Jouko Johannes Salomäki (born 26 August 1962 in Kauhajoki) is a

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and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was nicknamed "Jokke" during his career. Salomäki competed at the

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where he received the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, in the ''welterweight'' class."1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 26, 2008) Salomäki won the World Championship in the same weight class in 1987.

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* 1962 births Living people People from Kauhajoki Olympic wrestlers of Finland Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub