Ari-Pekka Nikkola
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1988 Calgary | Team large hill | |
| Gold | 1992 Albertville | Team large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1987 Oberstdorf | Team large hill | |
| Gold | 1989 Lahti | Team large hill | |
| Gold | 1995 Thunder Bay | Team large hill | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | Team large hill | |
| Silver | 1989 Lahti | Individual normal hill | |
| Silver | 1991 Val di Fiemme | Team large hill | |
| Bronze | 1991 Val di Fiemme | Individual normal hill | |
Ari-Pekka Nikkola (born May 16, 1969 in Kuopio) is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1998. He won two gold medals in the Team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. His best individual finish was a 15th place in the Individual normal hill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won seven medals. This included four golds (Team large hill: 1987, 1989, 1995, and 1997), two silver (Individual normal hill: 1989, Team large hill: 1991), and one bronze (Individual normal hill: 1991).
As of 2007, Nikkola is the coach of Jernej Damjan of Slovenia.
[edit] Reference
- FIS Newsflash. Edition 114. February 14, 2007.
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1988 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen
1992 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen
1994 Germany Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weissflog
1998 Japan Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki
2002 Germany Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt
2006 Austria Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern
1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth & Olav Hansson
1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen & Matti Nykänen
1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen & Jari Puikkonen
1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli & Pekka Suorsa
1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen & Risto Laakkonen
1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher & Andreas Felder
1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg & Espen Bredesen
1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen & Ari-Pekka Nikkola
1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen & Janne Ahonen
1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma & Martin Schmitt
2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr & Martin Schmitt
2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi & Matti Hautamäki
2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth
2007 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern
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