- Veikko Kankkonen
Veikko Kankkonen (born
January 5 ,1940 ) is a Finnishski jumper who was active in the 1960's.Kankkonen earned two
ski jumping medals at the1964 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 theHolmenkollen ski festival , which also earned him theHolmenkollen medal (Shared withEero Mäntyranta ,Georg Thoma , andHalvor Næs ). He also wonFour Hills Tournament .External links
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* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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