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Aarno Ruusuvuori
Aarno Emil Ruusuvuori (14 January 1925, Kuopio – 22 February 1992, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect, professor and director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture. He studied at Helsinki University of Technology, completing his studies in 1951.
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Atso Almila
Atso Almila (born in Helsinki on 13 June 19531) is a Finnish orchestral conductor, musical director, composer, trombonist and teacher.
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Aulis Rytkönen
Taavi Aulis Rytkönen (born January 5, 1929 in Karttula) is a Finnish football legend. He became the country's first professional player when he signed for France's Toulouse FC in 1952.
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Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III (Stockholm, – Stockholm, 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.
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H. Olliver Twisted
Olli Herman Kosunen (born May 19, 1983, in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish singer who was the former frontman to the Swedish glam metal band Crashdïet. Twisted is currently a member of the Finnish glam metal band Reckless Love.
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Hannes Kolehmainen
Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen () (9 December 1889 – 11 January 1966) was a Finnish long-distance runner. He is considered to be the first of a generation of great Finnish long distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns". Kolehmainen competed for a number of years in the United States, wearing the Winged Fist of the Irish American Athletic Club. He also enlisted in the 14th Regiment of the National Guard of New York, and became a U.S. citizen in 1921.
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Janne Tolsa
Janne Tolsa (born 7 March 1970) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in Tarot from the late 1980s, Tolsa also takes part in the melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, which he joined in 2005 for their album Before the Bleeding Sun, as well as the industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt (under the alias RunQ). Tolsa is also known to work as a composer for television. Janne Tolsa plays keyboards in Marenne Band and is one of the composers in the band's debut album The Past Prelude.
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Jenni Vartiainen
Jenni Vartiainen (born March 20, 1983 in Kuopio), is a Finnish singer who rose to publicity after winning Popstars reality show competition in Finland in 2002 along with two other girls. The trio together formed a band called Gimmel and they released two albums before breaking up on October 2004. After that Vartiainen started her solo career.
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Juhani Aho
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, (September 11, 1861; Lapinlahti – August 8, 1921; Helsinki) was a Finnish author and journalist.
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Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Timonen (born March 18, 1975 in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is an alternate captain for the Flyers during home games.
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Lasse Lehtinen
Lasse Lehtinen (born January 23, 1947 in Kotka) is a Finnish politician, former Member of the Finnish Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
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Leo Makkonen
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Magnus von Wright
Magnus von Wright (1805 - 1868, Helsinki) was a Finnish painter and ornithologist.
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Marco Hietala
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is a heavy metal vocalist and bassist. Internationally, he is most known as the current bassist, male vocalist and composer, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is also the vocalist and bassist as well as composer/lyricist for the heavy metal band Tarot.
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Matti Hautamäki
Matti Antero Hautamäki (born July 14, 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish ski jumper.
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Minna Canth
Minna Canth (born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson, March 19, 1844, Tampere - May 12, 1897, Kuopio) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. Her play ''"The Pastor's Family"'' is her best known. In her time, she became a controversial figure, due to the asynchrony between her ideas and those of her time, and in part due to her strong advocacy for her point of view.
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Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen (born December 5, 1978) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was initially drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1997, third overall after Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. He was the captain of the Florida Panthers from 2003 to 2008. He was later dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes, where he started the 2008–09 NHL season. With Phoenix failing to make the NHL playoffs, the Coyotes, on trade deadline day, traded Jokinen to the Calgary Flames. Jokinen has the dubious record of playing the most regular season games without making a playoff appearance. He played 799 games before finally reaching the post-season with the Flames.
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Paavo Lipponen
Paavo Tapio Lipponen () (born April 23, 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 2003–2007.
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Pekka Halonen
Pekka Halonen (September 23, 1865, Lapinlahti - December 1, 1933) was a Finnish painter.
