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'', June 12, 2016, p.C28 was a

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sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. Competing in two

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, he won the bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m event at

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. He was born in

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References

Olavi Ojanperä's profile at Sports Reference.com
1921 births 2016 deaths People from Sastamala Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Finnish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa {{Finland-canoe-bio-stub