Ilkka Nummisto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish canoeist and strength athlete
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Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Ilkka Nummisto
- Ilkka Nummisto (April 24, 1944 – June 29, 2019) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.
- Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968.After his Olympic career concluded, Nummisto appeared in the Finals of the World's Strongest Man competition 5 times between 1986 and 1992, including a personal best 3rd place showing in 1990.
- He was the first man to lift all five McGlashen stones in The World's Strongest Man, followed by Geoff Capes and Jon Pall Sigmarson at the same event in 1986.
- Ilkka was also 3 times Finland's Strongest Man.
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