Juhani Salmenkylä

Juhani Salmenkylä (8 March 1932 – 4 May 2022)[1] was a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion, basketball player, coach, referee and contributor. He was born in Helsinki. In orienteering he won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus.[2]

Juhani Salmenkylä
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Fiskars Relay
Silver medal – second place 1968 Linköping Relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 Le Brassus Relay

Orienteering

Salmenkylä received a silver medal in the relay at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships with the Finnish team, and again in 1968.[3]

His daughter Leena Salmenkylä was World Champion in relay in 1979.[4]

Basketball

Salmenkylä impacted Finnish basketball with large radius. As a player, he won seven national championships. As a referee he participated in many tournaments abroad, including the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was also a top tier coach in Finland, and served as the head of Finnish Basketball Association in 1969–1972.[5][6]

In August 2015 Salmenkylä was inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Monipuolinen urheilumies Juhani Salmenkylä on kuollut". Yle Urheilu. Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000- Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 4 June 2008)
  3. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 4 June 2008)
  4. "Juhani Salmenkylä. Who is Who". WMOC 2008 Portugal. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  5. "Juhani Salmenkylä". Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. "Juhani Salmenkylä". baskethotel.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. "Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen". Finnish Basketball Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.


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