Jani Tanskanen
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]
Jani Tanskanen | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country represented | Finland | ||||||||||
Born | Jyväskylä, Finland | 28 November 1975||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||
Medal record
|
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.