Antti-Jussi Kemppainen (born 21 July 1989) is a Finnish

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

, specializing in halfpipe and slopestyle.FIS Profile
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for Finland. He placed 9th in the qualifying round in the halfpipe, advancing to the final. He finished 8th in the final, with a best run of 78.20 points. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the

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halfpipe. Kemppainen, who was born in

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, made his World Cup debut in January 2006. As of April 2014, he has one World Cup win, at Cardrona in 2013–14, and three other podium finishes. His best World Cup overall finish in halfpipe is 2nd, in 2006–07.

World Cup Podiums

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1989 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Finland Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Kuusamo Finnish male freestyle skiers Skiers from North Ostrobothnia {{Finland-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub