Ari-Pekka Nikkola

Ari-Pekka Nikkola
Country	Finland
Born	(1969-05-16) 16 May 1969 Kuopio, Finland
Height	172 m (564 ft 4 in)
Personal best	183 m (600 ft) Kulm, 9-11 February 1996
World Cup career
Seasons	1986–1998
Individual wins	9
Team wins	4
Indiv. podiums	42
Team podiums	6
Yellow bibs	22
Indiv. starts	192
Team starts	7
Overall titles	1 (1990)
JP titles	1 (1996)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1988 Calgary Team LH 1992 Albertville Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987 Oberstdorf Team LH 1989 Lahti Team LH 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH 1997 Trondheim Team LH 1989 Lahti Individual NH 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH 1991 Val di Fiemme Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Ari-Pekka Nikkola (born 16 May 1969) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career

He won two gold medals in the Team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. His best individual finish was a 15th place in the Individual normal hill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won seven medals. This included four golds (Team large hill: 1987, 1989, 1995, and 1997), two silver (Individual normal hill: 1989, Team large hill: 1991), and one bronze (Individual normal hill: 1991).

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1985/86	47	18	N/A	N/A	N/A
1986/87	10	31	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987/88	19	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1988/89	5	30	N/A	N/A	N/A
1989/90		5	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990/91	5	6	8	N/A	N/A
1991/92	12	8	—	N/A	N/A
1992/93	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	16	30	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	8	4	10	N/A	N/A
1995/96			5	N/A
1996/97	12	6	—	22	11
1997/98	29	20	—	59	23

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1986/87	28 February 1987	Lahti	Salpausselkä K88	NH
2		4 March 1987	Örnsköldsvik	Paradiskullen K82	NH
3	1989/90	10 December 1989	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K86	NH
4		4 January 1990	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
5		11 February 1990	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
6		25 March 1990	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K120	LH
7	1990/91	4 January 1991	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
8	1995/96	16 December 1995	Chamonix	Le Mont K95	NH
9		21 January 1996	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K115	LH

External links

• Ari-Pekka Nikkola at the International Ski Federation
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ari-Pekka Nikkola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.