Borgå Akilles
Borgå Akilles ( Finnish : Porvoon Akilles ) is a Finnish sports club from Porvoo ( Swedish : Borgå) founded in 1902 . The association has departments in bandy , football , handball , athletics , orienteering , cycling and cross-country skiing .
Home of the bandy and soccer team is the Porvoon pallokenttä .
Bandy
The bandy department was founded in 1920 and took part in the first-class SM-sarja in 1933. In 1981 and 1985 Akilles won the Finnish Bandy Championship. In 2013/14 Akilles played in the Bandyliiga , Finland's highest league.
successes
Finnish Championships:
- 1st place: 1981, 1985
- 2nd place: 1968
- 3rd place: 1935, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987
At the 1984 European Cup, the club won the bronze medal. In the Rinkbandy , Akilles was Finnish runner-up in 1977, 1978 and 1984.
athletics
The Akilles athletics team won the Kalevan malja in 1926 as the best team at the Finnish athletics championships .
Well-known athletes
Bandy:
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Rasmus Lindqvist (* 1979)
Athletics:
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Heikki Liimatainen (1894–1980)
Cycling:
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Harry Hannus (* 1949)
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Raul Hellberg (1900–1985)
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Ole Wackström (1932-2015)
Wrestling:
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Adolf Lindfors (1879–1959)
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Arthur Lindfors (1893-1977)
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Mikko Nordling (1906–1988)