Vladimir Rikkonen | |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1943 |
Birth Place: | Vologda, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 186 cm |
Weight: | 84 kg |
Sport: | Rowing |
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. At the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Bled, he won silver with the men's eight.[1] At the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, he won silver with the men's eight.[2] 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.[3] [4] At the 1973 European Rowing Championships in Moscow, he won a bronze medal with the men's eight.