- Matti Heikkinen
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Medal record
Heikkinen during the 2009–10 Tour de SkiMen's cross-country skiing World Championships Gold 2011 Oslo 15 km Bronze 2009 Liberec 15 km Bronze 2009 Liberec 4 x 10 km Matti Heikkinen (born December 19, 1983 in Kajaani) is a Finnish cross country skier and World Champion who has competed since 2002. Heikkinen won his first World Championship at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Holmenkollen 2011. Winning 15 km, he is the first Finnish men's World Champion for over a decade. He also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, earning them in the 15 km and 4 x 10 km events.
In December 2009, Heikkinen took his first World Cup victory on the 15-kilometre freestyle event in Davos.[1]
Heikkinen finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Matti Heikkinen lives in Jyväskylä and studies in the University of Jyväskylä School of Business.
References
- ^ "Finland's Matti Heikkinen wins 15K cross-country skiing World Cup race". The Associated Press. 12 December 2009. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/79126242.html. Retrieved 12 December 2009.[dead link]
18 km 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) * 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) * 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) * 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) * 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) * 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) * 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) * 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) * 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) * 1939: Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala (FIN) * 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)15 km 1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) * 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) * 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) * 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) * 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) * 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) * 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) * 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) * 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) * 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) * 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) * 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) * 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) * 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) * 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN)Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Kajaani
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Finnish cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland
- Finnish cross-country skiing biography stubs
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