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 | ||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Finland | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1975 Jyväskylä, Finland | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "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.
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