Kurt Wires
Finnish canoeist
![]() Wires (right) and Yrjö Hietanen at the 1952 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 April 1919 Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 February 1992 (aged 72) Espoo, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe racing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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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Olympic kayaking champions in men's K-2 1000 m
- 1936:
Adolf Kainz / Alfons Dorfner (AUT)
- 1948:
Hans Berglund / Lennart Klingström (SWE)
- 1952:
Kurt Wires / Yrjö Hietanen (FIN)
- 1956:
Michel Scheuer / Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA)
- 1960:
Gert Fredriksson / Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE)
- 1964:
Sven-Olov Sjödelius / Gunnar Utterberg (SWE)
- 1968:
Aleksandr Shaparenko / Vladimir Morozov (URS)
- 1972:
Nikolai Gorbachev / Viktor Kratasyuk (URS)
- 1976:
Serhei Nahorny / Vladimir Romanovsky (URS)
- 1980:
Vladimir Parfenovich / Sergei Chukhray (URS)
- 1984:
Hugh Fisher / Alwyn Morris (CAN)
- 1988:
Greg Barton / Norman Bellingham (USA)
- 1992:
Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche (GER)
- 1996:
Daniele Scarpa / Antonio Rossi (ITA)
- 2000:
Antonio Rossi / Beniamino Bonomi (ITA)
- 2004:
Markus Oscarsson / Henrik Nilsson (SWE)
- 2008:
Andreas Ihle / Martin Hollstein (GER)
- 2012:
Rudolf Dombi / Roland Kökény (HUN)
- 2016:
Max Rendschmidt / Marcus Gross (GER)
- 2020:
Jean van der Westhuyzen / Thomas Green (AUS)