Jorma Kontio
Finnish harness racing driver
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| Intro | Finnish harness racing driver | ||
| Places | Finland | ||
| is | Equestrian Driver | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 7 August 1953, Oulu, Finland | ||
| Age | 71 years | ||
| Star sign | Leo | ||
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Biography
Erkki Jorma Kontio (born August 7, 1953 in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish Harness racing driver. With more than 10 000 wins, he is the most victorious harness driver in Scandinavia.
Kontio started his career in late 1960's. Since 2000 he has lived in Sweden. Kontio's daughter Anna-Julia Kontio is a successful Finnish equestrian in Show jumping.
Major racing wins
- Finnish Trotting Derby: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2011
- Finnish Trotting Criterium: 1975, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2010
- The Finlandia Race: 1985, 1986, 2007
- Kuninkuusravit: 2015
- Swedish Trotting Derby: 2008, 2016
- Swedish Trotting Criterium: 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017
- Hugo Åbergs Memorial: 1995
- Åby Stora Pris: 1993, 2001, 2013
- European Trotting Derby: 1992, 2016
- 3-year-old European Championship: 2014
- 5-year-old European Championship: 1994, 2017
- Grand critérium de vitesse de la Côte d'Azur: 1995, 2008
- Grand Prix du Sud-Ouest: 1996, 2000
- Critérium Continental: 2004
- Gran Premio Tino Triossi: 2001, 2005
- Gran Premio Orsi Mangelli: 2003
- Gran Premio delle Nazioni: 2008, 2009
- Premio Costa Azurra: 1995, 1999
- Grote Prijs der Giganten: 1985, 1986, 1993
- Graf Kalman Hunyady Memorial: 1998, 2000
- Copenhagen Cup: 1992
- Grosser Preis von Bild Hamburg: 1986, 1995