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Anssi Koivuranta

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Anssi Einar Koivuranta is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier, born on 3 July 1988 in Kuusamo, who represented the club Kuusamon Erae Veikot. He is best known for winning the 2008-09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo he took gold in the team event and bronze in the 15 km Gundersen. After winning a Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Innsbruck on 4 January 2014, he became the first athlete to win an event in both Nordic combined and the ski jumping World Cup.

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1988 1
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2-4 1
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is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier
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    (born 3 July 1988)
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    He also earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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    is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier
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    is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier
  • Competed In: 2006 Winter Olympics, Lead, Olympic Games 2006
    He also earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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