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Place of Birth: Laukaa, Finland
About Juha Kankkunen
- Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen (Finnish pronunciation: ['ju?? 'k??kkunen] (listen); born 2 April 1959 in Laukaa) is a Finnish former rally driver.
- His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002.
- He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles, which were both once records in the series.
- Both Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier have since collected more world titles, but no driver has so far been able to repeat Kankkunen's feat of becoming a world champion with three different manufacturers, but Ogier has managed to match his feat of winning consecutive titles with different manufacturers.
- Height: 5' 10 1/2"(1,79 m). Kankkunen was signed by Toyota in 1983 and he took his first WRC win in his third year in the team.
- His performances got him a deal with the defending champions Peugeot for 1986, and Kankkunen was soon crowned the series' then youngest-ever champion.
- As Peugeot withdrew from the championship following the ban of Group B, Kankkunen moved to Lancia and became the first driver to successfully defend his title.
- After a two-year stint back at Toyota, he returned to Lancia and won a record third title in 1991. In 1993, Kankkunen re-joined Toyota and won his fourth title.
- Following Toyota's disqualification and 12-month ban in 1995, Kankkunen did not return to active participation in the series until joining Ford halfway through the 1997 season replacing an underperforming Armin Schwarz.
- After moving to Subaru for 1999, he took his first win in over five years.
- Before retiring after the 2002 season, he competed part-time for Hyundai. Kankkunen's achievements outside the WRC include winning the Dakar Rally in 1988 and the Race of Champions in 1988 and 1991.
- Following his retirement from active rallying, he has worked in the fields of business and politics.
- In 2007, Kankkunen set the world speed record on ice in a Bentley Continental GT.
- In 2011, he set a further record of 330.695 km/h in a convertible Bentley Continental Supersports.
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