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As a Finn, I must nominate Matti Nykänen.
Once, long long ago, Matti was an excellent ski-jumper. Then... his life went downhill. And down. And down. And down. He's done a quite a lot of stuff since, including:
And since (IIRC) I was watching him being a good ski-jumper as little as 8 years ago, he's done all this in 8 years. Amazing man.
Naturally, the tabloids have a constant field day with ol' Matti. I haven't seen anything about him lately, so I'm assuming even tabloids are growing tired of his, eh, rather erratic behavior.
He also has a site at http://www.mattinykanen.fi/ . Unfortunately, it's only in Finnish.
So, can anyone beat Matti? Figuratively, n... nnnnot literally.
Once, long long ago, Matti was an excellent ski-jumper. Then... his life went downhill. And down. And down. And down. He's done a quite a lot of stuff since, including:
- marrying/divorcing/re-marrying/divorcing his wife Sari Paanala
- marrying/divorcing some other lady in between
- changing his surname 2 times
- confessing to being an alcoholic
- falling asleep at the wheel and driving off a bridge
- attempting to return to ski-jumping, failing miserably due to his lousy skill in V style
- suffering a heart attack
- trying out his wings as a pop vocalist while possessing no singing talent, releasing two albums
- recording a third album, which was (fortunately) never released
- venturing into politics, resigning from the city council after attending 1½ meetings
- planning to open a restaurant in Helsinki
- working as a male stripper
- posing for a hardcore porn magazine
- getting engaged to a 17-year-old Estonian girl and weaseling out of the whole deal a week later
- selling his vast collection of medals for a ridiculously cheap price, getting them back afterwards
- getting into a relationship with a rich heiress, subsequently breaking up and trying to get back together again
- drunk driving
- finding god
- beating up a female stranger, in public, without provocation
- drunk driving again
- committing himself into a mental institution
- facing 4 charges of assault and battery against his fiancee (the aforementioned heiress)
- hiding from the police who have issued a warrant for his arrest
- giving interviews from his secret hideout
- proclaiming on TV that he is the greatest ski jumper of all time, and nobody is going to beat him in the foreseeable future
- getting married once again to the heiress he has beaten up several times, and having a bachelor party with "celebrity" guests including (porn star) Henry Saari.
- once again beating up his missus, after learning she had filed for a divorce
- Getting his own brand of cider. I'm not kidding. Only in Finland would they use a wife-beating drunk to sell cider. The bottle even comes with a famous quote from Matti, "Elämä on laiffii".
- showing no signs of any originality by once more engaging into some good old wife-battering fun. probably due to drinking a bit too much of that sweet, sweet Matti-Cider.
- returning to music business by recording a new single "Elämä On Laiffii" and a forthcoming album
And since (IIRC) I was watching him being a good ski-jumper as little as 8 years ago, he's done all this in 8 years. Amazing man.
Naturally, the tabloids have a constant field day with ol' Matti. I haven't seen anything about him lately, so I'm assuming even tabloids are growing tired of his, eh, rather erratic behavior.
He also has a site at http://www.mattinykanen.fi/ . Unfortunately, it's only in Finnish.
So, can anyone beat Matti? Figuratively, n... nnnnot literally.
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But then we rarely talk about Scandinavia anyway, the relevant term is "The Nordic Countries" and includes Iceland and Finland.
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