Heikki Mikkola

Heikki Antero Mikkola, born in 1945, is a Finnish former professional motocross racer and motocross team manager. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1967 to 1979, mainly with the Husqvarna factory team, and became the first competitor to win both the 250cc and the 500cc world championships. In the 1970s he challenged Roger De Coster for supremacy in the 500cc class, and after twelve seasons with Husqvarna he joined Yamaha and won two more 500cc world titles. Nicknamed the Flying Finn, he later managed a Yamaha race team and was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2006 and named an FIM Legend in 2015.