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Peter Brahe
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Sami Kapanen
Sami Hannu Antero Kapanen (born 14 June 1973 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing for KalPa in the SM-liiga, and is also its majority owner and general manager. He is the older brother of Kimmo Kapanen. On June 2, 2008 he announced his retirement from the NHL after 12 seasons and will play the 2008–09 season for KalPa Kuopio in Finland.
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Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930, Kuopio – 7 September 2001, Kirkkonummi) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags.
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Zachary Hietala
Sakari "Zachary" Hietala (born 10 August 1962 in Tervo, Finland) is guitarist, co-songwriter and founding member of Finnish heavy metal band Tarot (formerly Purgatory) in early 80's, together with his younger brother Marco Hietala, who joined Nightwish in 2002. Zachary works as a youth instructor in his hometown, Kuopio, as well as teaching music theory to ninth and tenth grade students, and takes part in the management of the official Tarot website, responding to questions and comments made by fans on the forum. Zachary has been said to be very open and friendly in interviews and testimonies.
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Craiova
Craiova (), Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians (north) and the River Danube (south). Craiova is the chief commercial city west of Bucharest and the most important city of Oltenia. The city prospered as a regional trading centre despite an earthquake in 1790, a plague in 1795, and a Turkish assault in 1802 during which it was burned.
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Denmark
Denmark (; , , archaic: ), officially the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: ) together with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and many islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy (commonly considered a part of Jutland), Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has long controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea; before the digging of the Kiel Canal, water passage to the Baltic Sea was possible only through the three channels known as the "Danish straits".
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Finland
Finland (pronounced ), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
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France
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Germany
Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
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Győr
Győr (; , ) is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county and Western Transdanubia region, and — halfway between Budapest and Vienna — lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe. The city is the sixth largest in Hungary, and one of the seven main regional centres of the country.
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Helsinki
Helsinki (; , ) is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, in the region of Uusimaa/Nyland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is (), making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin. Helsinki is located some east of Stockholm, Sweden, west of St. Petersburg, Russia and north of Tallinn, Estonia. Helsinki has close connections with these three cities.
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Hungary
Hungary ( ), officially the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság ), is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe, being part of the Finno-Ugric family.
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Innsbruck, Austria
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Jönköping
Jönköping () (yan-SHO-ping) is a city in southern Sweden with 84,420 inhabitants in 2005. It is the 9th most populous city of Sweden.
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Karttula
Karttula is a municipality of Finland.
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.27 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water". Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.
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Northern Savonia
Northern Savonia (; ) is a region in eastern Finland. Kuopio is the largest city in the region.
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Norway
Norway (; Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.8 million. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.
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Opole
Opole (, Silesian: Uopole) is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River (Odra). It has a population of 125,992 (June 2009) and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County. Today, many German Upper Silesians and Poles of German ancestry live in the Opole region, in the city itself, Germans make up less than 3% of population.
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Oulu
Oulu (pronounced ; , literally “Ule River Fort”) is a city and municipality of inhabitants () in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the most northernmost larger cities in the world.
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Pitkyaranta
Pitkyaranta (; ; ) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located on the north-eastern coast of Lake Ladoga, the biggest lake in Europe. Population: Telephone code is 81433.
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Poland
Poland (), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous Slavic member.
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Pskov
Pskov (, ancient Russian spelling Пльсковъ Pleskov, , , , ) is an ancient city located in the north-west of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. The city of Pskov serves as the administrative center of Pskov Oblast. Population:
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Puijo
Puijo is a 150 metres high hill, the famous landmark of city of Kuopio in Finland and a tourist attraction.
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Puijo tower
The Puijo tower is a 75 metre high observation tower in Kuopio, Eastern Finland. This tower has a revolving restaurant with 100 seats, which has worked flawlessly since its opening in 1963. It is the first tower with a revolving restaurant in the Nordic countries. The restaurant was an inspiration to Erkki Lindfors, the mayor of Tampere, who got an idea to build a similar one at home, resulting in Näsinneula tower, which opened in 1971. The current Puijo tower has been visited by over 5.5 million tourists.
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Romania
Romania ( ; dated: Rumania; ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.
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Ruokolahti
Ruokolahti is a municipality of Finland, situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Lappeenranta, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Parikkala and Rautjärvi. Ruokolahti covers an area of {{convert| of which {{pct|{{Infobox Finnish Municipality/waters area|| is water.
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Svendborg
Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The town is in Svendborg municipality (population 58,998 in 2010). Svendborg is the second-largest city on Funen and has a population of 27,113 (1 January 2010).
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Sweden
Sweden (pronounced , ), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and water borders with Denmark, Germany, and Poland to the south, and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia to the east. Sweden is also connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.
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Tampere
Tampere (; Swedish: Tammerfors or ) is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of {{Formatnum: , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in Finland, after the Greater Helsinki municipalities of Helsinki and Espoo. In 2007, the entire Pirkanmaa region had around 470,000 residents, of which 230,000 were employed, and a turnover of 25 billion euros.
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Trabzon
:For the Ottoman Province of Trabzon, see Vilayet of Trabzon.
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Turkey
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Vehmersalmi
Vehmersalmi is a former municipality of Finland. It is a part of the city Kuopio since January 1, 2005.
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Kuopio Real City for Real People
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- Duration: 3:13
- Published: 09 Feb 2011
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- Author: kuopiokanava
City of Kuopio Kuopio is a modern, developing centre of economic life in Eastern Finland. Kuopio is a city of expertise, science and technology. Unique nature and services of excellent quality make the city an appealing place to live and offer an environment with a high quality of life. The people of the growing city haven't forgotten their roots but still value the genuine Savo way of living highly. Kuopio on Suomen 9. suurin kaupunki. Mutta mitä muuta Kuopio on? Tiesitkö esimerkiksi, että Kuopiossa on rantaviivaa yhteensä 3 700 km. Jokaista kuopiolaista kohti jaettuna se tekee noin 40 metriä. Katso lisää osoitteessa www.kuopio.fi
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Kuopio by maydayevening, Finland
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- Duration: 13:43
- Published: 04 May 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Jan 2012
- Author: Jormaattori112
A real life document made in the city of Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo district, Eastern Finland 30.4.2011. Jormaattori is doing the driving and Zugram is doing the narration ;)
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Kuopio!
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- Duration: 1:26
- Published: 21 Sep 2007
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- Author: noureddinelitaiem
Many students met in Kuopio. "Make love not war"
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CS Gaz Metan Medias - KuPS Kuopio 2-0 All Goals & Highlights 21-07-2011
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- Duration: 2:06
- Published: 21 Jul 2011
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- Author: forza08forza
Gaz Metan Medias 2-0 KuPS Kuopio 36' [1 - 0] Petre 53' [2 - 0] Hoban Second Qualifying Round First match KuPS Kuopio 1-0 Gaz Metan Medias
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The magic winter forest 2010, Puijo Kuopio Finland
Peacefull journey to Puijo hill, February 2010. "The Puijo area is perfect for an afternoon trip: despite its location (under 3km from central Kuopio), you can escape the hurry of the city, relax outdoors and enjoy the breathtaking view from a top Puijo, avoiding the haste of city life completely. The area comprises a park, a protected forest area as well as a nature preservation area. A broad network of paths and nature trails has been constructed in the area." Puijo nature trail - www.kuopio.fi Kuopio outdoor walks - www.kuopio.fi Kuopio - www.kuopio.fi Music: Sarah B: In Trutina (Cascadeus live edit) Camera: Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
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Parkour 2008 in Kuopio Finland
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- Duration: 7:33
- Published: 28 Sep 2008
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- Author: OswaldoWuffie
My first try in parkouring. Just some randomness we gathered during the summer of 2008. The song playing is Rob D's Clubbed to Death.
