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Jun 21, 1932 Rovaniemi, Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Finland Died on 13 Jan 2000 (aged 67)
Finnish ski jumper
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About Antti Hyvärinen
- Antti Abram Hyvärinen (21 June 1932 – 13 January 2000) was a Finnish ski jumper and coach.
- He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in the normal hill event 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.
- From 1960 to 1964 he worked as the head coach of the Finnish ski jumping team.
