Profile details
- Born
- 5 Jan 1940
- Birthplace
- Sotkamo
- Country
- Finland
- Sport
- Golf
- Discipline
- Precision
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Holmenkollen Medal
Competition Appearances
4 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·1968 Winter Olympics
- ·ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics – large hill individual
- ·ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics – normal hill individual
- ·1960 Winter Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1960Competed at 1960 Winter Olympics
- 1964Competed at ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics – large hill individual
- 1964Competed at ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics – normal hill individual
- 1968Competed at 1968 Winter Olympics
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About
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).
Biography adapted from Veikko Kankkonen on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.