"THE FINNISH POWER: and WORLD CHAMPION: KIMMO KINNUNEN from FINLAND(SUOMI-FINLAND)

Kimmo Kinnunen

Kimmo Kinnunen (born March 31, 1968 in Äänekoski, Finland) is a former Finnish javelin1991 World Championships in Tokyo and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. thrower. He won gold at the

His other achievements include a 4th place finish at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. His personal best is 90.82 from the 1991 World Championships. and 7th place finish at the

[edit] Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1990	European Championships	Split, FR Yugoslavia	8th	79.00 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	90.82 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th	82.62 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	84.78 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	7th	84.02 m

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Kimmo Kinnunen

Awards
Preceded by Päivi Alafrantti	Finnish Sportspersonality of the year 1991	Succeeded by Toni Nieminen

[hide] v • d • e World Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1983: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1987: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2005: Andrus Värnik (EST) • 2007: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

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