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Kurt Wires

1919 - 1992

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Kurt Oskar "Kurre" Wires (28 April 1919 – 22 February 1992) was a Finnish canoe sprinter who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. In 1948 he won a silver medal in the individual 10000 m event. Four years later he earned two gold medals in the 1000 m and 10000 m doubles, together with Yrjö Hietanen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Wires is the 1,431st most popular athlete (down from 1,242nd in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 363rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kurt Wires ranks 1,431 out of 6,025. Before him are Ingrid Kristiansen, Jaroslav Skobla, Henri Lepage, Boris Stenin, Chris Dickerson, and Zoltán Nemere. After him are Édouard Candeveau, László Jeney, Rudolf Lippert, James Fifer, Martin Lauer, and Asafa Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Kurt Wires ranks 285. Before him are Bahriye Üçok, Alan Brown, Asbjørn Ruud, Gayatri Devi, Kateryna Yushchenko, and Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy. After him are Gevorg Emin, Tim Holt, Jorge de Sena, Kim Ki-young, Strother Martin, and David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven. Among people deceased in 1992, Kurt Wires ranks 232. Before him are Ron Woodroof, Luis Rosales, Sven Delblanc, Klaes Karppinen, Bertalan Papp, and William Fields. After him are Nancy Walker, Lazăr Sfera, Josef Neckermann, Luis Alcoriza, Max Stiepl, and August Hellemans.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kurt Wires ranks 362 out of 751. Before him are Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Klaes Karppinen (1907), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Päivi Meriluoto (1952), Rodrigo (null), and Claes Andersson (1937). After him are Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Tauno Palo (1908), Harri Kirvesniemi (1958), Väinö Ikonen (1895), Matti Lähde (1911), and Eero Kolehmainen (1918).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kurt Wires ranks 67. Before him are Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Kaarlo Kangasniemi (1941), Sulo Nurmela (1908), Päivi Meriluoto (1952), and Rodrigo (null). After him are Väinö Ikonen (1895), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Arvo Viitanen (1924), and Jalmari Eskola (1886).

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