Matti Suur-Hamari

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Matti Suur-Hamari
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
Born (1986-05-31) 31 May 1986 (age 35)
Rovaniemi
Websitemattisuurhamari.com
Sport
Country Finland
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Snowboard cross
Medal record
Men's para snowboarding
Representing  Finland
Winter Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 PyeongChang Snowboard cross SB-LL2
Bronze medal – third place 2018 PyeongChang Banked slalom SB-LL2
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aspen Snowboarder X Adaptive

Matti Suur-Hamari (born 31 May 1986[1]) is a snowboarder who competed for Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics[2] and again at the 2018 Winter Paralympics where he served as flag-bearer in the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations.[3]

He claimed his first Paralympic medal during the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Snowboarding by claiming a gold medal in the men's snowboard cross event.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Paralympic.org profile". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  2. ^ "ESPN X-Games profile". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  3. ^ "Pyeonchang 2018 profile". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  4. ^ "Winter Paralympics: Matti Suur-Hamari suffers celebration fail after winning snowboard gold". BBC Sport. 2018-03-12. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-15.

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