Kurt Oskar Wires (April 28, 1919, Helsinki - February 22, 1992) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two golds (1952: K-2 1000 m, K-2 10000 m) and one silver (1948: K-1 10000 m).
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Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-2 1000 m |
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- 1936: Austria (Adolf Kainz, Alfons Dorfner)
- 1948: Sweden (Hans Berglund, Lennart Klingström)
- 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires, Yrjö Hietanen)
- 1956: Germany (Michael Scheuer, Meinrad Miltenberger)
- 1960: Sweden (Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius)
- 1964: Sweden (Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Gunnar Utterberg)
- 1968: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Shaparenko, Volodymyr Morozov)
- 1972: Soviet Union (Nikolai Gorbachev, Viktor Kratasyuk)
- 1976: Soviet Union (Serhei Nahorny, Vladimir Romanovsky)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich, Sergei Chukhray)
- 1984: Canada (Hugh Fisher, Alwyn Morris)
- 1988: United States (Greg Barton, Norman Bellingham)
- 1992: Germany (Kay Bluhm, Torsten Gutsche)
- 1996: Italy (Daniele Scarpa, Antonio Rossi)
- 2000: Italy (Antonio Rossi, Beniamino Bonomi)
- 2004: Sweden (Markus Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson)
- 2008: Germany (Andreas Ihle, Martin Hollstein)
- 2012: Hungary (Rudolf Dombi, Roland Kökény)
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| | K-2 10000 metres | |
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| | K-1 10000 metres folding | |
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| | K-2 10000 metres folding | |
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| | K-1 4x500 metre relay | |
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| Name |
Wires, Kurt |
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| Short description |
Finnish canoer |
| Date of birth |
April 28, 1919 |
| Place of birth |
Helsinki |
| Date of death |
February 22, 1992 |
| Place of death |
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