Kimmo Kinnunen

Kimmo Kinnunen (born March 31, 1968 in Äänekoski, Finland) is a former Finnish javelin 1991 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 Barcelona 1996 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

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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