"THE FLYING FINN"AND WORLD STAR SKI JUMPER-VEIKKO KANKKONEN FROM FINLAND

Veikko Kankkonen

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

Veikko Kankkonen (born January 5, 1940 in Sotkamo) 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.

[edit] References

• FIS-Ski: Veikko Kankkonen – statistics
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

[show] v • d • 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)

[show] v • d • e Four Hills Tournament winners 1952-3: Sepp Bradl (AUT) * 1953-4: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR) * 1954-5: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN) * 1955-6: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS) * 1956-7: Pentti Uotinen (FIN) * 1957-8: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) * 1958-9: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) * 1959-60: Max Bolkart (GER) * 1960-1: Helmut Recknagel (GDR) * 1961-2: Eino Kirjonen (FIN) * 1962-3: Toralf Engan (NOR) * 1963-4: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) * 1964-5: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR) * 1965-6: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN) * 1966-7: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1967-8: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1968-9: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) * 1969-70: Horst Queck (GDR) * 1970-1: Jiří Raška (TCH) * 1971-2: Ingolf Mork (NOR) * 1972-3: Rainer Schmidt (GDR) * 1973-4: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) * 1974-5: Willi Pürstl (AUT) * 1975-6: Jochen Danneberg (GDR) * 1976-7: Jochen Danneberg (GDR) * 1977-8: Kari Ylianttila (FIN) * 1978-9: Pentti Kokkonen * 1979-80: Hubert Neuper (AUT) * 1980-1: Hubert Neuper (AUT) * 1981-2: Manfred Deckert (GDR) * 1982-3: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1983-4: Jens Weißflog (GDR) * 1984-5: Jens Weißflog (GDR) * 1985-6: Ernst Vettori (AUT) * 1986-7: Ernst Vettori (AUT) * 1987-8: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1988-9: Risto Laakkonen (FIN) * 1989-90: Dieter Thoma (FRG) * 1990-1: Jens Weißflog (GER) * 1991-2: Toni Nieminen (FIN) * 1992-3: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1993-4: Espen Bredesen (NOR) * 1994-5: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1995-6: Jens Weißflog (GER) * 1996-7: Primož Peterka (SLO) * 1997-8: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 1998-9: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 1999-2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT) * 2000-1: Adam Małysz (POL) * 2001-2: Sven Hannawald * 2002-3: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 2003-4: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR) * 2004-5: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 2005-6: (tie) Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE) * 2006-7: Anders Jacobsen * 2007-8: Janne Ahonen (FIN) * 2008-9: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT) * 2009-10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)

[show] v • d • e 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: Hans 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: King 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: King 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), Jacob 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), Larissa 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), King Harald V (NOR), Queen Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)

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