Jani Tanskanen (born 28 November 1975) is a

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former artistic gymnast. He was the 1997 World Champion on

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, and the first Finnish gold medalist at the World Championships since 1950. He is the current President of the Athletes' Commission for the

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as well as the athlete representative of Men's Artistic Gymnastics.

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1975 births Living people Finnish male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Jyväskylä Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships World champion gymnasts Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for Finland Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub