Kimmo Paavali Kinnunen (born 31 March 1968) is a

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former

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er. He won gold at the 1991 World Championships in

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and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. His other achievements include a 4th-place finish at the

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and 7th-place finish at the

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. His personal best is 90.82 from the 1991 World Championships. Kimmo Kinnunen is son of javelin thrower

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International competitions

Seasonal bests by year

*1986 - 71.72 *1987 - 72.94 *1988 - 80.24 *1989 - 83.10 *1990 - 81.46 *1991 - 90.82 *1992 - 83.42 *1993 - 84.78 *1994 - 79.34 *1995 - 82.64 *1996 - 85.32 *1997 - 82.48 *1998 - 84.23 *1999 - 85.96 *2000 - 81.41 *2001 - 81.35 *2002 - 80.39 *2003 - 74.54

References

* 1968 births Living people People from Äänekoski Finnish male javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Central Finland 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub