Veikko Kankkonen

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Olympic medal record
Ski jumping
Competitor for Finland
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	Individual normal hill
Silver	1964 Innsbruck	Individual large hill

Veikko Kankkonen (born 5 January 1940 in Sotkamo) is a Finnish ski jumper who was active in the 1960s.

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.

References

Veikko Kankkonen at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

v t e Olympic Champions in Ski Jumping Individual Normal Hill

1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) 1968: Jiří Raška (TCH) 1972: Yukio Kasaya (JPN) 1976: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) 1980: Toni Innauer (AUT) 1984: Jens Weißflog (GDR) 1988: Matti Nykänen (FIN) 1992: Ernst Vettori (AUT) 1994: Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1998: Jani Soininen (FIN) 2002: Simon Ammann (SUI) 2006: Lars Bystøl (NOR) 2010: Simon Ammann (SUI) 2014: Kamil Stoch (POL)

Four Hills Tournament winners

1952-53: Sepp Bradl (AUT)
1953-54: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR)
1954-55: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN)
1955-56: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
1956-57: Pentti Uotinen (FIN)
1957-58: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1958-59: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1959-60: Max Bolkart (GER)
1960-61: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
1961-62: Eino Kirjonen (FIN)
1962-63: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963-64: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1964-65: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR)
1965-66: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
1966-67: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1967-68: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1968-69: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969-70: Horst Queck (GDR)
1970-71: Jiří Raška (TCH)
1971-72: Ingolf Mork (NOR)
1972-73: Rainer Schmidt (GDR)
1973-74: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
1974-75: Willi Pürstl (AUT)
1975-76: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1976-77: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
1977-78: Kari Ylianttila (FIN)
1978-79: Pentti Kokkonen (FIN)
1979-80: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1980-81: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
1981-82: Manfred Deckert (GDR)
1982-83: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1983-84: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1984-85: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
1985-86: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1986-87: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
1987-88: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
1988-89: Risto Laakkonen (FIN)
1989-90: Dieter Thoma (FRG)
1990-91: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1991-92: Toni Nieminen (FIN)
1992-93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1993-94: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1994-95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
1995-96: Jens Weißflog (GER)
1996-97: Primož Peterka (SLO)
1997-98: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
1998-99: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
1999-2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)
2000-01: Adam Małysz (POL)
2001-02: Sven Hannawald (GER)
2002-03: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2003-04: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR)
2004-05: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2005-06: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE)
2006-07: Anders Jacobsen (NOR)
2007-08: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
2008-09: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
2009-10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
2010-11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
2011-12: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2012-13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
2013-14: Thomas Diethart (AUT)

Holmenkollen Medal

1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1901: Askel Refstad (NOR)
1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
1907: Per Bakken
1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
1909: Thorvald Hansen
1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2011: Janne Ahonen (FIN), Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER)
2012: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), Magdalena Neuner (GER)
2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (NOR)

Persondata
Name	Kankkonen, Veikko
Alternative names
Short description	Finnish ski jumper
Date of birth	5 January 1940
Place of birth	Finland
Date of death
Place of death

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