Antti Abram Hyvärinen (21 June 1932 – 13 January 2000) was a

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and coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in the normal hill event and finished in seventh and first place, respectively, becoming the first non-Norwegian ski jumper to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1956 he also served as the flag bearer for Finland at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and won the jumping event at the

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. While preparing for the 1958 World Championships, Hyvärinen fell and broke his hip, which resulted in an early retirement in November 1957. From 1960 to 1964 he worked as the head coach of the Finnish ski jumping team.

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1932 births 2000 deaths Sportspeople from Rovaniemi Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Finnish male ski jumpers Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Finnish ski jumping coaches {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub