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Nationality | Finnish |
Born | Jyväskylä, Finland | 3 June 1939
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Sport | Speed skating |
Jouko Launonen (born 3 June 1939) is a Finnish speed skater. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics. [1]
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a Slavic language-speaking country, as well as the only Winter Olympics held in a communist country before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games held in a communist country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Finland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 105 competitors, 99 men and 6 women, took part in 71 events in 16 sports.
Finland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The nation won all Nordic combined events, most notably Samppa Lajunen, in the individual events.
Jouko Sihveri Törmänen was a Finnish ski jumper.
Jouko Valdemar Vesterlund is a former speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Jouko Juhani Järvinen was a Finnish speed skater. He competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of fourth place over 1500 m in 1956 and fifth in 1960. In 1959 he won a world title, placing second at the European championships. The same year he set a world record over 1500 m (2:06.3) and was elected Finnish Sportspersonality of the year. His world record stood for seven years.
Jouko Johannes Salomäki is a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was nicknamed "Jokke" during his career.
Jouko Viitamäki is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Finland competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg. It was the country's third participation in the Paralympics, and it sent a significantly larger delegation than for the previous Games. In 1960 and in 1968, it had been represented by a single athlete; for the Heidelberg Games, it sent 24 athletes to compete in five sports: archery, athletics, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting. This was the first time Finnish women had competed at the Paralympics.
Georg Bertil Tallberg is a Finnish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He is married to Anna Slunga-Tallberg.
Jouko Lindgrén is a Finnish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.
Igman Olympic Jumps, also known as Malo Polje, is a defunct ski jumping hill on the mountain of Igman in Ilidža, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of a large hill with a construction point (K-point) of 112 meters (367 ft) and a normal hill with a K-point of 90 meters (295 ft). Construction started in 1980 and the venue opened in 1982 to host ski jumping and Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The large hill event saw Finland's Matti Nykänen set the hill record of 116.0 meters (381 ft) in front of 90,000 spectators. No other International Ski Federation (FIS) sanctioned competitions have taken place at the hills. During the Siege of Sarajevo, the hills became a battleground and have since not been used. However, there are plans to rebuild the in-run, expand the large hill and build new spectator stands and visitor facilities.
Jouko Alila is a Finnish former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Jouko Soini is a Finnish former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also played 1 friendly international for Finland in 1980. At club level he represented Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi for 10 seasons in Mestaruussarja before ending his career at FinnPa in Ykkönen.
Jouko Lindbergh is a Finnish boxer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he lost to Michael Carter of Great Britain.
The ice hockey team rosters at the 2002 Winter Olympics for the women's tournament consisted of the following players:
Jouko Jokinen is a Finnish speed skater. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Jouko Salakka is a Finnish speed skater. He competed in four events at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Jouko Matti Leppä is a retired Finnish super-heavyweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, and at every world championship between 1975 and 1980. His best result was fourth place at the 1972 Games.
Jouko Hietalahti is a Finnish sports shooter. He competed in two events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.