Antti Hyvärinen
Ski jumping, Olympic athlete
1932 – 2000
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Who was Antti Hyvärinen?
Antti Abram Hyvärinen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s. He was born in Rovaniemi.
His best year as a ski jumper was 1956, when he won a gold medal in the Individual large hill at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo as well as the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival. He became the first non-Norwegian ski jumper to win an Olympic gold medal.
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- Born
- Jun 21, 1932
Rovaniemi - Also known as
- Antti Hyvarinen
- Lived in
- Rovaniemi
- Died
- Jan 13, 2000
Bad Nauheim
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on July 23, 2013
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