Kari Ylianttila

Kari Ylianttila
Country	Finland
Full name	Kari Ylianttila
Born	(1953-08-28) 28 August 1953 Rovaniemi, Finland
World Cup career
Seasons	1979–1982
Individual wins	1
Indiv. podiums	5
Four Hills titles	1 (1978)
Updated on 15 May 2015.

Kari Sakari "Kaale" Ylianttila (born 28 August 28) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1982. His career best achievement was winning the Four Hills Tournament in 1977–78, in which he scored his lone individual victory in Bischofshofen on 6 January 1978. He also competed in two Winter Olympics (1972 and 1980), earning his best finish of 13th twice, both in the individual large hill events. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo, Ylianttila finished 19th in the individual large hill and 21st in the individual normal hill events.

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Four Hills Tournament winners

1952–53: Sepp Bradl (AUT)
1953–54: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR)
1954–55: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN)
1955–56: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
1956–57: Pentti Uotinen (FIN)
1957–58: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1958–59: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1959–60: Max Bolkart (GER)
1960–61: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1961–62: Eino Kirjonen (FIN)
1962–63: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963–64: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1964–65: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR)
1965–66: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1966–67: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1967–68: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1968–69: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969–70: Horst Queck (GDR)
1970–71: Jiří Raška (TCH)
1971–72: Ingolf Mork (NOR)
1972–73: Rainer Schmidt (GDR)
1973–74: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
1974–75: Willi Pürstl (AUT)
1975–76: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1976–77: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1977–78: Kari Ylianttila (FIN)
1978–79: Pentti Kokkonen (FIN)
1979–80: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1980–81: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1981–82: Manfred Deckert (GDR)
1982–83: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1983–84: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1984–85: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1985–86: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1986–87: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1987–88: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1988–89: Risto Laakkonen (FIN)
1989–90: Dieter Thoma (FRG)
1990–91: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1991–92: Toni Nieminen (FIN)
1992–93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1993–94: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1994–95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1995–96: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1996–97: Primož Peterka (SLO)
1997–98: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
1998–99: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
1999–2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)
2000–01: Adam Małysz (POL)
2001–02: Sven Hannawald (GER)
2002–03: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2003–04: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR)
2004–05: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2005–06: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE)
2006–07: Anders Jacobsen (NOR)
2007–08: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2008–09: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
2009–10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
2010–11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
2011–12: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2012–13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2013–14: Thomas Diethart (AUT)
2014–15: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
2015–16: Peter Prevc (SLO)

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