Raimo Ylipulli (born 13 June 1970, in
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Per� ...
) 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 ...
who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the
1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place between 7 and 17 February 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this championshi ...
in
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and finished 20th in the individual large hill at those same championships.
Ylipulli's best individual finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was 18th in the individual large hil at
Lillehammer in
1994
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while his best overall finish was fifth in the team large hill at those same games. His best individual finish was 3rd in a large hill event in
Czechoslovakia
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in 1991.
He is the brother of Nordic combined skier
Jukka Ylipulli and fellow ski jumper
Tuomo Ylipulli.
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
People from Rovaniemi
Finnish male ski jumpers
Olympic ski jumpers of Finland
Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland)
20th-century Finnish people
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