Citius, Altius, Fortius On yhden maailman menestyksekkäimmistä kilpasoutajista, raisiolaisen Pertti Karppisen kunniaksi
Kerttulan urheilukeskukseen pystytetty veistos.
Pertti Karppisen urheilijauran suurimmat menestykset ovat kolme perättäistä olympiakultaa:
Montréal 1976, Moskova 1980 sekä Los Angeles 1984.
Lisäksi hän voitti maailmanmestaruuden vuosina 1979 ja 1985
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Citius, Altius, Fortius is a sculpture erected at the Kerttula Sports Center, in honor of Pertti Karppinen from Raisio.
One of the most succesful rowers in the world.
The biggest successes of Pertti Karppinen's sports career are three consecutive Olympic golds:
Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984.
He also won the World Championships in 1979 and 1985
[Wikipedia article about Pertti Karppinen]
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[Short wikipedia article about the sculpture in finnish]
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