Google Books. International Skiing History Association. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


  7. ^ abc Young, Brett; Sarkar, Pritha (24 August 2010). "Ski jumping-Olympic champion Nykanen handed 16-month jail term". Reuters. Retrieved 29 March 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  8. ^ http://www.home.no/hanslysaker/hopukvin.htm


  9. ^ Holmenkollen medalists Archived 24 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – downloadable pdf file.


  10. ^ abcd "Nykänen, Matti – 7 päivää". Seiska.fi. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2017.


  11. ^ "Nykäsestä Paanalaksi | Elävä arkisto". yle.fi. Retrieved 29 March 2011.


  12. ^ abc MTV3.fi: Matti ja Mervi yhdessä kymmenen vuotta


  13. ^ abc Satakunnan Kansa: Matti Nykänen viilsi keittiöveitsellä Mervi Tapolaa Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine


  14. ^ Helsingin Sanomat: Mervi Tapola-Nykänen veti pois avioerohakemuksen


  15. ^ "Matti Nykäselle yli vuosi vankeutta | Tampere". yle.fi. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.


  16. ^ MTV3.fi: Nykäselle yli 2 vuotta vankeutta


  17. ^ MTV3.fi: Syyttäjä vaatii Nykäsen tuomion koventamista


  18. ^ "Musiikkituottajat – Tilastot – Myydyimmät levyt". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 29 March 2011.


  19. ^ YLE A-tuubi: A-Files 40V: Matti nykänen nakuna Archived 11 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (video)


  20. ^ "Olut- ja siideriviikot". City.fi. Retrieved 29 March 2011.


  21. ^ "Matti Nykänen – Ehkä Otin, Ehkä En (Albumi)". Noise.fi. Retrieved 29 March 2011.


  22. ^ Aluelehti Saimaa: Matti Nykänen Enonkosken Rantsussa Archived 1 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine


  23. ^ abcdefghi "Matti Nykänen (s. 17.7.1963) – Mattihan se sopan keitti". Sub.fi. 17 July 1963. Retrieved 29 March 2011.


  24. ^ "HS Sport 9.3.2004 – Matti Nykänen goes on the road to market his biography". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.



External links[edit]





  • Matti Nykaenen at the International Ski Federation

















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