Kurt Wires
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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.[1]
Personal life
Wires served in the Finnish Army during the Second World War and lost his right eye during the Continuation War.[2]
References
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- ↑ Kurt Wires. Sports Reference.com
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- 1919 births
- 1992 deaths
- Canoeists from Helsinki
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Finnish male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for Finland
- Olympic gold medalists for Finland
- Olympic silver medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Finnish military personnel of World War II
- Finnish disabled sportspeople
- 20th-century Finnish sportsmen