KINNUNEN Jarkko

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	23rd (3:55:43)
2012	London, GBR	12th (3:46:25)
2008	Beijing, CHN	15th (3:52:25)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	20th (4:25:36)
2017	London, GBR	22nd (3:55:44)
2015	Beijing, CHN	32nd (4:02:07)
2013	Moscow, RUS	20th (3:50:56)
2011	Daegu, KOR	14th (3:52:32)
2009	Berlin, GER	8th (3:47:36)
2007	Osaka, JPN	10th (3:58:22)

European Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	26th (4:24:59)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
20	2019	50km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	4:25:36
22	2017	50km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	3:55:44
26	2018	50km Race Walk	European Championships	Berlin, GER	4:24:59
52	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	1:29:23

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Jake, Santtu [a family nickname]. (patrol.fi, 12 Nov 2011)

Athlete

Sport Studies - University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

English, Finnish

Jalasjarven Jalasta [Finland]

Valentin Kononen [personal], from 2015

He underwent hip surgery in May 2020 after experiencing pain during training. He has continued having pain in his hip since the operation, but believes this is part of the recovery process. (yle.fi, 03 Jun 2021; iltalehti.fi, 20 Mar 2021)

He participated in a walking competition which was held in his elementary school, and also came second in the 800m. "After that I started to believe that I'm good at this and joined a local walking company guided by Antti Nisula. In 1999, I then found coach Kari Ahonen." (mtv3.fi, 24 Jun 2010; ts.fi, 04 Oct 2007)

"I got a lot of [early] praise, and a young man's mind always likes praise. That was a big thing. I also started to develop rapidly after my first full year of training at age 16 and started to think this is my thing." (mtv3.fi, 24 Jun 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (iltalehti.fi, 20 Mar 2021)

Finnish race walker Valentin Kononen. (yleisurheilu.fi, 22 Sep 2015)