Veli-Matti Lindström (born 15 November 1983) is a Finnish former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

. His career best achievement was a silver medal at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

in the team large hill event. He also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships in

Planica Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hikin ...

, as well as two championships at the Ski Flying World Cup in Planica in the team event in 2002 and 2003. On 21 March 2003 in Planica, Lindström became the first ski jumper in history to surpass the 230 metre mark, with a jump of 232.5 m. However, his jump was rendered an invalid world record due to him touching the snow with his hand."Flights over 220m (official distances):"
. planica.si. Retrieved 2015-03-06.

Invalid ski jumping world record

Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.

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* * 1983 births Living people People from Nastola Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Finland Skiers from Päijät-Häme 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub