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Pekka Kuvaja

Pekka Kuvaja and his wife in March 1954 Armas Petter "Pekka" Kuvaja (15 June 1921, Heinävesi , Finland – 21 November 2003 in Tampere , Finland) was a Finnish cross-country skier...

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Pekka Kuvaja and his wife in March 1954

Armas Petter "Pekka" Kuvaja (15 June 1921, Heinävesi, Finland– 21 November 2003 in Tampere, Finland) was a Finnishcross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

He was born in Heinävesi and died in Tampere.

In the 50 km event at the Winter Olympics, he finished seventh in 1948 and ninth in 1952. Also, in 1954, he became the first non-Swede to finish first in the Vasaloppet.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

References

  1. ↑"Historiska segrare"(PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  • Olympic 50 km cross country skiing results: 1948-64