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Jani Kallunki (born 5 November 1975) is a retired
Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...
Paralympic judoka who competed in international level events, he also participated in goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics where he won the gold medal for his country. He is a double Paralympic bronze medalist, a European champion and a World bronze medalist. Kallunki was born in Sweden to Finnish parents, he started
wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
when he was six years old. He then switched to goalball aged sixteen and played for the national team who won the gold medal at the
1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...
. Kallunki retired from sport in 2014 after a 30 year sporting career due to a relapsed neck injury from the 2012 IBSA World Judo Championships.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallunki, Jani 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Vantaa Finnish male judoka Paralympic goalball players of Finland Goalball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swedish emigrants to Finland