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Full name | Jouko Johannes Salomäki | |||||||||
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Kauhajoki, Finland |
26 August 1962 |||||||||
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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. Salomäki won the World Championship in the same weight class in 1987.