Matti Nykänen

Born: 1963-07-17 in Jyväskylä, Finland

Died: 2019-02-04

Known For: Acting

Biography

Matti Ensio Nykänen (17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time, he won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championships medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship medals (14 gold).

Filmography

2025

Matti Nykänen – The Legend as Self (archive footage)

2019

Matti Nykänen Files as Himself (archive footage)

2017

Haapasalo ja kaverit as himself