Veikko Kankkonen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski jumping | |||
| Gold | 1964 Innsbruck | Individual normal hill | |
| Silver | 1964 Innsbruck | Individual large hill | |
Veikko Kankkonen (born January 5, 1940) is a Finnish ski jumper who was active in the 1960's.
Kankkonen earned two ski jumping medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill. That same year he won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, which also earned him the Holmenkollen medal (Shared with Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, and Halvor Næs.)
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| Olympic champions in ski jumping individual normal hill |
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| 1964: Veikko Kankkonen | 1968: Jiří Raška | 1972: Yukio Kasaya | 1976: Hans-Georg Aschenbach | 1980: Toni Innauer | 1984: Jens Weissflog | 1988: Matti Nykänen | 1992: Ernst Vettori | 1994: Espen Bredesen | 1998: Jani Soininen | 2002: Simon Ammann | 2006: Lars Bystøl |
| Preceded by: Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, Astrid Sandvik, & Torbjørn Yggeseth |
Holmenkollen medal with Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs 1964 |
Succeeded by: Arto Tianen, Bengt Eriksson, & Arne Larsen |
