Matti Nykanen was a Finnish ski jumper who lived from 1963 to 2019, born in Jyvaskyla, widely regarded as one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time. He won four Olympic gold medals and one silver across the 1984 Sarajevo and 1988 Calgary Winter Games, captured four overall World Cup titles tying the all-time record among men, and set five world distance records over his career, remaining the only male five-time ski flying world record holder in the sport's history.
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Career HighlightWon four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, and five World Championship gold medals as a ski jumper. 2 Classification
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Which of ski jumping's major titles did Matti Nykänen win?
All five of the sport's major individual titles.
Matti Nykänen won all five of the sport's major individual titles: Olympic gold (three times), the Ski Jumping World Championships (once), the Ski Flying World Championships (once), the World Cup overall title (four times) and the Four Hills Tournament (twice). He is described as one of only two ski jumpers in history to have done so, the other being Domen Prevc.
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Matti Ensio Nykänen (pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991.
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Matti Ensio Nykänen (pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ; 17 July 1963 - 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991.
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July 17, 1963
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February 4, 2019
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was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991
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having won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championship medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship medals (14 gold)
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Matti Ensio Nykänen (pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ; 17 July 1963 - 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991.
Competed In: 1988 Winter Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete that winter.
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