Jani Tanskanen

Jani Tanskanen
Country represented Finland
Born (1975-11-28) 28 November 1975 (age 49)
Jyväskylä, Finland
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lausanne Horizontal Bar

Jani Tanskanen (born 28 November 1975) is a Finnish former artistic gymnast. He was the 1997 World Champion on horizontal 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]

References

  1. ^ "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Horizontal Bar – Men's Finals". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ^ Peszek, Luan. "Gymnastics in 1997". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Jani Tanskanen re-elected!". GYMmedia International. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article related to Finnish artistic gymnastics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.