Jorma Kinnunen
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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 and participated at three Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
Kinnunen was born in Pihtipudas and attended his first Olympic Games in Tokyo during 1964.[2]
Kinnunen won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1966 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]
He competed for Finland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the javelin throw where he won the silver medal and on 18 June 1969 Kinnunen threw a world record 92.70m in javelin at Tampere stadium, Finland.[2] At the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, he represented Finland again and finished in 6th place.[2]
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.[6]
Kinnunen died after a long illness on 25 July 2019, aged 77.[7]
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