Jani Tanskanen
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| Country represented | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1975 Jyväskylä, Finland | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Jani Tanskanen (born 28 November 1975) is a Finnish former artistic gymnast. He was the 1997 World Champion on horizontal bar,[1] and the first Finnish gold medalist at the World Championships since 1950.[2] He is the current president of the Athletes' Commission for the International Gymnastics Federation as well as the athlete representative of Men's Artistic Gymnastics.[3]
References
- ↑ "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Horizontal Bar – Men's Finals". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ Peszek, Luan. "Gymnastics in 1997". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ "Jani Tanskanen re-elected!". GYMmedia International. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Finnish male artistic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Jyväskylä
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- World champion gymnasts
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Finland
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Finnish people
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Finnish sports executives and administrators