Kalevi Kotkas
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Full name | Kalevi Kotkas | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Finland | ||||||||||||
Born | 10 August 1913 Tallinn |
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Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Vantaa |
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Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump, discus throw, shot put | ||||||||||||
Club | Helsingin Kisa-Veikot | ||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | HJ – 2.04 m (1936) DT – 51.27 m (1937) SP – 15.55 m (1938) |
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Medal record
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Kalevi Kotkas (10 August 1913 in Tallinn – 24 August 1983 in Vantaa) was a Finnish athlete, specializing in high jump, discus throw and shot put. He became the first ever European champion in high jump, in 1934 in Turin, and competed in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he cleared the same height of 2.00 m as the medalists Dave Albritton and Delos Thurber, but spend more attempts and was placed fourth.[1]
Kalevi Kotkas set four European records in high jump, but two of them – achieved in Rio de Janeiro 1934 – were never ratified. The ratified records were 2.03 meters (Helsinki, 12 July 1936) and 2.04 meters (Gothenburg, 1 September 1936).[2]
National titles
- Finnish Athletics Championships
- High jump: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
- Discus throw: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1932 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, USA | 7th | Discus throw | 45.87 m |
1934 | European Championships | Turin, Italy | 1st | High jump | 2.00 m |
10th | Discus throw | 42.50 m | |||
1936 | Olympic Games | Berlin, Germany | 4th | High jump | 2.00 m |
21th (q) | Discus throw | x | |||
1938 | European Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | High jump | 1.94 m |
4th | Discus throw | 48.63 m | |||
11th | Shot put | 13.92 m |
References
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- ↑ Track & Field Statistics". Brinkster. Retrieved on 29 July 2015.
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- 1913 births
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- Finnish high jumpers
- Finnish discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of Finland
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Finnish people of Estonian descent
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