Matti Nykänen

Matti Nykänen in 2014

Matti Ensio Nykänen (17 July 1963 in Jyväskylä – 4 February 2019 in Lappeenranta) was a Finnish ski jumper and singer. He won five Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championships medals (five gold) and 22 Finnish Championships medals (13 gold). He won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which made him one of the two most successful athletes at those games.

Nykänen died in the early hours of 4 February 2019 from complications of diabetes, at the age of 55.

Albums

• Yllätysten yö (1992)
• Samurai (1993)
• Ehkä otin, ehkä en (2006)

Singles

• Elämä on laiffii (2002)
• Tää on mun elämää (2004)
• Mäkikotka ja häkkilintu (2005)
• Voitosta voittoon (2007)
• Anna mulle sexii (2008)
• Lennä Nykäsen Matti (2008)
• Pomminvarma rakkaus (2009)
• Jälleen joulu on (2009)
• Tuusula mielessäin (With Teflon Brothers) 2013
• Jokainen tsäänssi on mahdollisuus (2013)
• Suomi (Yksi Totuus feat. Matti Nykänen) (2018)
• Leipää ja vettä (2019)

Matti Nykänen Media

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  Nykänen on a postage stamp

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  Matti Nykänen's Olympic, World Championship and Finnish Medals at the Sports Museum. The collection is owned by the Finnish Sports Museum Foundation

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  Matti Nykänen in Finnish military service 1984

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  Nykänen performing in 2010

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  Matti Nykänen at the Kiuruvesi music event in 2013

Other websites

• Matti Nykänen Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine at the International Ski Federation.