Matti Nykänen was in many ways exceptional Finnish so as an athlete, as a private person, known name for the men described the legendary hill eagle. In the picture Matti Nykänen in Austria at the age of 24 in January 1988. AOP
Finnish for the big bang Monday morning, surprising the tragic news that took a day for the duration of almost the entire nation’s attention. Ex-ski jumper Matti Nykänen had perished 55 years of age.
the five-time olympic champions and four olympic gold jumped to a ski jumper was summed up with the whole people, Matti. Nykänen death is naturally a huge shock and loss to his family and close friends, but a national hero to the position of the rise of the athlete passed the combine on Monday the whole of Finland and got a great set to remember the all-time hill eagle.
Matti Nykänen 90-year-old Small -mother son perished was overwhelming sad news.
I’m just heartbroken. Anything else I can now say, Small Nykänen noted in the evening paper.
I Saw the part of well-known Finnish name of the recalled Matt freshly on Monday the sad news after.
ski jumping coach Mika Kojonkoski :
Matti I love the hill. He won the gold, but hardly smiled. Matti jumped himself, not for others. I want to highlight his sporty side. Matti was a young guy who did all the exercises säntillisin more and left the last practice out of. For me Checkmate is the best of all time mäkimies, Kojonkoski described Matt.
leap-year old roommate, Ari-Pekka I am responsible for also stressed Nykänen talent in the sport.
–My eyes, Matti is the best jumper. Especially his 46 world cup wins tell you a lot. Training it basic. He reached the top of the really hard work, I am responsible for walking.
California resident hockey legend Teemu Selanne :
– Fine, wonderful people, a true Legend left far too early. Thanks Matti for all. Sorry to come to be great friends. Rip Matti, He wrote published in the picture.
the credit supplier and Nykänen friends known as the Kai Merilä described, that his and matt’s relationship was intense disputes fiery friendship.
– our friendship was wonderful. We laughed between crazy, but on the other hand, we could fight even with his fist.
in fact, I can only say that the big personalities left. Warmly power in the circuit, in particular Pia , Nykänen credit friend Kai Merilä hope.
the V-style of the developer and the hard racing partner Jan Boklöv Sweden:
– Matti was for nine years the world’s best jumper, Boklöv summed.
a long line of supplier of Jari Porttila fretted that Nykänen remembered at least as well after sports career of events than the value of the medals.
– Matti was nothing like it in recent years been a public figure. Really considerate, shy, sensitive. All kinds of people. That image was a bit wrong, Porttila said.
– That he was sorry, that he remembered the sports achievements, but some traces of the time of other things. It turned out always, when with her talk.
– Matti was the last on the top-athlete. Everything he did, he did the very last on the. He did win in front of a huge job, Porttila summed.
the Austrian racing partner Ernst Vettori :
He was a great jumper. He was a big star. It is difficult to manage and for outsiders to understand. I am very sad that his life didn’t go as well after sports career, Vettori said the evening paper.
Nykänen, however, remained Vettorin personally a bit distant person.
Mattia was difficult to approach. Sometimes we would spend time together, but he was often alone, because he was always very focused. That’s why he was so good, Vettori described it.
Matti Ensio Nykänen was born in Jyväskylä, finland, in July 1963. Nykänen lived in 2014 of consecrated aviovaimonsa Pia Peasants with the Lappeenranta, Joutseno.
