Rowing athlete Pertti Karppinen

Pertti Karppinen

Living place: Finland

Birthday: 17-2-1953 (71 years old)

Population of the world 1953: 2.681 billions

Global rank: #83914

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Rowing athlete Pertti Karppinen profile

Who is Rowing athlete Pertti Karppinen?
Finnish rower who won three Olympic gold medals in single scull events at the 1976, 1980, and 1984 Olympics.
He competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics but failed to win a medal.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He entered his first Olympics in 1976, where he began his streak of three consecutive gold medals in single scull events.

Family life info

His daughter Eeva Karppinen rowed at the University of California.

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He won gold at the 1984 Olympics, where runner-up Carl Lewis won his first gold medal.

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Summary of Pertti Karppinen profile

When was Rowing athlete Pertti Karppinen born?
Pertti Karppinen birthday 17-2-1953 (at the age of 71).
Where is Rowing athlete Pertti Karppinen's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Pertti Karppinen was born in Finland. is a Rowing athlete, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Pertti Karppinen's global rank is 83914 and whose rank is 18 in list of famous Rowing athlete. Population of the world in 1953 is about 2.681 billions persons.
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Events in 1953 and 17-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Pertti Karppinen

  • Joseph Stalin dies (March 5). Georgi Malenkov becomes Soviet Premier; Lavrenti Beria, Minister of Interior; Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign Minister (March 6). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
  • East Berliners rise against Communist rule; quelled by tanks (June 17).
  • Korean armistice signed (July 27).
  • Moscow announces explosion of hydrogen bomb (Aug. 20). Background: nuclear weapons
  • Tito becomes president of Yugoslavia.

Birthday Pertti Karppinen (17-2) in history

  • Day 17-2 year 1600: Italian philosopher and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno were burned alive by a Catholic court after being convicted of heresy. He is also known as an alchemist and proponent of the Copernican theory.
  • Day 17-2 year 1801: The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
  • Day 17-2 year 1817: Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.
  • Day 17-2 year 1864: The Confederate submarine Hunley , equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.
  • Day 17-2 year 1904: Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.
  • Day 17-2 year 1972: President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.
  • Day 17-2 year 1996: Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.
  • Day 17-2 year 2008: Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
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