Ex-ski jumper convicted of assaulting wife

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HELSINKI – Former Olympic ski jump champion Matti Nykanen was convicted Tuesday of attacking his wife with a kitchen knife in their home on Christmas Day last year. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison. The 47-year-old ski jumper was convicted of aggravated assault in district court in Pirkanmaa.... Nykanen denied the charges, saying he was trying to defend himself in their home in southern Finland. He attributed his wife's numerous knife cuts and scratches to a struggle over possession of the knife. He and his wife, Mervi Tapola, have since divorced....Nykanen won four gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, was a four-time World Cup champion and winner of numerous international events, but his career has been overshadowed by violence and a turbulent private life. In 2006, Nykanen was sentenced to four months in prison for another assault on his wife. That attack occurred just three days after he was released from jail. He had served half his 26-month sentence for a stabbing offense in 2004.
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Are all ski jumpers this nutty?

 

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Are all ski jumpers this nutty?

Hell ya.It takes a lot of balls to go off a 90 meter jump.Most guys cant cut it.