Ari-Pekka Nikkola

Ari-Pekka Nikkola, born on 16 May 1969, is a Finnish former ski jumper who was a mainstay of the Finnish team in the late 1980s and 1990s. He won Olympic gold in the team large hill competition at both the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, while his best individual Olympic finish was 15th place on the normal hill at Nagano in 1998. His biggest successes came at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won seven medals: four golds in the team large hill event in 1987, 1989, 1995 and 1997, two silvers, in the individual normal hill in 1989 and the team large hill in 1991, and one bronze in the individual normal hill in 1991.