Paavo Lukkariniemi

Paavo Lukkariniemi
Lukkariniemi at the 1966 World Cup
nation	Finland
birthday	April 14, 1941
place of birth	Ylitornio ,  Finland
Career
society	Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura
National squad	since 1964
status	resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1966 Oslo Normal hill
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	4. ( 1965/66 )

Paavo Lukkariniemi (born April 14, 1941 in Ylitornio ) is a former Finnish ski jumper .

Lukkariniemi, who started for the Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura , completed his first international jumping on December 27, 1964 in Oberstdorf . He finished jumping in 15th place. A year later he jumped on the podium for the first time in the opening competition of the Four Hills Tournament in 1965/66 and reached 3rd place. When jumping in Partenkirchen on January 1, 1966, he was able to win a jumping for the first time. It was the only victory in his career. After a 5th place in Innsbruck and a 20th place in Bischofshofen , he finished fourth in the overall tour score.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1966 he won the bronze medal on the normal hill behind Bjørn Wirkola and Dieter Neuendorf .

successes

Hill records

place	country	Expanse	set up on	Record up
Vikersund	Norway	116.5 m ( HS : 225 m)	1960	1966

Web links

• Paavo Lukkariniemi in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)