Kalle Mikkonen (born 18 June 1976 in
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
) is a
Finnish sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who has competed since the late 2000s. At the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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, he competed in the
K-2 500 m and
K-2 1000 m events, but was eliminated in the semifinals of both events.
Mikkonen's wife,
Jenni
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A separate name, with the same spelling, serves as a Finnish language diminutive of Johanna. ...
, is a sprint canoer who won a bronze medal in the K-2 200 m event at the
2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary, from August 17 to 20 2006. This was the second time the Hungarian city had hosted the championships, doing so previously in 1998.
Men race as individuals, pairs and qua ...
in
Szeged. Jenni also competed in two
Summer Olympics
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for
Finland
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.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1976 births
Living people
Canoeists from Tampere
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Finnish male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Finland
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