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Kuopio Puijo Tower in Finland
Kuopio (Finland) 2006, A nice view from the Puijo tower in Kuopio Finland. Near the ski jump and on the ridge above the city, surrounded by lakes. View of Kallavesi. The tower can be seen from the city
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UFO sighting 23.05.2008 Finland, Kuopio
Two Finnish birdwatchers caught a strange object on three photographs. They can't tell what this mechanical like, rapid moving object was. These three photos are very good and the UFO can be seen very close and clearly. "It moves like some strange dragonfly, only it was spinning almost all the time, very fast and then real slowly, it dissappear just seconds after I took the last photo. Can't really say what it was... strangest thing I ewer saw.
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Kuopio 2008. Summer
Sunny summer pictures from Kuopio Finland. Kesäkuvia Kuopiosta ja Puijon tornista 2008. www.kuopio.fi makariosk.blogspot.com Kamera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS Ohjelmisto: Apple iMovie '09
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Barren Earth - Forlorn Waves live @ Henry's Pub Kuopio Finland.
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- Duration: 4:31
- Published: 14 May 2010
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- Author: pikkukimble
Finnish metal band Barren Earth performing their song Forlorn Waves from their new album Curse of the Red River. This show was played at Henry's Pub, Kuopio Finland 13.5.2010. Check out www.barrenearth.com
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FPDA Drift Kuopio Finland 19.06.2010
FPDA Drift Kuopio Finland 19.06.2010
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Takanobu Okabe - 20m (?) - Kuopio 2000
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- Duration: 1:05
- Published: 19 Aug 2010
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- Author: vychlazenejgambac4
One of the shortest World Cup jumps ever!
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Anna Puu - Linnuton Puu @ Henry's Pub Kuopio 8/10/2009
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- Published: 09 Oct 2009
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| Coordinates | 33°55′31″N18°25′26″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Kuopio |
| Official name | |
| Settlement type | City |
| Image shield | Kuopio.vaakuna.svg |
| Dot x | |dot_y |
| Pushpin map | |
| Pushpin label position | |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Subregion | Kuopio sub-region |
| Leader title | City manager |
| Leader name | Petteri Paronen |
| Established title | Settled |
| Established date | 1653 |
| Established title2 | Charter |
| Established date2 | 1775 |
| Finnish official | 1 |
| Postal code | FI-70100 |
| Website | www.kuopio.fi |
| Footnotes | }} |
Kuopio was founded in 1653 by Governor Peter Brahe, but the official date is recognized as November 17, 1775, when King Gustav III of Sweden ordered the establishment of the city of Kuopio. The municipality of Karttula joined the city of Kuopio in 2011, like did Vehmersalmi in 2005, Riistavesi in 1973 and Kuopion maalaiskunta in 1969. The city is surrounded by lake Kallavesi, and several parts of it are built on islands. Kuopio's ample waterfronts and islands are also utilized in the ''Saaristokaupunki'' (lit. ''Archipelago city'') -project, the biggest residential area currently being built in Finland. Saaristokaupunki will accommodate a total of 14,000 inhabitants in 2015. All houses will be situated no more than from the nearest lakeshore.
Kuopio is known for its association with a national delicacy, Finnish fish pastry (Kalakukko), and the dialect of Savo, as well as the hill of Puijo and the Puijo tower. Besides being a very popular outdoor recreation area, Puijo serves also as a stage for a yearly World Cup ski jumping competition.
The city has a nationally unique feature in its street network, where every second street is practically a pedestrian and cycle street, so called "rännikatu" (lit. ''rain gutter street''). These streets provide pedestrians a calm environment aside from the main street traffic. This setup dates back all the way to 1776 and the first town plan by Pehr Kjellman. Originally rännikatu, gränd (in Swedish) were created as a fire barrier to prevent a possible fire escalating in a city mostly built with wood.
The Finnish Orthodox Church is headquartered in Kuopio, where its primate, archbishop of Karelia and all Finland Leo (Makkonen) is seated. The largest church of Finland, Evangelical Lutheran Church has a diocese in Kuopio, which is shepherded by bishop Wille Riekkinen.
