Matti Hautamäki

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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Team large hill
Silver 2006 Turin Individual normal hill
Silver 2006 Turin Team large hill
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Individual large hill
World Championships
Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme Team large hill
Silver 2001 Lahti Team normal hill
Silver 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual large hill
Silver 2005 Oberstdorf Team large hill
Ski flying World Championships
Silver 2004 Planica Team
Silver 2006 Kulm Team
Silver 2008 Oberstdorf Team
Bronze 2002 Harrachov Individual

Matti Antero Hautamäki (born July 14, 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish ski jumper.

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[edit] Biography

Matti made his first ski-jumping attempts at the age of seven near his home town of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and his friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti followed them. At first it was quite difficult to be independent at the age of 16, but he got 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 quickly helped him advance. In the same year Matti had his first real successes and won medals at 1997 and 1999 Junior World Cups.

[edit] Successes to date

At the Four Hills Tournament in 2001–'02 Hautamäki finished second, and in 2005 he won the "Scandinavian Four Hills Tournament" Nordic Tournament for the second time after 2002, with four back-to-back victories. In the 2004–'05 season he won six jumps in a row (including the pre-Olympic rehearsal in Pragelato, the four Nordic Tournament jumps, and the first jump in Planica) and thus matched the record for the most consecutive victories. (Janne Ahonen had six consecutive victories in the same season.) His jumps have been judged with the maximum score of 20 multiple times, and he is considered the best ski flier. From 2003 to 2005 he maintained the world record in ski flying of 231 meters. In March 2005 in Planica he even reached 235.5 m, but lost the world record in the same competition to Bjørn Einar Romøren, who achieved 239 m.

[edit] Medals

[edit] Winter Olympic Games

[edit] FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

[edit] Ski jumping World Cup

  • 16 victories in competition
  • 2005 ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.
  • became the only one who won all four competitions of the Nordic Tournament (Lahti, Kuopio, Lillehammer and Oslo) in the 2004/2005 season
  • holds the record of 6 consecutive wins in 2004/2005 season together with Janne Ahonen and Austrian Thomas Morgenstern (in 2007/2008 season)

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This article includes material translated from the German and French Wikipedias.

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World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill
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
Persondata
NAME Hautamäki, Matti Antero
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Finnish ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH 14 July 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Oulu
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH