Jorma Kinnunen

Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Javelin throw
Terje Pedersen, Jorma Kinnunen, Gergely Kulcsár (Helsinki 1965).

Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen (15 December 1941 – 25 July 2019) was an athlete from Finland who competed mainly in the javelin throw. He was born in Pihtipudas.

He competed for Finland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the javelin throw where he won the silver medal.

On 18 June 1969 Kinnunen threw a world record 92,70m in javelin at Tampere stadium, Finland.

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.[1]

Kinnunen died after a long illness on 25 July 2019, aged 77.[2]

References

  1. ^ "ÄK: Keihäänheittäjä Jarkko Kinnunen, 48, on kuollut" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  2. ^ "Keihäänheiton maailmanennätysmies Jorma Kinnunen on kuollut 77-vuotiaana" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-07-26.