Analysis

Kayak Sprint

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Finland
Career 1948 - 2005
Best year 1952
Total points 154
Best results 4x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#21

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
2005 European Championship K-1 200m Men 3 1 Kimmo Latvamaki
1993 World Championship K-1 500m Men 1 7 Mikko Kolehmainen
1992 Olympic Games K-1 500m Men 1 20 Mikko Kolehmainen
1958 World Championship K-1 10 km Men 1 7 Thorvald Strömberg
1952 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 2 12 Thorvald Strömberg
1952 Olympic Games K-2 10 km Men 1 20 -
1952 Olympic Games K-1 10 km Men 1 20 Thorvald Strömberg
1952 Olympic Games K-2 1000m Men 1 20 -
1950 World Championship K-1 10 km Men 1 7 Thorvald Strömberg
1950 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 4 Thorvald Strömberg
1948 Olympic Games K-1 10 km Men 2 12 Kurt Wires
1948 Olympic Games K-2 1000m Men 3 8 -
1948 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 6 1 Harry Akerfelt
1948 Olympic Games K-2 10 km Men 3 8 -
1948 World Championship K-2 500m Men 1 7 -
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