Thor Porko

Thor Porko
Personal information
Full name	Thor Porko
Born	(1905-06-07)7 June 1905 Alaveteli, Finland
Died	1 June 1977(1977-06-01) (aged 71) Kokkola, Finland
Team information
Role	Rider

Thor Porko (7 June 1905 – 1 June 1977) was a Finnish racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1930 and 1936.^[1] He also competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[2]

References

↑ "Thor Porko". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "Thor Porko". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

External links

Thor Porko 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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