Ilkka Nummisto
Finnish canoeist and strength athlete (1944-2019)
Ilkka Nummisto (April 24, 1944 – June 29, 2019) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from 1960s to 1970s and a Strongman who competed from 1980s to 1990s.
Canoe racing
Competing in four Summer Olympics, Nummisto earned his best finish of fifth place in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968.
Strongman
Nummisto's strongman career started with the World's Strongest Man competition where he appeared 5 times between 1986 and 1992, including a personal best third place behind Jón Páll Sigmarsson and O.D. Wilson at the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition held in Joensuu, Finland. He was the first man to lift all five McGlashen stones followed by Geoff Capes and Jón Páll Sigmarsson at the same event in 1986. At the age of 48, he became the oldest athlete ever to compete at the World's Strongest Man in his last appearance in 1992.
Nummisto also secured second place in 1992 Europe's Strongest Man competition behind László Fekete, and competed at international competitions like World Muscle Power Classic, Le Defi Mark Ten International and European Hercules. He was also 3 times Finland's Strongest Man champion in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
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