Tami Kiuru

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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver	2006 Turin	Team large hill
World Championships
Gold	2003 Val di Fiemme	Team large hill
Silver	2005 Oberstdorf	Team large hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Silver	2004 Planica	Team
Silver	2006 Kulm	Team
Bronze	2004 Planica	Individual

Tami Kiuru (born September 13, 1976 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper.

At the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won a gold medal in the team large hill event. At the 2004 Ski-flying World Championships event, he won a bronze medal in the individual competition and a silver medal in the team competition. Kiuru also earned a silver in the team competition in 2006.

Kiuru had problems with getting used to the new weight index rule that was introduced for the 2003-4 season. At first, he gained weight to get permission to use longer skis, but later decided to slimmed down to use shorter skis.

He also won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Kiuru proved that he is still in good condition by winning the Finnish Championship gold medal in the Individual Large Hill competition. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

His ski club is Lahden hiihtoseura.

[edit] External links

• FIS profile

World Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth, & Olav Hansson 1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen, & Matti Nykänen 1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen, & Jari Puikkonen 1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Pekka Suorsa 1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen, & Risto Laakkonen 1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori, Stefan Horngacher, & Andreas Felder 1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg, & Espen Bredesen 1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen, & Ari-Pekka Nikkola 1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen, & Janne Ahonen 1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Martin Schmitt 2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr, & Martin Schmitt 2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi, & Matti Hautamäki 2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, & Martin Höllwarth