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February 4, 2019
Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (born 1963)
Matti Nykänen
Matti Ensio Nykänen 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, nine World Championship medals, and 22 Finnish Championship medals. Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete that winter.
February 4
February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 330 days remain until the end of the year.