Eino Kuvaja
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Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja | |
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Born | Kuopio, Finland | 17 June 1906
Died | 11 December 1975 | (aged 69)
Allegiance | Finland |
Service | Finnish Army |
Rank | Major |
Awards | Mannerheim Cross (4 July 1944) |
Eino Hjalmar Kuvaja (17 June 1906 – 11 December 1975) was a Finnish Major and skier.
Kuvaja was born in Kuopio. He was the leader of the national Olympic military patrol teams in 1928 and in 1936 which reached second places.
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- 1906 births
- 1975 deaths
- Sportspeople from Kuopio
- Finnish military patrol (sport) runners
- Olympic biathletes for Finland
- Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Finnish military personnel of World War II
- Knights of the Mannerheim Cross
- Finnish winter sports biography stubs
- Ski mountaineering biography stubs