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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veikko Kankkonen has received more than 24,434 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Veikko Kankkonen is the 453rd most popular athlete (down from 210th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Finland (down from 145th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 453 out of 6,025. Before him are Betty Cuthbert, Maria Itkina, Ahmet Ayık, Louis Clarke, Fred Alderman, and Lidiya Alfeyeva. After him are Klaus Dibiasi, Robert Alt, Irina Privalova, Nina Ponomaryova, Grete Waitz, and Yang Chuan-kwang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 318. Before him are Chris Farlowe, Alberto Gallardo, Godfrey Reggio, Mary Ellen Mark, Reinhard Bonnke, and Ralph Towner. After him are Alfonso Guerra, George Ritzer, Chuck Close, Eberhard Weber, K. J. Yesudas, and Yossi Sarid.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 236 out of 751. Before him are Siri von Essen (1850), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Oskari Mantere (1874), Petter Adolf Karsten (1834), Harald Öhquist (1891), and Harri Rovanperä (1966). After him are Timo Tolkki (1966), Rafael Erich (1879), Mari Kiviniemi (1968), Jari Kurri (1960), Toivo Kuula (1883), and Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Veikko Kankkonen ranks 23. Before him are Armas Toivonen (1899), Julius Skutnabb (1889), Harri Larva (1906), Pertti Karppinen (1953), Arvo Askola (1909), and Edvin Wide (1896). After him are Armas Taipale (1890), Eino Penttilä (1906), Toivo Loukola (1902), Paavo Johansson (1895), Verner Järvinen (1870), and Heikki Liimatainen (1894).

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