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). He also won Four Hills Tournament.

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Preceded by
Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, Astrid Sandvik, & Torbjørn Yggeseth
Holmenkollen medal with Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, & Halvor Næs
1964
Succeeded by
Arto Tiainen, Bengt Eriksson, & Arne Larsen