# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veikko-kankkonen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:33.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veikko-kankkonen"
name: "Veikko Kankkonen"
slug: "veikko-kankkonen"
description: "Veikko Kankkonen 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. He also won the Four Hills Tournament and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the 1968 Olympics."
tagline: "Finnish ski jumper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veikko_Kankkonen_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1940-01-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           18.4072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump