Kalevi Kotkas
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Full name | Kalevi Kotkas | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Estonian, Finnish | ||||||||||||||
Born | 10 August 1913 Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 August 1983(1983-08-24) (aged 70) Vantaa, Finland | ||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
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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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- 1934:
Kalevi Kotkas (FIN)
- 1938:
Kurt Lundqvist (SWE)
- 1946:
Anton Bolinder (SWE)
- 1950:
Alan Paterson (GBR)
- 1954:
Bengt Nilsson (SWE)
- 1958:
Richard Dahl (SWE)
- 1962:
Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1966:
Jacques Madubost (FRA)
- 1969:
Valentin Gavrilov (URS)
- 1971:
Kęstutis Šapka (URS)
- 1974:
Jesper Tørring (DEN)
- 1978:
Vladimir Yashchenko (URS)
- 1982:
Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1986:
Igor Paklin (URS)
- 1990:
Dragutin Topić (YUG)
- 1994:
Steinar Hoen (NOR)
- 1998:
Artur Partyka (POL)
- 2002:
Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)
- 2006:
Andrey Silnov (RUS)
- 2010:
Aleksandr Shustov (RUS)
- 2012:
Robbie Grabarz (GBR)
- 2014:
Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)
- 2016:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2018:
Mateusz Przybylko (GER)
- 2022:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2024:
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
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