Kalevi Kotkas
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Full name | Kalevi Kotkas | ||||||||||||||
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Born | 10 August 1913 Tallinn | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 August 1983 Vantaa | (aged 70)||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump, discus throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||
Club | Helsingin Kisa-Veikot | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | HJ – 2.04 m (1936) DT – 51.27 m (1937) SP – 15.55 m (1938) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kalevi Kotkas (10 August 1913 – 24 August 1983) was an Estonian-born 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 made 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 in 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 |
21st (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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kalevi Kotkas.
- ^ "Kalevi Kotkas". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Track & Field Statistics". Brinkster. Retrieved on 29 July 2015.
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1983 deaths
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Finnish male high jumpers
- Finnish male discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of Finland
- 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
- Finnish male shot putters
- Estonian emigrants to Finland
- Finnish athletics biography stubs