Full name: Jouko Johannes Salomäki
Nickname(s): Jokke
Gender: Male
Height: 5-8.5 (174 cm)
Weight: 172 lbs (78 kg)
Born: August 26, 1962 in Kauhajoki, Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Finland
Affiliations: Nurmon Jymy, Nurmo, Seinäjoki (FIN)
Country: Finland
Sport: Wrestling
Medals: 1 Gold (1 Total)
Along with [Tapio Sipilä], Jouko Salomäki was the most decorated Finnish wrestler in the 1980s. Wrestling as a Greco-Roman welterweight most of his career, Salomäki won the 1984 Olympic title and a 1987 World title. He also won bronze at the 1983 and 1985 World Championships, silver at the 1987 European Championships and bronze at the 1986 European Championships. Salomäki earned two Nordic titles (1982, 1984), one Finnish Greco-Roman flyweight title (1977) and seven Finnish Greco-Roman welterweight titles (1980, 1982-85, 1987, 1989). In 1990, at Helsinki Airport, Salomäki was arrested in possession of anabolic steroids, with 200 tablets and 40 ampules found in his luggage, and received a two-year ban from sports, which effectively ended his wrestling career. After his retirement, Salomäki founded earthmoving equipment dealer company E-P Maansiirtokone OY, which sells Hitachi heavy earthmoving equipment. |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
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1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman | Finland | FIN | 1 | Gold | |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman | Finland | FIN | AC |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | CP | MR | RE |
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1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Final Standings | 1 | 1984-07-31 | |||||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Final Round | Match 1/2 | 1 | 1984-08-02 | Salomäki (FIN) decision (5-4), Tallroth (SWE) | |||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Final | 1 | 1984-08-01 | 4,0 | ||||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Final | Match #2 | 2 | 1984-08-01 | Kasap (YUG) decision (5-1), Salomäki (FIN) | 1,0 | ||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Final | Match #3 | 1 | 1984-08-01 | Salomäki (FIN) criteria (6:00), Rusu (ROU) | 3,0 | ||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Four | 1 | 1984-08-01 | 14,0 | ||||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Four | Match #2 | 1 | 1984-08-01 | Salomäki (FIN) grand superiority (3:50), Hamad (EGY) | 4,0 | ||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Three | 1 | 1984-07-31 | 10,0 | ||||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Three | Match #1 | 1 | 1984-07-31 | Salomäki (FIN) decision (3-0), Stuebing (CAN) | 3,0 | ||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Two | 2 | 1984-07-31 | 7,0 | ||||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Two | Match #2 | 1 | 1984-07-31 | Salomäki (FIN) criteria (6:00), Rusu (ROU) | 3,0 | ||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round One | 1T | 1984-07-31 | 4,0 | ||||
1984 Summer | 21 | Los Angeles | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round One | Match #2 | 1 | 1984-07-31 | Salomäki (FIN) decision (12-0) (1:23), Faris (IRQ) | 4,0 | ||
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Final Standings | AC | 1988-09-19 | 2,0 | Eliminated r2/6 Group B | |||
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Two | 7 | 1988-09-19 | 2,0 | ||||
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round Two | Match #2 | 2 | 1988-09-19 | Mischler (FRA) decision (4-3), Salomäki (FIN) | 1,0 | ||
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round One | 6T | 1988-09-19 | 1,0 | ||||
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Wrestling | Finland | FIN | Group B - Round One | Match #1 | 2 | 1988-09-19 | Tallroth (SWE) decision (7-5), Salomäki (FIN) | 1,0 |