Transport connections to Kuopio include Pendolino trains and air service from Kuopio Airport with Finnair, Blue1 and Finncomm (domestic, to Helsinki-Vantaa), and airBaltic (international, to Riga).
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Name
There are several explanations behind the name ''Kuopio''. The first is that in the 16th century, a certain influential person named Kauhanen in Tavinsalmi changed his name to Skopa and the people's pronunciation was ''Coopia'' and finally ''Cuopio''. The second explanation is that it comes from the verb ''kuopia'', meaning when, for example, a horse paws the ground with its hoof. A third theory is that it came from a certain Karelian man's name ''Prokopij'', from Ruokolahti in the Middle Ages. This is the most probable explanation, supported by the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland.
Climate
Education and business
{| align="right" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=1 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; width:300px; background-color: #fcfcfc; border-collapse: collapse;"|+Higher Education in Kuopio !University !Students |- |University of Eastern Finland||align="center"|6 229 |- |Savonia University of Applied Sciences||align="center"|5 000 |- |HUMAK University of Applied Sciences||align="center"|~150 |- |Sibelius Academy||align="center"|~100 |- |} Kuopio has always been a city of education. Some of the first schools offering education in Finnish (such as the School for the Blind in 1871, and the Trade School in 1887) were established in Kuopio. Currently the most important institutions are the University of Eastern Finland, the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Vocational College of Northern Savonia and the Kuopio department of the Sibelius Academy.
Kuopio is known as a strong center of health (e.g. it has the biggest yearly enrollment rate of medical students in Finland), pharmacy, environment, food & nutrition (all legalized Clinical and Public Health Nutritionists in Finland graduate from the University of Eastern Finland), safety (education in Emergency Services is centered in Kuopio) and welfare professions, as the major organisations University of Kuopio, Savonia University of Applied Sciences and Technopolis Kuopio are particularly oriented to those areas. There are about 4,200 enterprises in Kuopio, of which approximately 180 are export companies. These provide about 45,000 jobs.
People and culture
Kuopio is known as the cultural center of Eastern Finland. A wide range of musical (from kindergarten to doctorate-level studies) and dance education is available and the cultural life is active. Notable events include ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio Dance Festival, Kuopio Rockcock, Kuopio Wine Festival and Finland Ice Marathon. A notable place, however, to enjoy the local flavor of Kuopio life and food is Sampo, a fish restaurant loved by locals and tourists as well. In Finland the inhabitants of Kuopio have a special reputation: they are known as jovial and verbally joking (citation needed). Within the Savo culture, the onus is placed on the listener to interpret the story. People of Kuopio region and Eastern Finland have always had many health problems and the mortality has been higher than on an average in Finland. Because of this, Eastern Finland has been a sweetspot for Public Health studies. ''The North Karelia Project'' by the University of Kuopio in coordination with the National Public Health Institute and the World Health Organization, beginning in the 1970s was one of its first steps towards world class research.During the 2000s, Kuopio has placed very well in a number image, popularity and city-attractiveness surveys. In 2007 it was placed third, behind Tampere and Oulu.
Kuopio is the seat of the Finnish Orthodox Church. This is an autonomous cell within the autocephalous jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It is the only mainstream Orthodox faction to celebrate Easter on the Latin date. The late Archbishop Paul had been successful in producing literature of popular theology.
The town is also home to the first Burmese Buddhist monastery in Finland, named the Buddha Dhamma Ramsi monastery.
