Kauko Kalevi Kangasniemi (18 November 1942 – 17 April 2013) was a Finnish heavyweight weightlifter. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and placed seventh on both occasions. Between 1969 and 1972 he won three medals at the world and European championships and set five world records in the snatch. Kangasniemi was born to a blacksmith and had seven brothers and three sisters. Four of his brothers were Finnish champions in weightlifting, and one,

Kaarlo Kaarlo is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaarlo Bergbom (1843–1906), Finnish theatre director * Kaarlo Blomstedt (1880–1949), Finnish historian and archivist * Kaarlo Castrén (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Fin ...

, was a world and Olympic champion. The Kangasniemi brothers had a rivalry at the national championships with the four Kailajärvi brothers.

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1942 births 2013 deaths People from Ulvila Finnish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Finland Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Satakunta 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-weightlifting-bio-stub