Kauko Kauppinen

{{short description|Finnish basketball player}}

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| name = Kauko Kauppinen

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| nationality = Finnish

| sport = Basketball

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vihti, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|3|27|1940|1|12|df=yes}}{{cite web|url = https://suomenkiha.fi/grave/S8jZsPmaLQuBWuGYAfhb|title = KAUKO KALERVO KAUPPINEN|year = 2023|publisher = Churches and cemeteries of Finland|access-date = 4 February 2025}}

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Kauko Kauppinen (12 January 1940 – 27 March 2023) was a Finnish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/kauko-kauppinen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181216/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/kauko-kauppinen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Kauko Kauppinen Olympic Results |accessdate=5 July 2018}} in which Finland placed 11th.