Veli-Matti Lindström (born 15 November 1983) is a Finnish former ski jumper. His career best achievement was a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, as well as two championships at the Ski Flying World Cup in Planica in the team event in 2002 and 2003.
On 21 March 2003 in Planica, Lindström became the first ski jumper in history to surpass the 230 metre mark, with a jump of 232.5 m. However, his jump was rendered an invalid world record due to him touching the snow with his hand."Flights over 220m (official distances):" . planica.si. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
Invalid ski jumping world record DateHillLocationMetresFeet21 March 2003 Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Slovenia232.5763 Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.
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