Raimo Esko Tapio Ylipulli (born 13 June 1970 in

Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi su ...

) is a Finnish former

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who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the

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and finished 20th in the individual large hill at those same championships. Ylipulli's best individual finish at the

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was 18th in the individual large hill at

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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

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in 1991. He is the brother of Nordic combined skier Jukka Ylipulli and fellow ski jumper

Tuomo Ylipulli Tuomo Sakari Ylipulli (3 March 1965 – 23 July 2021) was a Finnish ski jumping, ski jumper. Career Tuomo Ylipulli won a gold medal in the Team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. His biggest successes were in the Tea ...

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* * * 1970 births Living people Skiers from Rovaniemi Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-skijumping-bio-stub