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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.
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- FIS Newsflash. Edition 114. February 14, 2007.
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Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill |
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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 |
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World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill |
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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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