Matti Heikkinen

Matti Heikkinen (born 19 December 1983 in Kajaani) is a Finnish former cross-country skier and World Champion who competed from 2002 to 2019.

Career Heikkinen won his first World Championship at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Holmenkollen 2011. Winning 15 km, he is the first Finnish men's World Champion for over a decade. He also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, earning them in the 15 km and 4 × 10 km relay events.

In December 2009, Heikkinen took his first World Cup victory on the 15 km freestyle event in Davos.

Heikkinen finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

He announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in March 2019.

Heikkinen lives in Jyväskylä and studies at the University of Jyväskylä School of Business.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2010 26 39 — — 5 — 2014 30 20 39 15 — 6 — 2018 34 10 21 25 — 4 —

World Championships 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 bronze) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2009 25 Bronze 11 37 — Bronze — 2011 27 Gold 18 — — 4 — 2013 29 12 17 25 — 5 — 2015 31 21 16 20 — 8 — 2017 33 11 18 Bronze — 5 — 2019 35 — 12 11 — 4 —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 2003 19 — 2004 20 — 2005 21 156 98 2006 22 — 2007 23 169 113 — — 2008 24 65 44 71 — 14 2009 25 30 19 102 26 19 2010 26 13 9 72 12 24 2011 27 25 18 54 21 2012 28 44 28 — 24 2013 29 39 27 18 18 2014 30 28 18 17 9 2015 31 20 15 7 — 2016 32 17 17 — 18 6 2017 33 5 5 24 2018 34 35 24 14 — 2019 35 119 82 48

Individual podiums 4 victories – (1 , 3 ) 15 podiums – (5 , 10 )