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Antti Hyvärinen

1932 - 2000

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Antti Abram Hyvärinen (21 June 1932 – 13 January 2000) was a Finnish ski jumper and coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic events and finished in seventh and first place, respectively, becoming the first non-Norwegian ski jumper to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1956, he also served as the flag bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and won the jumping event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival. While preparing for the 1958 World Championships, Hyvärinen fell and broke his hip, which resulted in an early retirement in November 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antti Hyvärinen is the 40th most popular skier (down from 20th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Finland (down from 141st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 40 out of 817. Before him are Émile Allais, Bojan Križaj, Bernhard Russi, Laila Schou Nilsen, Madeleine Berthod, and Tormod Knutsen. After him are Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Baldur Preiml, Alevtina Kolchina, Galina Kulakova, Vreni Schneider, and Egon Zimmermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 286. Before him are László Sárosi, József Csermák, Edgar Reitz, Tormod Knutsen, Luis Ayala, and Medea Abrahamyan. After him are Michel Leblond, Imre Polyák, Sven Lindqvist, Josef Musil, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, and Lajos Csordás. Among people deceased in 2000, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 180. Before him are Mark Oliphant, Gus Hall, Carmen Martín Gaite, Ioannis Andreou, Henry Eriksson, and Ansumane Mané. After him are Julie London, Anne Hébert, Mohammad Ali Fardin, Spyridon Chazapis, Pote Sarasin, and Paula Wessely.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 216 out of 751. Before him are Aksel Airo (1898), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Ali Aaltonen (1884), Kati Outinen (1961), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), and Lauri Lehtinen (1908). After him are Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Armas Toivonen (1899), Kalevi Aho (1949), Arvo Aaltonen (1892), Arvo Askola (1909), and Johannes Linnankoski (1869).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Antti Hyvärinen ranks 4. Before him are Heikki Hasu (1926), Matti Nykänen (1963), and Juha Mieto (1949). After him are Janne Ahonen (1977), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Toini Pöysti (1933), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Paavo Lonkila (1923), and Tapio Mäkelä (1926).

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