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{{short description|Finnish ski jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = 
| image            = Veikko Kankkonen 1964.jpg
| image_size       = 270px
| caption          = Veikko Kankkonen after winning the normal hill event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|5 January 1940}}
| birth_place      = [[Sotkamo]], Finland
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| height           = 174&nbsp;cm
| weight           = {{convert|75–78|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport            = [[Ski jumping]]
| club             = Lahden Hiihtoseura, Lahti
| alma_mater       = 
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Innsbruck]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics|Individual normal hill]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Innsbruck]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics|Individual large hill]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Innsbruck]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics|Individual normal hill]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Innsbruck]] | [[Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics|Individual large hill]] }}
}}

'''Veikko Kankkonen''' (born 5 January 1940) is a retired Finnish [[ski jumper]] who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. He won two medals in 1964 with a gold in the individual [[normal hill]] and a silver in the individual [[large hill]] event. That same year he won the jumping competition at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]], which also earned him the [[Holmenkollen medal]] (shared with [[Eero Mäntyranta]], [[Georg Thoma]], and [[Halvor Næs]]). He also won the [[Four Hills Tournament]] and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the 1968 Olympics.<ref name=sr /><ref name=sr2 />

Besides skiing Kankkonen played [[pesäpallo]] for the ''Maila-Veikot Lahti'' club in the national championships of 1963–64. He also regularly competed in golf at the national level, with the best result of fourth place. Kankkonen was a turner by trade and later worked as a ski jumping coach. His son [[Anssi Kankkonen]] became a professional golfer, but he also competed in ski jumping and won a national title in 1985.<ref name=sr />

==References==
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<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/veikko-kankkonen-1.html |title=Veikko Kankkonen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/veikko-kankkonen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
<ref name=sr2>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/ |title=Finland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040833/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{FIS ski jumper|29268}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympiakomitea.fi|veikko-kankkonen}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions SJ Individual NH Men}}
{{Four Hills Tournament winners}}
{{Holmenkollen medal}}

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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Sotkamo]]
[[Category:Skiers from Kainuu]]
[[Category:Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Finnish male ski jumpers]]
[[Category:Holmenkollen medalists]]
[[Category:Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners]]
[[Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Finland]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Finland]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Finland]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in ski jumping]]
[[Category:Pesäpallo players]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen]]