Antti Nykänen (born 14 October 1983 in

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, Finland) is a Finnish professional

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player. Nykänen currently plays for the

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in the

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; the 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) forward is now in his second season with the first team. Although having spent much of his time in Raiders' development teams, he has yet to break into the starting five. From 2001 to 2002 Nykänen studied at Sierra High School in

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, California. Since 2005, besides playing, he has studied Sports' Management at the

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1983 births Living people Alumni of the University of Plymouth British Basketball League players Finnish men's basketball players Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Plymouth Raiders players Sportspeople from Uusimaa {{Finland-basketball-bio-stub