Jani Tanskanen
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Country represented | Finland | ||||||||||
Born | Jyväskylä, Finland | 28 November 1975||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||
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Jani Tanskanen (born 28 November 1975) is a Finnish former artistic gymnast. He was the 1997 World Champion on high 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.
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Finnish male artistic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Jyväskylä
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- World champion gymnasts
- Universiade medalists in gymnastics
- Universiade silver medalists for Finland
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- Finnish artistic gymnast stubs