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Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen (15 December 1941 – 25 July 2019) was an athlete from Finland who competed mainly in the javelin throw. He was born in Pihtipudas.

Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
	1968 Mexico City	Javelin throw

He competed for Finland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the javelin throw where he won the silver medal.

On 18 June 1969 Kinnunen threw a world record 92,70m in javelin at Tampere stadium, Finland.

Kinnunen was the father of Kimmo Kinnunen, a world champion javelin thrower. He also had a daughter, Sanna Kinnunen, and another son, Jarkko Kinnunen, who died on 23 February 2019.[1]

Kinnunen died after a long illness on 25 July 2019, aged 77.[2]

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jorma Kinnunen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

На других языках

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- [en] Jorma Kinnunen

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[fr] Jorma Kinnunen

Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen, né le 15 décembre 1941 à Pihtipudas et mort le 25 juillet 2019 à Äänekoski[1], est un athlète finlandais spécialiste du lancer du javelot.

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[it] Jorma Kinnunen

Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen (Pihtipudas, 15 dicembre 1941 – Äänekoski, 25 luglio 2019) è stato un giavellottista finlandese, vincitore di una medaglia d'argento ai Giochi olimpici di Città del Messico 1968 e detentore del record mondiale da giugno 1969 a luglio 1972.

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[ru] Киннунен, Йорма

Йорма Вильхо Паавали Киннунен (фин. Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen; 15 декабря 1941 — 25 июля 2019) — финский легкоатлет, призёр Олимпийских игр.

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