Markku Helminen

{{short description|Finnish speedway rider}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name = Markku Helminen

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| nationality = Finnish

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|10|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lahti, Finland

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| death_date = {{death date|2016|3||df=y}}

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| career1 = Finland

| years2= 197?-1976

| career2 = Salpausselan

| career3 = Great Britain

| years4 = 1977

| career4 = Wolverhampton Wolves

| years5 = 1977

| career5 = Leicester Lions

}}

Iiro Markku Verner Helminen (16 October 1946 – March 2016),{{Cite web|url=http://leicesterlions.co/category/news/news-announcement/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705131905/http://leicesterlions.co/category/news/news-announcement/|archive-date=2013-07-05|title=WELCOME - Leicester Lions Speedway - Official Website}} better known simply as Markku Helminen, was a Finnish former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 3 caps for the Finland national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=5 September 2024}}