| Matti Hautamäki | |
| Fullname: | Matti Antero Hautamäki |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Oulu, Finland |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Personalbest: | 235.5m (772.6feet) Planica, 20 March 2005 |
| Seasons: | 1998–2012 |
| Wins: | 16 |
| Teamwins: | 7 |
| Totalpodiums: | 38 |
| Teampodiums: | 24 |
| Individual Starts: | 289 |
| Team Starts: | 37 |
| Nttitles: | 2 (2002, 2005) |
| Updated: | 10 February 2016 |
Matti Antero Hautamäki (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈmɑtːi ˈɑntero ˈhɑu̯tɑmæki/; born 14 July 1981) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2012. He is one of Finland's most successful ski jumpers, having won sixteen individual World Cup competitions; multiple medals at the Winter Olympics, Ski Jumping World Championships and Ski Flying World Championships; the Nordic Tournament twice; and four ski flying world records.
Hautamäki started ski jumping at the age of seven near his hometown of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti joined them. At first he found it difficult to be independent at the age of sixteen, but he received much help and support from his brother, with whom he was living at the time. The help of his new coach Pekka Niemelä, whom he met at the sports school in Kuopio, also helped him advance quickly. In the same year Matti had his first real successes and won medals at the 1997 and 1999 FIS Junior World Ski Jumping Championships.
At the Four Hills Tournament in 2001/02, Hautamäki finished second, his highest ever place in that tournament. In 2002 and 2005 he won the Nordic Tournament, with a clean sweep of all four events in the latter. It was during the 2004–05 season that he won six individual events in a row, including the pre-Winter Olympics rehearsal in Pragelato, and the first ski flying event in Planica; this matched the record for the most consecutive victories set by countryman Janne Ahonen in the same season. Hautamäki also won the ski jumping event at the 2005 Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo.
Hautamäki was regarded as a specialist at ski flying, with the majority of his personal best distances being achieved in Planica. An early sign of things to come was showcased on 23 March 2002 when he jumped 224.5 metres, nearly equalling the then-world record of 225 m set two years prior by Andreas Goldberger. At the 20–23 March 2003 event, Hautamäki set three consecutive world records of 227.5m (746.4feet), 228.5m (749.7feet), and 231m (758feet); the latter making him the first to ever officially land a jump over 230 m.[1] His record stood until 20 March 2005, a day on which it was equalled once by Tommy Ingebrigtsen and later broken a further three times in spectacular fashion: Bjørn Einar Romøren first jumped 234.5m (769.4feet) during the morning training round, followed by Hautamäki momentarily reclaiming the record with 235.5m (772.6feet) in the afternoon event. This was then shattered again by Romøren only minutes later, who jumped 239m (784feet). Some minutes after that, Janne Ahonen jumped 240m (790feet), but this was rendered invalid due to him falling hard upon landing.
| Season | Overall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row align=center | 39 | 44 | — | 33 | 37 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 101 | — | — | — | 99 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 17 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | align=center bgcolor=#A57164 | align=center bgcolor=silver | N/A | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 8 | 17 | N/A | align=center bgcolor=silver | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 7 | 23 | N/A | 11 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | align=center bgcolor=#A57164 | 10 | N/A | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 11 | 5 | N/A | 11 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 9 | 20 | N/A | 7 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 19 | 13 | N/A | 14 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 27 | 37 | 15 | 22 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 8 | 7 | 10 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 49 | 35 | — | N/A | N/A |
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1 | 2 December 2000 | Puijo K120 (night) | ||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 2 | align=center rowspan=3 | 19 January 2002 | Wielka Krokiew K116 | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 13 March 2002 | Lugnet K115 (night) | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 15 March 2002 | Granåsen K120 (night) | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 5 | align=center rowspan=2 | 22 March 2003 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 23 March 2003 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | FH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 7 | align=center rowspan=2 | 28 November 2003 | Rukatunturi K120 (night) | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 23 January 2004 | Hakuba K120 (night) | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 9 | align=center rowspan=6 | 11 February 2005 | Stadio del Trampolino HS140 | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 6 March 2005 | Salpausselkä HS130 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 9 March 2005 | Puijo HS127 (night) | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 11 March 2005 | Lysgårdsbakken HS138 (night) | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 13 March 2005 | Holmenkollbakken HS128 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 19 March 2005 | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 | FH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 15 | align=center rowspan=2 | 28 January 2006 | Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night) | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 16 | 29 January 2006 | Wielka Krokiew HS134 | LH |
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March 2003 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 227.5 | 746 | |
| 22 March 2003 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 228.5 | 750 | |
| 23 March 2003 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 231 | 758 | |
| 20 March 2005 | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 | Planica, Slovenia | 235.5 | 773 |