Ari-Pekka Nikkola

Country

Finland

Born

16 May 1969
Kuopio, Finland

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Personal best

183 m (600 ft)
Kulm, Jan 1996

World Cup career

Seasons

1986–1998

Individual wins

Team wins

Indiv. podiums

Team podiums

Yellow bibs

Indiv. starts

192

Team starts

Overall titles

1 (1990)

NH/LH 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	SF	JP	4H	NT
1985/86	47	N/A	N/A	18	N/A
1986/87	10	N/A	N/A	31	N/A
1987/88	19	N/A	N/A	–	N/A
1988/89	5	N/A	N/A	30	N/A
1989/90	01 !	N/A	N/A	5	N/A
1990/91	5	8	N/A	6	N/A
1991/92	12	–	N/A	8	N/A
1992/93	–	–	N/A	–	N/A
1993/94	16	–	N/A	30	N/A
1994/95	8	10	N/A	4	N/A
1995/96	02 !	5	01 !	02 !	N/A
1996/97	12	–	11	6	22
1997/98	29	–	23	20	59

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	1986/87	28 February 1987	Lahti	Salpausselkä K88	NH
2	1986/87	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	1995/96	21 January 1996	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K115	LH

External links

Ari-Pekka Nikkola at the International Ski Federation

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champions

Men	1979–80: Hubert Neuper (AUT) 1980–81: Armin Kogler (AUT) 1981–82: Armin Kogler (AUT) 1982–83: Matti Nykänen (FIN) 1983–84: Jens Weißflog (GDR) 1984–85: Matti Nykänen (FIN) 1985–86: Matti Nykänen (FIN) 1986–87: Vegard Opaas (NOR) 1987–88: Matti Nykänen (FIN) 1988–89: Jan Boklöv (SWE) 1989–90: Ari-Pekka Nikkola (FIN) 1990–91: Andreas Felder (AUT) 1991–92: Toni Nieminen (FIN) 1992–93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) 1993–94: Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1994–95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) 1995–96: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) 1996–97: Primož Peterka (SLO) 1997–98: Primož Peterka (SLO) 1998–99: Martin Schmitt (GER) 1999–00: Martin Schmitt (GER) 2000–01: Adam Małysz (POL) 2001–02: Adam Małysz (POL) 2002–03: Adam Małysz (POL) 2003–04: Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2004–05: Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2005–06: Jakub Janda (CZE) 2006–07: Adam Małysz (POL) 2007–08: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 2008–09: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2009–10: Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010–11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 2011–12: Anders Bardal (NOR) 2012–13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2013–14: Kamil Stoch (POL) 2014–15: Severin Freund (GER) 2015–16: Peter Prevc (SLO)

Women	2011–12: Sarah Hendrickson (USA) 2012–13: Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2013–14: Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2014–15: Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT) 2015–16: Sara Takanashi (JPN)

Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

World champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

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