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Born | Vologda, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 25 October 1943|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Rikkonen (Russian name: Владимир Рикконен; born 25 October 1943) is a Soviet rower from Russia.
Rikkonen was born in Vologda, Russian SFSR in 1943.[1] At the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Bled, he won silver with the men's eight.[2] At the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, he won silver with the men's eight.[3] He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxless pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start.[4][1] At the 1973 European Rowing Championships in Moscow, he won a bronze medal with the men's eight.[3]