Notable persons
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Sports in Kuopio
Kuopio bid for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, a youth sports festival in the tradition of the Olympics. It became a finalist in November 2008, but ultimately lost to Innsbruck, Austria. Kuopio's image as a small city with a large University and many active young people was considered a model of what the International Olympic Committee seeks for the Games.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kuopio is twinned with:| * Győr, Hungary | * Minneapolis, Minnesota | * [[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | * Trabzon, Turkey | * Jönköping, Sweden | Svendborg, Denmark | * Pitkyaranta, Russia | * Pskov, Russia | * Castrop-Rauxel, Germany | * Bodø, Norway | * Gera, Germany | * Besançon, France | * Opole, Poland | * Craiova, Romania |
References
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External links
City of Kuopio – Official website KuopioInfo – Various resources about different areas of interest related to Kuopio History and Life
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| Coordinates | 33°55′31″N18°25′26″N |
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| name | For Real |
| background | group_or_band |
| genre | R&B;, Pop, Dance |
| years active | 1993–1999 |
| label | Arista RecordsA&M; Records, Rowdy Records |
| past members | Wendi WilliamsLatanyia BaldwinJosina Elder Necia Bray-Gates |
| notable instruments | }} |
Biography
For Real secured their recording contract by accident. "We were picking up our manager from the airport. So we decided to greet him with an acappella song. Someone from A&M; records just happened to be in the airport and heard them perform. Not long after, they were signed," said Latanyia Baldwin.The band released their debut album, ''It's a Natural Thang'', with production from Brian McKnight on A&M; Records in 1994, and it became a critical success, including a rare four stars from Rolling Stone Magazine. Their first single, "You Don't Wanna Miss" hit #28 on the ''Billboard'' chart, courtesy of a danceable new jack swing remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley, which was featured in the song's video. A second single, "Easy To Love," peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album scored another chart hit with the a cappella love song, "You Don't Know Nothin'," which was written and produced by Mervyn Warren, and which peaked at #27. The song peaked at #54 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1995. The album sold over one million copies worldwide, and peaked at #80 on the Billboard 200.
In 1995, the band appeared in Italian ''Vogue'', modeling mens suits. They toured alongside Stevie Wonder, and lent their voices to the Martin Scorsese film project ''Grace of My Heart.'' The foursome also forayed into acting with appearances in the film ''Shake, Rattle and Rock!'' starring Renée Zellweger and Howie Mandel on ''Showtime''.
They also hit the US Top 20 with the single "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" featuring Aaliyah, TLC, En Vogue, BlackGirl, SWV, and Vanessa Williams from the movie ''Panther''. They also recorded a duet with Stevie Wonder called "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow", which appeared on the Marvin Gaye tribute album, ''Inner City Blues: The Music Of Marvin Gaye.'' For Real also recorded songs for the soundtracks of the films ''Waiting to Exhale'' and ''Fled'' respectively.
After a label change from A&M; to Dallas Austin's Arista imprint Rowdy Records in 1996, For Real struck again with the Austin-produced, 60s-leaning single "Like I Do," from their second album ''Free''. "Like I Do" hit #10 on the Billboard singles chart, the video also earned a Billboard nomination for Best R&B; Clip, the album made the Top 100, and nearly 400,000 copies in the US, the album's next and last single was the Diane Warren-penned pop ballad "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" which hit #65 on the Top 100 singles chart. The band performed "Saddest Song" on the TV show All That. ''Free'' included production from top R&B;/pop producers like Babyface, Mario Winans, and Jon B.
The band also recorded three songs ("I Do", "Born to Love That Boy" and "Unwanted Number") and appeared in the critically acclaimed film ''Grace of My Heart''. The films soundstrack won a Satellite Award in 1997.
In January 1997, the band won an American Music Award for their work on the ''Waiting to Exhale'' soundtrack, in Summer 1997, the group earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Album Of The Year (By A Group, Band Or Duo) for "Free".
In 1999, Wendi Williams lent her voice to the Emmy winning film ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'', with Halle Berry, in which Berry plays a singer but Williams is behind her singing voice.
In 2002, their song "Love Will Be Waiting At Home", appeared in the movie, ''Two Can Play That Game'', that starred Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut.
In 2009, CoryLavel began to work with Josina Elder on her new album.
