Maggie Kalka (October 20, 1912 – July 22, 1996) was a Finnish

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed in the late 1930s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 600 m event at the

1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the f ...

in Vaxholm. Kalka also competed as a fencer at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, but was eliminated in the heats of the women's foil event.

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* * 1912 births 1996 deaths Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish female canoeists Finnish female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Finland ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Finland-canoe-bio-stub