| Jani Tanskanen | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1975-11-28) 28 November 1975 (age 49) Jyväskylä, Finland | |||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Country represented |  Finland | |||||||||||
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Jani Tanskanen (born 28 November 1975) is a Finnish former artistic gymnast. He was the 1997 World Champion on horizontal bar, and the first Finnish gold medalist at the World Championships since 1950. 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.
References
- "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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