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Kurt Wires

1919 - 1992

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Wires has received more than 13,628 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kurt Wires is the 1,201st most popular athlete (up from 1,306th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 368th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Finnish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kurt Wires ranks 1,201 out of 6,025. Before him are Auguste Serrurier, John Svanberg, Liv Grete Skjelbreid, Nino Bibbia, Arne Halse, and Hiroshi Suzuki. After him are Jörg Drehmel, Hildegard Falck, Teodor Koskenniemi, Ernest Hamilton, Veli Lehtelä, and Vladimir Belousov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Kurt Wires ranks 298. Before him are Frank Piasecki, Ross Bagdasarian, Forrest Tucker, Alexander Courage, Bill Nicholson, and George E. P. Box. After him are Alan Cottrell, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Slim Pickens, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and Naim Talu. Among people deceased in 1992, Kurt Wires ranks 226. Before him are Andor Földes, Lazăr Sfera, Russinho, Todd Armstrong, Luis Rosales, and Yutaka Ozaki. After him are Knut Fridell, August Hellemans, Sabiha Bengütaş, Josef Neckermann, László Szabados, and Sven Delblanc.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kurt Wires ranks 362 out of 751. Before him are Mauri Kunnas (1950), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), Erkki Kataja (1924), Wivi Lönn (1872), and Karita Mattila (1960). After him are Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Veli Lehtelä (1935), Katri Vala (1901), Sami Vänskä (1976), Paavo Lonkila (1923), and Leena Krohn (1947).

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Among ATHLETES In Finland

Among athletes born in Finland, Kurt Wires ranks 58. Before him are Sirkka Polkunen (1927), Kaisa Parviainen (1914), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Thorvald Strömberg (1931), and Erkki Kataja (1924). After him are Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), Veli Lehtelä (1935), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Kaarlo Maaninka (1953), Väinö Ikonen (1895), and Sulo Nurmela (1908).

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