Pekka Kuvaja, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish cross-country skier, orienteer and racewalker
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About Pekka Kuvaja
- Armas Petter "Pekka" Kuvaja (15 June 1921, Heinävesi – 21 November 2003) was a Finnish cross 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.
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