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Jari Mantila (born July 14, 1971 in Kotka) is a Finnish nordic combined athlete who competed from 1992 to 2003. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Mantila also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with one gold (4 x 5 km team: 1999), two silvers (15 km individual: 1995, 4 x 5 km team: 1997), and one bronze (4 x 5 km team: 2001).
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World champions in men's team nordic combined |
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1995 Japan - Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara & Takanori Kono * 1997 Norway - Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland & Fred Børre Lundberg * 1999 Finland - Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila & Samppa Lajunen * 2001 Norway - Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik & Kristian Hammer * 2003 Austria - Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald * 2005 Norway - Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan & Kristian Hammer * 2007 Finland - Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus, & Hannu Manninen |
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