Hannu Mikkola
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Finnish
- Full name
- Hannu Olavi Mikkola
- Born
- ( 1942-05-24 ) 24 May 1942, Joensuu , Finland
- Died
- 25 February 2021 (2021-02-25) (aged 78) , Helsinki , Finland
- Active years
- 1973–1993
- Co driver
- Jim Porter, John Davenport, Atso Aho, Erkki Rautanen, Jean Todt , Claes Billstam, Arne Hertz , Roland Gumpert , Christian Geistdörfer , Seppo Harjanne , Johnny Johansson, Bruno Berglund
- Teams
- Ford , Toyota , Audi , Mazda , Subaru
- Championships
- 1 ( 1983 )
- First rally
- 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
- First win
- 1974 1000 Lakes Rally
- Last win
- 1987 Safari Rally
- Last rally
- 1993 1000 Lakes Rally
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olavi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Joensuu
- Place of death
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- engineer
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Sport
- rallying
- Image
- Hannu Mikkola Interview at 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hannu Mikkola
- date of birth
- 1942-05-24
- date of death
- 2021-02-25
- name in native language
- Hannu Mikkola
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Hannu Olavi Mikkola
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Encyclopedic overview
Hannu Olavi Mikkola (24 May 1942 − 25 February 2021) was a Finnish champion world rally driver. He was a seven-time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hannu Mikkola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.