Jouko Salomäki
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| Full name | Jouko Johannes Salomäki | |||||||||
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26 August 1962 Kauhajoki, Finland | |||||||||
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Jouko Johannes Salomäki (born August 26, 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
- ↑ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on August 26, 2008)