Antti Raita

Antti Raita
Personal information
Born	(1883-11-15)15 November 1883 Turku, Finland
Died	September 1968 St. Clair Shores, Michigan, United States
Team information
Infobox last updated on 10 May 2013

Anders "Antti" August Raita (15 November 1883 – September 1968) was a Finnish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Turku and died in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, United States.

In 1912 he was a member of the Finnish cycling team which finished fifth in the team time trial event. In the individual time trial competition he finished sixth.^[1]

He won the Finnish national road race title in 1912 and 1913.^[2]

References

↑ "Antti Raita Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
↑ "Antti Raita". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

External links

Antti Raita profile at Cycling Archives

Finnish National Road Race Champions (men)

1900–1919	Juho Jaakonaho (1911) Antti Raita (1912–1913) Juho Jaakonaho (1914–1915)

1920–1939	Juho Jaakonaho (1921) Raul Hellberg (1923–1929) Thor Porko (1930) Raul Hellberg (1931) Thor Porko (1936)

1940–1959	Paul Backman (1946) Thorvald Högström (1951) Nils Henriksson (1952) Anders Ruben Forsblom (1953–1954) Paul Nyman (1955–1956) Ole Wackström (1957) Paul Nyman (1958)

1960–1979	Unto Hautalahti (1960–1961) Antero Lumme (1962–1965) Unto Hautalahti (1966) Kalevi Eskelinen (1969) Mauno Uusivirta (1970) Tapani Vuorenhela (1971) Harry Hannus (1972–1974) Kari Puisto (1975–1976) Harry Hannus (1978–1979)

1980–1999	Patrick Wackström (1980–1981) Harry Hannus (1982) Kari Myyryläinen (1983) Harry Hannus (1984) Kari Myyryläinen (1985–1986) Jari Lähde (1988) Kimmo Karhu (1989) Esa Skyttä (1995) Joona Laukka (1996) Mika Hietanen (1997) Esa Skyttä (1998) Mika Hietanen (1999)

2000–2019	Kjell Carlström (2000) Christian Selin (2001) Jukka Heinikainen (2002) Jussi Veikkanen (2003) Kjell Carlström (2004) Jussi Veikkanen (2005–2006) Matti Pajari (2007) Jussi Veikkanen (2008) Toni Liias (2009) Jussi Veikkanen (2010) Kjell Carlström (2011) Jarkko Niemi (2012) Jussi Veikkanen (2013–2014) Samuel Pökälä (2015)

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