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Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rovaniemi | 31 May 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | mattisuurhamari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | SB-LL2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Snowboard cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matti Suur-Hamari (born 31 May 1986[1]) is a para-snowboarder. He is a three-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Winter Paralympics.
He represented Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics[2] and again at the 2018 Winter Paralympics where he served as flag-bearer in the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations.[3] He also competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
He claimed his first Paralympic medal during the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Snowboarding by claiming a gold medal in the men's snowboard cross event.[4]
He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[5][6]
He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China.[7] He also won the silver medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.[8]