Mika Kojonkoski:

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Mika Kojonkoski

• He was born on April 19, 1963 in Rauma,
• Finland.
• He is a Finnish ski jumping coach and
  politician.
• He was a ski jumper himself in the 1980s, but
  
• he never reached the level of the best Finnish
• jumpers like Matti Nykänen.
• His best result was his 16th place in
• the 1985 Ski flying World Champion-
• ships.

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• He quickly became a known figure as a coach.
• After starting up as a coach of Finlands junior
  team, Kojonkoski was hired as the new Austrian
  coach in 1997.
• He returned home to Finland to take over the
  national team in 1999, before he took over the
  Norwegian team in 2002 were he helped create
  stars like
• ? Roar Ljøkelsøy
• ? Sigurd Pettersen
• ? Lars Bystøl
• ? Bjørn Einar Romøren
• ? Anders Jacobsen

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• He is an active politician in his hometown of
  Kuopio, where he represents the National
  Coalition Party.
• He has three children with his wife Ulla.