Ski Jumping Career
Ski jumping is the better discipline for Koivuranta in the combined.
In 2009 Koivuranta won the Finnish ski jumping championship, ahead of the national team ski jumpers. In March 2009 he jumped 214.5 meters in Planica ski flying hill.
In 2010 Koivuranta suffered Mycoplasma pneumonia. The disease prevented him to do any physical endurance practice which forced him to fully concentrate on ski jumping. He got the right to compete in the Ski jumping World Cup by placing 15th and 3rd in the Summer Continental Cup competitions in October. The main goal for Koivuranta for the season 2010/11 is to get himself to the Finnish ski jumping team. Pekka Niemelä, the head coach of the national team, told that Koivuranta is very close to the national team level.
April 5, 2011 he said that he will continue with ski jumping instead of nordic combined.
In 2011-12 season, he finished fourth in Lahti, and he improved his personal best.
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