Jouko Salomäki
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| Full name | Jouko Johannes Salomäki | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1962 Kauhajoki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jouko Johannes Salomäki (born 26 August 1962 in Kauhajoki) is a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was nicknamed "Jokke" during his career.
Salomäki competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, in the welterweight class.[1] Salomäki won the World Championship in the same weight class in 1987.
References
[edit]- ^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling" Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 26, 2008)
External links
[edit]- Jouko Salomäki at the International Wrestling Database
- Jouko Salomäki at Olympics.com
- Jouko Salomäki at Olympedia
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- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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