Pekka Kuvaja
Pekka Kuvaja 
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 Finland
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| birthday | June 15, 1921 |
| place of birth | Heinävesi , Finland |
| date of death | November 21, 2003 |
| Place of death | Tampere , Finland |
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Armas Petter "Pekka" Kuvaja (born June 15, 1921 in Heinävesi ; † November 21, 2003 in Tampere ) was a Finnish cross-country skier .
Kuvaja won seventh place over 50 km at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and eighth place over 50 km at the 1950 World Championships in Lake Placid . In March 1950 he finished second at the Lahti Ski Games over 50 km. In 1951 and 1952 he came in second place in the Wasalauf . At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 , he ran to ninth place over 50 km. In 1954 he was the first non-Swede to win the Wasalauf. At Finnish championships he won in 1949 with the relay of Jämsänkosken Ilves. His son is the former Nordic combined skier Jukka Kuvaja .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pekka Kuvaja in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ Results Lahti Ski Games
- ↑ a b Results Wasalauf
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| SURNAME | Kuvaja, Pekka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuvaja, Armas Petter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heinävesi |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2003 |
| Place of death | Tampere |