Anssi Koivuranta

Anssi Koivuranta
Country Finland
Full nameAnssi Einar Koivuranta
Born (1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36)
Kuusamo, Finland
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Ski clubKuusamon Erä-Veikot
Personal best214.5 m (704 ft)
Planica, 19 March 2009
World Cup career
Seasons2004–2010 (nordic combined)
20112015 (ski jumping)
Indiv. starts68 (ski jumping)
90 (nordic combined)
Indiv. podiums1 (ski jumping)
24 (nordic combined)
Indiv. wins1 (ski jumping)
7 (nordic combined)
Team starts15 (ski jumping)
3 (nordic combined)
Team podiums1 (nordic combined)
Team wins1 (nordic combined)
Overall titles1 (2009)
Medal record
Men's Nordic combined
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team 4 x 5 km
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo Team 4 x 5 km
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Individual 15 km
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Anssi Einar Koivuranta (born 3 July 1988) is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier, best known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. He won the gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event and a bronze medal in the 15 km Gundersen race at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. After winning a Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Innsbruck on 4 January 2014, Koivuranta became the first ever athlete in history of ski jumping to win an event in both Nordic combined and the ski jumping World Cup.[1]

Koivuranta in 2011
  1. ^ "Ski Jumping - Koivuranta secures place in history books with Four Hills victory - Yahoo Eurosport UK". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.

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