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Mikko Kolehmainen

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Mikko Yrjö Ilmari Kolehmainen (born 18 August 1964 in Mikkeli) is a Finnish canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in the K-1 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Kolehmainen's victory was Finland's only gold medal at those games. By now established as Finland's strongest kayak sprinter, he concentrated in the K-1 500 m discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Mikko Kolehmainen is the 3,379th most popular athlete (up from 3,765th in 2024), the 557th most popular biography from Finland (up from 607th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mikko Kolehmainen ranks 3,379 out of 6,025. Before him are Fita Bayisa, Vladimir Andreyev, Monica Theodorescu, Danny Lee, Sophie Dodemont, and Francisco Javier Gómez Noya. After him are Olaf Hampel, Franziska Preuß, Jordi Sans, Vala Flosadóttir, Wilson Boit Kipketer, and Bohdan Bondarenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Mikko Kolehmainen ranks 928. Before him are Hatoon al-Fassi, Hussain Shah, Craig Fairbrass, Gerlinde Doberschütz, Petar Hubchev, and Elisabeth Persson. After him are Ursula Owusu, Lesley Lokko, Maurizio Randazzo, Yoshinori Higashikawa, Roman Monchenko, and Lotta Lotass.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mikko Kolehmainen ranks 557 out of 751. Before him are Petri Lindroos (1980), Mikko Franck (1979), Mika Kallio (1982), Kimmo Timonen (1975), Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (1970), and Aki Parviainen (1974). After him are Joonas Suotamo (1986), Mikko Leppilampi (1978), Jouko Salomäki (1962), Valtteri Filppula (1984), Pekka Rinne (1982), and Fredrik Norrena (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Mikko Kolehmainen ranks 101. Before him are Tapio Sipilä (1958), Heli Rantanen (1970), Harri Eloranta (1963), Arsi Harju (1974), Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (1970), and Aki Parviainen (1974). After him are Janne Lahtela (1974), Ismo Falck (1966), Jyrki Järvi (1966), Jari Lipponen (1972), Kimmo Kinnunen (1968), and Markku Uusipaavalniemi (1966).

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