Discography
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| Nominated | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | |
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| Nominated | Billboard Music Award | Best Clip - R&B; | |
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| Nominated | Soul Train Music Award | Album of the Year (By a Group, Band or Duo) | |
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References
External links
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Takanobu Okabe (born October 26, 1970) is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed in the ski jumping World Cup since 1990.
Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1994 and a gold in 1998.
Okabe had his biggest successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning five medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and three bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007, 2009).
Okabe has five individual World Cup victories, three of which came on flying hills. With his latest win in Kuopio on March 10, 2009 he became, at the age of 38 years and 135 days, the oldest ski jumper to ever win a World Cup competition.
References
Category:1970 births Category:Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Category:Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Category:Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Category:Japanese ski jumpers Category:Living people Category:Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Category:People from Hokkaidō Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping
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| Coordinates | 33°55′31″N18°25′26″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomas Morgenstern |
| fullname | Thomas Morgenstern |
| nickname | Morgi |
| birth date | October 30, 1986 |
| birth place | Spittal an der Drau, Austria |
| club | SV Villach |
| skis | Fischer |
| personalbest | 232,0 m (Planica 2011) |
| wins | 21 (+13 Team) |
| additionalpodiums | 42 (+9 Team) |
| totalpodiums | 63 (+22 Team) |
| updated | 19 March 2011 |
| Medaltemplates | }} |
Career
Thomas Morgenstern is one of the biggest natural ski jumping talents in Austria. After winning three continental cup events (out of four starts), he made his ski jumping debut at the 2002-03 Four Hills Tournament. He finished 9th in Oberstdorf, 25th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 9th in Innsbruck and 6th in Bischofshofen, finishing up as 10th in the final ranking. Five days after the end of the tournament, he won his first World Cup jump, in Liberec, Czech Republic. In the following summer, he won the Ski jumping Grand Prix for his first time.He continued his success well into the 2003-04 season. He was second overall to Sigurd Pettersen during most of the Four Hills tournament, finally ending up in fourth place. He won his first team medal with a 3rd place at the Ski-Flying World Championships.
In the next season, Morgenstern won gold medals in both team events (normal hill and large hill) at the Nordic World Ski Championships.
During the 2006 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medals in the individual and team large hill competitions. Further, he won the bronze medal in the single event at the Ski-Flying World Championships in Bad Mitterndorf. By ending up as 5th, Morgenstern achieved his best ranking in the world cup so far.
In the 2006-07 season, he won the large hill team event at the Nordic World Ski Championships. Further, by reaching the 3rd place in the normal hill event he won his first individual medal at world championships. As in 2003, Morgenstern won the Ski jumping Grand Prix.
At the beginning of the 2007-08 season, he won the first six competitions, which is an all-time record. With these six wins he also tied the record for most wins in a row, previously set by Janne Ahonen, Matti Hautamäki and Gregor Schlierenzauer. In early 2008, Morgenstern won a gold medal at the Ski-Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf. Morgenstern won the world cup for the first time, 233 points ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer.
During the 2008-09 season, Morgenstern could not win any competition, but won a team gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec.
The 2009-10 world cup again was very modest with only two victories. However, Morgenstern won gold medals in the team events at the Ski-Flying World Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The season 2010-11 again started very successful by winning four of the first six competitions. Morgenstern further won the Four Hills Tournament for the first time in this season. In January 2011, he won his first ski flying event in Harrachov, and fixed his second victory of the ski jumping world cup with a 5th place at the ski flying competition on the Vikersundbakken on February 13. At the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo he won gold on the normal hill. It was his first gold medal in an individual event at world championships. In the following he further won gold medals in the team events (normal hill and large hill), both times together with Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch and Gregor Schlierenzauer, as well as the silver medal in the individual large-hill event.
As of March 7, 2011, Morgenstern has 21 World Cup victories, 3 Olympic gold medals, and 9 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals at world championships.
