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Veikko Kankkonen

1940 - Today

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Veikko Kankkonen (born 5 January 1940) is a retired Finnish ski jumper who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. He won two medals in 1964 with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill event. That same year he won the jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, which also earned him the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, and Halvor Næs). He also won the Four Hills Tournament and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the 1968 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veikko Kankkonen is the 487th most popular athlete (down from 447th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Finland (up from 236th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 487 out of 6,025. Before him are Christa Stubnick, Alice Brown, Boris Melnikov, Gisela Birkemeyer, Veikko Karvonen, and Betty Robinson. After him are Jean Pickering, Rafer Johnson, Paavo Yrjölä, Milan Nenadić, Steinar Amundsen, and Adolf Wiklund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 296. Before him are Jia Qinglin, Mike Beuttler, Mame Madior Boye, George Ritzer, José de Anchieta Fontana, and Asrani. After him are Pharoah Sanders, Ansumane Mané, José Nápoles, Jurandir de Freitas, Giacomo Bulgarelli, and Frankie Avalon.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 211 out of 751. Before him are Oskari Mantere (1874), Pekka Halonen (1865), Timo Tolkki (1966), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Valtteri Bottas (1989), and Aksel Airo (1898). After him are Ali Aaltonen (1884), Kati Outinen (1961), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), and Ahti Karjalainen (1923).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 22. Before him are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), Harri Larva (1906), Toivo Hyytiäinen (1925), and Jorma Kinnunen (1941). After him are Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Armas Toivonen (1899), Arvo Askola (1909), Armas Taipale (1890), and Paavo Johansson (1895).

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