Jorma Kinnunen

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]

Jorma Kinnunen

Terje Pedersen, Jorma Kinnunen, Gergely Kulcsár (Helsinki 1965)
Personal information
Nationality	Finnish
Born	15 December 1941 Pihtipudas, Finland
Died	25 July 2019 (aged 78) Äänekoski, Finland
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75–80 kg (165–176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Club	Äänekosken Urheilijat
Medal record Representing  Finland Men's Athletics 1968 Mexico City Javelin throw

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]