Pentti Raaskoski (born 3 March 1929) is a Finnish

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed in the late 1950s. At the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

, he was disqualified in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event. He was born in

Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...

. Raaskoski spent his childhood in Porvoo. His father was a radio repairman and his mother was a baroness. Raaskoski experienced the aerial bombardments of Porvoo during the Continuation War. Towards the end of the war, he started working as a machine forger and was called up for military service in 1949. In 1971, he moved to Sipoos for family reasons.

References

Pentti Raaskoski's profile at Sports Reference.com

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* 1929 births Possibly living people Sportspeople from Porvoo Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Finnish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Finland {{Finland-canoe-bio-stub