Pentti Raaskoski

Jarmo Pentti Antero Raaskoski (3 March 1929 – 13 October 2014) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event. He was born in Porvoo. 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.[1] Raaskoski died on 13 October 2014, at the age of 85.[2]

References

  1. ^ Uusimaa, Paavo; Peuhkurinen, Sini; Ylitalo, Antti; Vuolteenaho, Olli; Risteli, Juha; Peuhkurinen, Keijo (February 2011). "Natriuretic peptides and collagen biomarkers in patients with medical treatment for hypertension". Acta Cardiologica. 66 (1): 21–27. doi:10.1080/ac.66.1.2064963. ISSN 0001-5385. PMID 21446378. S2CID 30887649.
  2. ^ "Pentti Raaskoski". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2025.

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