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Matti Nykänen

1963 - 2019

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Matti Ensio Nykänen (pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championship medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship medals (14 gold). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matti Nykänen has received more than 1,111,532 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Matti Nykänen is the 3rd most popular skier (down from 2nd in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 35th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Skier.

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  • 60.14

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Matti Nykänen ranks 3 out of 817. Before him are Jean-Claude Killy, and Ingemar Stenmark. After him are Toni Sailer, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Bjørn Dæhlie, Alberto Tomba, Anne Jahren, Franz Klammer, Birger Ruud, Eddie the Eagle, and Jiří Raška.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Matti Nykänen ranks 41. Before him are Dunga, Emmanuelle Béart, Peter Bosz, Hideo Kojima, Mike Powell, and Harold Perrineau. After him are Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Míchel, Til Schweiger, Empress Masako, Lars Ulrich, and Natasha Richardson. Among people deceased in 2019, Matti Nykänen ranks 66. Before him are Max Wright, Michel Serres, Henri, Count of Paris, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, and Yury Luzhkov. After him are Michael Atiyah, Rosamunde Pilcher, Alicia Alonso, Ratko Janev, Paul Greengard, and Dragoslav Šekularac.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Nykänen ranks 43 out of 751. Before him are Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Aino Aalto (1894), Tom of Finland (1920), Ari Vatanen (1952), Aleksis Kivi (1834), and Hannes Kolehmainen (1889). After him are Eliel Saarinen (1873), Hugo Simberg (1873), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Zachris Topelius (1818), Jari Litmanen (1971), and Eero Saarinen (1910).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Matti Nykänen ranks 1. After him are Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Juha Mieto (1949), Janne Ahonen (1977), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Heikki Hasu (1926), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Paavo Lonkila (1923), and Aki Karvonen (1957).

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