Veli-Matti Lindström

Veli-Matti Lindström
Lindström in Oslo, 2006
Country	Finland
Full name	Veli-Matti Lindström
Born	(1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 Nastola, Finland
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best	225.5 m (740 ft) Planica, 21 Mar 2003
World Cup career
Seasons	1999–2012
Indiv. podiums	5
Medal record Men's Ski jumping Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Team Large Hill Men's ski flying World Championships 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 18 May 2015.

Veli-Matti Lindström (born 15 November 1983) is a Finnish former ski jumper. His career best achievement was a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City 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, 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.

Invalid ski jumping world record

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
21 March 2003	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Planica, Slovenia	232.5	763

  Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.

External links

• Veli-Matti Lindström at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Veli-Matti Lindström at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)