Anssi Koivuranta

Anssi Koivuranta
Country Finland
Full nameAnssi Einar Koivuranta
Born (1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36)
Kuusamo, Finland
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Ski clubKuusamon Erä-Veikot
Personal best214.5 m (704 ft)
Planica, 19 March 2009
World Cup career
Seasons2004–2010 (nordic combined)
20112015 (ski jumping)
Starts68 (ski jumping)
90 (nordic combined)
Podiums1 (ski jumping)
24 (nordic combined)
Wins1 (ski jumping)
7 (nordic combined)
Overall titles1 (2009)
Medal record
Men's Nordic combined
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team 4 x 5 km
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo Team 4 x 5 km
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Individual 15 km
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Anssi Einar Koivuranta (born 3 July 1988) is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier, best known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. He won the gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event and a bronze medal in the 15 km Gundersen race at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. After winning a Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Innsbruck on 4 January 2014, Koivuranta became the first ever athlete in history of ski jumping to win an event in both Nordic combined and the ski jumping World Cup.[1]

Koivuranta in 2011
  1. ^ "Ski Jumping - Koivuranta secures place in history books with Four Hills victory - Yahoo Eurosport UK". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.