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{{short description|Finnish canoeist}}
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'''Mikko Yrjö Ilmari Kolehmainen''' (born
By now established as Finland's strongest kayak sprinter, he concentrated in the K-1 500 m discipline. Although a respected competitor at international regattas he never really threatened the top paddlers for the major prizes. At the [[1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1991 World Championships]] in [[Paris]] he finished a creditable seventh.
It was therefore a major shock when, at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympics in 1992]], he won the K-1 500 m gold medal. His victory over reigning champion [[Zsolt Gyulay]] of [[Hungary]] gave Finland their only gold medal of an otherwise disappointing Games.
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*{{SR/Olympics profile|ko/mikko-kolehmainen-1}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Men K-1 500 m}}
{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-1 500 m Men}}
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Mikko Yrjö Ilmari Kolehmainen (born 18 August 1964 in Mikkeli) is a Finnish canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in the K-1 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Kolehmainen's victory was Finland's only gold medal at those games.
By now established as Finland's strongest kayak sprinter, he concentrated in the K-1 500 m discipline. Although a respected competitor at international regattas he never really threatened the top paddlers for the major prizes. At the 1991 World Championships in Paris he finished a creditable seventh.
It was therefore a major shock when, at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, he won the K-1 500 m gold medal. His victory over reigning champion Zsolt Gyulay of Hungary gave Finland their only gold medal of an otherwise disappointing Games.
A year later he showed that his Barcelona performance was no fluke by winning the world championship K-1 500 m title in Copenhagen. At his farewell Olympics, in Atlanta in 1996 he finished in seventh place, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony.
References[edit]
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
External links[edit]
- Mikko Kolehmainen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mikkeli
- Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for Finland
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- European canoeist stubs
- Finnish sportspeople stubs
- Finnish Olympic medalist stubs