Paul Backman

Paul Backman
Personal information
Born	(1920-12-03)3 December 1920 Raseborg, Finland
Died	17 March 1995(1995-03-17) (aged 74) Helsinki, Finland
Team information
Infobox last updated on 29 December 2012

Paul Backman (3 December 1920 – 17 March 1995) was a Finnish cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1946.^[1] He also competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.^[2]

References

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)