Matti Heikkinen
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 Heikkinen during the 2009–10 Tour de Ski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 December 1983 Kajaani, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vantaan Hiihtoseura | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 17 – (2003–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 203 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matti Heikkinen (born 19 December 1983 in Kajaani) is a Finnish former cross-country skier and World Champion who competed from 2002 to 2019.
Heikkinen won his first World Championship at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Holmenkollen 2011. Winning 15 km, he is the first Finnish men's World Champion for over a decade. He also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, earning them in the 15 km and 4 × 10 km relay events.
In December 2009, Heikkinen took his first World Cup victory on the 15 km freestyle event in Davos.[1]
Heikkinen finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
He announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in March 2019.[2]
Heikkinen lives in Jyväskylä and studies at the University of Jyväskylä School of Business.
