Juhani Salmenkylä
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's orienteering | ||
Representing  Finland
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| World Championships | ||
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1966 Fiskars | Relay |
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1968 Linköping | Relay |
| European Championships | ||
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1964 Le Brassus | Relay |
Juhani Salmenkylä (8 March 1932 – 4 May 2022)[1] was a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion, basketball player, coach, referee and contributor. He was born in Helsinki. In orienteering he won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus.[2]
Orienteering
[edit]Salmenkylä received a silver medal in the relay at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships with the Finnish team, and again in 1968.[3]
His daughter Leena Salmenkylä was World Champion in relay in 1979.[4]
He won the Jukola relay seven times, winning first at the second edition in 1950 at the age of 18 and winning last in 1970 at the age of 38.[5] He also won the second edition of O-Ringen in 1966.
Basketball
[edit]Salmenkylä impacted Finnish basketball with large radius. As a player, he won seven national championships. As a referee he participated in many tournaments abroad, including the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was also a top tier coach in Finland, and served as the head of Finnish Basketball Association in 1969–1972.[6][7]
In August 2015 Salmenkylä was inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Monipuolinen urheilumies Juhani Salmenkylä on kuollut". Yle Urheilu. Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000- Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 4 June 2008)
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 4 June 2008)
- ^ "Juhani Salmenkylä. Who is Who". WMOC 2008 Portugal. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
- ^ "Jukola Relay winners 1949-". Jukola.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Juhani Salmenkylä". Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Juhani Salmenkylä". baskethotel.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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