KIMMO KINNUNEN FROM FINLAND(WORLD CHAMPION and WORLD STAR JAVELIN TROHW)

Kimmo Kinnunen

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Medal record
Men's Athletics
World Championships
Gold	1991 Tokyo	Javelin
Silver	1993 Stuttgart	Javelin

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 Barcelona and 7th place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. His personal best is 90.82 from the 1991 World Championships.

[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)