Pertti Johannes Karppinen [1] ( Finnish. Pertti Johannes Karppinen ; born February 17, 1953 , Wehmaa , Finland ) - the famous Finnish rower ( rowing ), three-time Olympic champion in solo, two-time world champion.
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| Floor | male |
| Full name | Pertti Johannes Carppinen |
| A country |  Finland |
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| Date of Birth | February 17, 1953 (66 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Wehmaa , Finland |
| Sports career | 1974-1992 |
| Growth | 201 cm |
| Weight | 100 kg |
Karppinen won three consecutive gold medals in the individual races at the 1976 , 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. Pertti repeated the achievement of the famous Soviet rower Vyacheslav Ivanov , who won in the same discipline at the Olympics in 1956 , 1960 , 1964 .
At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Karppinen took seventh place alone, and after 4 years in Barcelona, the 39-year-old Finn took 10th place in the same discipline.
Twice in a row (1979 and 1980) Pertti Karppinen was recognized as the best athlete of the year in Finland.
In 2015, he was awarded a personal (incomplete) pension (662 euros per month) from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland [2] .
The younger brother of Pertti Reima Karppinen (born 1958 ) was also a rower and participated in 3 Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992). His best Olympic result - 8th place in doubles in Los Angeles-1984 [3] .
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See also
- List of multiple Olympic champions
Notes
- ↑ Karppinen // Office of Confiscation - Kyrgyzstan. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2009. - P. 214. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 13). - ISBN 978-5-85270-344-6 .
- ↑ Olympic champions have been awarded personal pensions. // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) July 23, 2015. (Retrieved July 27, 2015)
- ↑ Reima Karppinen at the Olympics
Literature
- Anja Katavisto Pertti Karppinen - puhdasta kultaa - Helsingissa. - Otava, 1984. - 160 p., [24] p. of plates: ill., ports .; 25 cm. - ISBN 9511080849
Links
- Pertti Karppinen - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com