The first sportsclub in Finland BSF (Segelföreningen i Björneborg) was initiated by Gustaf Sohlström in 1856, who got the inspiration while in England in Brighton sailing competition.
Porin Ässät are the ice hockey team that play in highest Finnish level, SM-liiga. They have won the championship twice (1971 and 1978). FC Jazz won the Finnish championship in football in 1993 and 1996.
Narukerä play in bandyliiga and have become Finnish champions once. In 2012 they reached the final.
Two Pori athletes, wrestler Kelpo Gröndahl and weightlifter Kaarlo Kangasniemi, have won the Olympic Gold medal.
The Pori Bears play American football in the SAJL. Mike Leach, coach of the Bears in 1989, is currently head coach of the Washington State Cougars of the NCAA.
In 2009 Mikko Salo won the annual CrossFit Games at Armoas, California declaring him "The fittest man on the planet".
Mors Principium Est, a melodic death metal band, is from Pori, Finland
