Matti Hautamäki

Matti Hautamäki
Hautamäki in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Matti Antero Hautamäki
Born	(1981-07-14) 14 July 1981 Oulu, Finland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Professional information
Personal best	235.5 m (773 ft) Planica, 20 Mar 2005
World Cup
Seasons	1998–2012
Wins	16 (+7 Team)
Additional podiums	22 (+17 Team)
Total podiums	38 (+24 Team)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Competitor for  Finland Olympic Games Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Team LH Silver 2006 Turin Individual NH Silver 2006 Turin Team LH Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Individual LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme Team LH Silver 2001 Lahti Team NH Silver 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual LH Silver 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships Silver 2004 Planica Team Silver 2006 Tauplitz Team Silver 2008 Oberstdorf Team Bronze 2002 Harrachov Individual Bronze 2010 Planica Team
Updated on 30 March 2015.

Matti Antero Hautamäki (born 14 July 1981) is a Finnish former ski jumper. He is one of Finland's most successful ski jumpers, having won sixteen FIS Ski Jumping World Cup events, multiple medals at the Ski Jumping World Championships and Winter Olympics, as well as setting four world record distances in ski flying.

Career

Ski jumping

Hautamäki started ski jumping at the age of seven near his hometown of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti joined them. At first he found it difficult to be independent at the age of sixteen, but he received much help and support from his brother, with whom he was living at the time. The help of his new coach Pekka Niemelä, whom he met at the sports school in Kuopio, also helped him advance quickly. In the same year Matti had his first real successes and won medals at the 1997 and 1999 FIS Junior World Ski Jumping Championships.

At the Four Hills Tournament in 2001–02, Hautamäki finished second, his highest ever place in that tournament. In 2004–05 he won the Nordic Tournament for the second time after 2002, with four back-to-back victories. In the 2004–05 season he won six individual events in a row, including the pre-Winter Olympics rehearsal in Pragelato, all four Nordic Tournament events, and the first ski flying event in Planica; this matched the record for the most consecutive victories set by countryman Janne Ahonen in the same season.

Ski flying

Hautamäki was regarded as a specialist at ski flying—a more extreme version of ski jumping where far greater distances are possible. The majority of his personal best distances were achieved in Planica. On 23 March 2002 he jumped 224.5 metres, nearly equalling the then-world record of 225 m set two years prior by Andreas Goldberger. At the 20–23 March 2003 event, Hautamäki set three consecutive world records of 227.5 m, 228.5 m and 231 m; the latter making him the first to ever land a jump over 230 m. His record stood until 20 March 2005, a day on which it was equalled once by Tommy Ingebrigtsen and broken a further three times: Bjørn Einar Romøren first jumped 234.5 m during the morning training round, followed by Hautamäki momentarily reclaiming the record with 235.5 m in the afternoon event, which was then shattered again by Romøren only minutes later, who jumped 239 m. Some minutes after that, Hautamäki's countryman Janne Ahonen jumped 240 m, but this was rendered invalid due to him falling hard upon landing.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	JP	4H	NT
1997–98	39	–	37	44	33
1998–99	101	–	99	–	–
1999–00	17	27	16	15	16
2000–01	6	4	N/A	6	11
2001–02	03 !	N/A	N/A	02 !	01 !
2002–03	8	N/A	N/A	17	02 !
2003–04	7	N/A	N/A	23	11
2004–05	03 !	N/A	N/A	10	01 !
2005–06	11	N/A	N/A	5	11
2006–07	9	N/A	N/A	20	7
2007–08	19	N/A	N/A	13	14
2008–09	12	9	N/A	9	10
2009–10	27	15	N/A	37	22
2010–11	8	10	N/A	7	N/A
2011–12	49	–	N/A	35	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	2000-01	2 Dec 2000	Kuopio	Puijo K-120 (night)	LH
2	2001–02	19 Jan 2002	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K-116	LH
3		13 Mar 2002	Falun	Lugnet K-115 (night)	LH
4		15 Mar 2002	Trondheim	Granåsen K-120 (night)	LH
5	2002–03	22 Mar 2003	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K-185	FH
6		23 Mar 2003	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K-185	FH
7	2003–04	28 Nov 2003	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K-120 (night)	LH
8		23 Jan 2004	Hakuba	Hakuba K-120 (night)	LH
9	2004-05	11 Feb 2005	Pragelato	Stadio del Trampolino HS 140	LH
10		6 Mar 2005	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS 130	LH
11		9 Mar 2005	Kuopio	Puijo HS 127 (night)	LH
12		11 Mar 2005	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS 138 (night)	LH
13		13 Mar 2005	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS 128	LH
14		19 Mar 2005	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS 215	FH
15	2005-06	28 Jan 2006	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS 134 (night)	LH
16		29 Jan 2006	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS 134	LH

Achievements

• FIS Ski Jumping World Cup: 16 wins
• Winner of the 2005 ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival
• Became the only ski jumper to win all four competitions of the Nordic Tournament (Lahti, Kuopio, Lillehammer and Oslo) in 2004–05
• Holds the record of six consecutive World Cup wins (in 2004–05) together with Janne Ahonen, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer
• Held four world records at Planica (227.5 m, 228.5 m, 231 m, 235.5 m)

References

• Official website
• Matti Hautamaeki at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)