Honours
Results
Olympic Games
FIS Ski Flying Championships
World Ski Championships
Junior World Ski Championships
World Cup
| Season | Date | Country/Venue |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 11 January 2003 | Liberec |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 10 March 2006 | Lillehammer |
| rowspan="10" align="center" | 1 December 2007 | Kuusamo |
| 8 December 2007 | Trondheim | |
| 9 December 2007 | Trondheim | |
| 13 December 2007 | Villach | |
| 14 December 2007 | Villach | |
| 22 December 2007 | Engelberg | |
| 30 December 2007 | Oberstdorf | |
| 2 February 2008 | Sapporo | |
| 3 February 2008 | Sapporo | |
| 8 February 2008 | Liberec | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 6 January 2010 | Bischofshofen |
| 16 January 2010 | Sapporo | |
| rowspan="7" align="center" | 4 December 2010 | Lillehammer |
| 5 December 2010 | Lillehammer | |
| 17 December 2010 | Engelberg | |
| 18 December 2010 | Engelberg | |
| 29 December 2010 | Oberstdorf | |
| 3 January 2011 | Innsbruck | |
| ''9 January 2011'' | '' Harrachov'' |
| Season | Date | Country/Venue |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 8 March 2003 | Oslo |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 12 February 2005 | Pragelato |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 4 March 2006 | Lahti |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 10 March 2007 | Lahti |
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 7 February 2009 | Willingen |
| 7 March 2009 | Lahti | |
| 14 March 2009 | Vikersund | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 27 November 2009 | Kuusamo |
| rowspan="5" align="center" | 27 November 2010 | Kuusamo |
| 29 January 2011 | Willingen | |
| 6 February 2011 | Oberstdorf | |
| 12 March 2011 | Lahti | |
| 19 March 2011 | Planica |
| Season | WC | SF | 4H | NT |
| 20 | – | 10 | 13 | |
| 6 | – | 4 | 9 | |
| 7 | – | 8 | ||
| 5 | – | 20 | ||
| 6 | – | 4 | 17 | |
| – | 6 | |||
| 7 | 18 | 8 | 8 | |
| 18 | 6 | |||
| – |
Summer Grand Prix
| Season | Date | Country/Venue |
| 10 August 2003 | Hinterzarten | |
| 14 August 2005 | Courchevel | |
| 12 August 2007 | Hinterzarten | |
| 18 August 2007 | Einsiedeln | |
| 24 August 2007 | Zakopane | |
| 17 July 2011 | Wisła | |
| 20 July 2011 | Szczyrk | |
| 23 July 2011 | Zakopane | |
| 7 August 2011 | Hinterzarten | |
| 13 August 2011 | Courchevel |
| Season | Date | Country/Venue |
| 9 August 2003 | Hinterzarten | |
| 4 August 2004 | Hinterzarten | |
| 11 August 2007 | Hinterzarten | |
| 26 July 2008 | Hinterzarten | |
| 22 July 2011 | Zakopane | |
| 6 August 2011 | Hinterzarten |
| Season | Place |
| 2003 | |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | 26 |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 52 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | ''1'' |
Continental Cup
Single: 4 podiums, 3 victories {| | valign=top || Season | Date | Country/Venue |
| 15 December 2002 | Lahti | |
| 21 December 2002 | Liberec | |
| 22 December 2002 | Liberec |
| Season | Place |
| 2002–03 | 18 |
External links
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Olli Muotka (born 14 July 1988 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined athlete.
Before 2007 Muotka competed mainly in Nordic combined, in the Junior World Ski Championships and World Cup B competitions.
Since 2007 Muotka started to concentrate on ski jumping. In 2007 Junior World Ski Championships he finished eighth in the normal hill and won a bronze medal in the team competition. He made his Continental Cup debut in December 2007, his best result being a twelfth place from Zakopane in February 2008. He made his World Cup debut in January 2010 in Sapporo, collecting his first World Cup points with a fourteenth place.
Muotka earned a bronze in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica.
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