Thor Porko

Thor Porko
Personal information
Full name	Thor Porko
Born	7 June 1905; Nedervetil, Finland
Died	1 June 1977 (aged 71); Kokkola, Finland
Team information
Role	Rider

FullnameThor Porko

Born7 June 1905
Nedervetil, Finland

Died1 June 1977 (aged 71)
Kokkola, Finland

RoleRider

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]

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v t e 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) Torvald 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) Miika Hietanen (1997) Esa Skyttä (1998) Miika 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) Jesse Kaislavuo (2016) Matti Manninen (2017) Anders Bäckman (2018) Arto Vainionpää (2019)
2020–2039	Antti-Jussi Juntunen (2020) Joonas Henttala (2021) Anders Bäckman (2022) Antti-Jussi Juntunen (2023) Jaakko Hänninen (2024) Johan Nordlund (2025)

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