• Thumbnail for Sylvi Saimo
    Sylvi Riitta Saimo (née Sikiö, 12 November 1914 – 12 March 2004) was a Finnish sprint canoeist and politician. She was the first female Finnish Olympic...
    6 KB (414 words) - 16:42, 5 December 2024
  • village to lake Lievestuoreenjärvi. The most famous person of Hoho was Sylvi Saimo, who was an Olympic gold medalist in canoeing and a politician. Hoho...
    1 KB (116 words) - 16:41, 5 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Viipuri Province
    1979) founder of the Finnish textile and clothing company Marimekko Sylvi Saimo (1914 in Jaakkima – 2004) Finnish sprint canoeist, gold medalist, 1952...
    25 KB (2,058 words) - 18:49, 24 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finnish Centre Youth
    and Industry and Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1993-1995 Sylvi Saimo, Olympic Gold Medalist (sprint canoer), Member of Finnish Parliament...
    5 KB (584 words) - 22:43, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1952 Summer Olympics
    the only women's sport, the 500-meter kayak unit, gold was taken by Sylvi Saimo, who was the first Finnish female gold medalist in the summer competitions...
    92 KB (9,285 words) - 23:05, 28 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Karelians
    thrower Matti Rönkä, Finnish writer Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer Sylvi Saimo, Finnish politician and Olympic winner Sipe Santapukki, Finnish drummer...
    14 KB (1,459 words) - 21:38, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres
    Left-right: Gertrude Liebhart, Sylvi Saimo and Nina Savina...
    4 KB (82 words) - 14:52, 27 June 2024
  • Heat 1 1.  Růžena Košťálová (TCH) 2:39.6 QF 2.  Sylvi Saimo (FIN) 2:41.7 QF 3.  Anna Van Marcke (BEL) 2:44.7 QF 4.  Claire Vautrin (FRA) 2:45.2 QF 5....
    4 KB (76 words) - 03:56, 9 February 2023
  • Games Gold Silver Bronze K-1 500 metres details Sylvi Saimo  Finland Gertrude Liebhart  Austria Nina Savina  Soviet Union...
    72 KB (62 words) - 12:36, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finland at the Olympics
    Thorvald Strömberg 1952 Helsinki Canoeing Men's K-1 10000 metres  Gold Sylvi Saimo 1952 Helsinki Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres  Silver Kalervo Rauhala...
    238 KB (2,833 words) - 10:17, 30 November 2024
  • historian, cancer. Milton Resnick, 87, Ukrainian-American artist, suicide. Sylvi Saimo, 89, Finnish Olympic canoer (women's K-1 500 metre canoeing: 1948, 1952...
    57 KB (4,537 words) - 14:01, 6 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for November 1914
    of the drafts for the Second Vatican Council, in Antwerp (d. 2009); Sylvi Saimo, Finnish rower, gold medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in Jaakkima...
    104 KB (12,062 words) - 04:53, 21 December 2024
  • Games Gold Silver Bronze K-1 500 metres details Sylvi Saimo  Finland Gertrude Liebhart  Austria Nina Savina  Soviet Union...
    5 KB (46 words) - 23:13, 11 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Central Finland (parliamentary electoral district)
    Sakari Knuuttila (SDP), 5,415 votes; Siiri Lehmonen (SKDL), 5,038 votes; Sylvi Saimo (Kesk), 4,246 votes; Pentti Sillantaus (Kok), 7,072 votes; Juhani Surakka...
    196 KB (8,684 words) - 10:10, 30 October 2024
  • 1979–1983) Paula Ruutu (1962–1966, 1967–1970) Eino Räsänen (1962–1970) Sylvi Saimo (1966–1979) Alvar Saukko (1975–1983) Juhani Saukkonen (1972–1983) Petter...
    120 KB (13,340 words) - 16:49, 3 July 2024
  • Nordic skiing 1 1950 Saimo, SylviSylvi Saimo Canoeing 1 1951 Huttunen, EeviEevi Huttunen Speed skating 1 1952 Saimo, SylviSylvi Saimo Canoeing 2 1953 Huttunen...
    22 KB (272 words) - 02:37, 30 October 2024
  • Anker-Doedens  Netherlands Fritzi Schwingl  Austria 1952 Helsinki details Sylvi Saimo  Finland Gertrude Liebhart  Austria Nina Savina  Soviet Union 1956 Melbourne...
    28 KB (16 words) - 07:45, 8 October 2024
  • Silver Time Bronze Time K-1 500 m  Sylvi Saimo (FIN)  Karen Hoff (DEN)  Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) K-2 500 m  Finland Sylvi Saimo Greta Grönholm  Austria Trude...
    6 KB (104 words) - 14:21, 9 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    third Finnish female athlete to win gold at the Summer Olympics, after Sylvi Saimo and Heli Rantanen. Minna Nieminen's and Sanna Stén's silver medal in...
    25 KB (496 words) - 12:11, 24 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lievestuore
    finished and consecrated in March 1983. It has seats for 130 attendants. Sylvi Saimo, sprint canoeist Library Railway station House in Lievestuore A centrum...
    14 KB (1,309 words) - 16:36, 5 December 2024
  • Kalka (FIN)  Maj-Britt Berqvist (SWE)  Bodil Thirstedt (DEN) 1950 Copenhagen  Sylvi Saimo (FIN)  Karen Hoff (DEN)  Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) 1954 Mâcon  Theresa Zens (SAA)...
    76 KB (222 words) - 12:54, 25 August 2024