Ari-Pekka Nikkola

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 Overall1985/86 47 18 N/A N/A N/A1986/87 10 31 N/A N/A N/A1987/88 19 — N/A N/A N/A1988/89 5 30 N/A N/A N/A1989/90 5 N/A N/A N/A1990/91 5 6 8 N/A N/A1991/92 12 8 — N/A N/A1992/93 — — — N/A N/A1993/94 16 30 — N/A N/A1994/95 8 4 10 N/A N/A1995/96 5 N/A 1996/97 12 6 — 22 111997/98 29 20 — 59 23

Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 1986/87 28 February 1987 Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH2 4 March 1987 Örnsköldsvik Paradiskullen K82 NH3 1989/90 10 December 1989 Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH4 4 January 1990 Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH5 11 February 1990 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH6 25 March 1990 Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH7 1990/91 4 January 1991 Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH8 1995/96 16 December 1995 Chamonix Le Mont K95 NH9 21 January 1996 Sapporo Ōkurayama K115 LH