Juhani Salmenkylä Explained

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]

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

• Finnish orienteers
• List of orienteers
• List of orienteering events

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monipuolinen urheilumies Juhani Salmenkylä on kuollut. Yle Urheilu. 4 May 2022. Yleisradio Oy. Helsinki. 4 May 2022.
2. http://old.orientering.no/resultater/emres.asp European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-
3. http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
4. Web site: Juhani Salmenkylä. Who is Who. WMOC 2008 Portugal. 14 January 2009.
5. Web site: Juhani Salmenkylä. Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame. 29 August 2015. https://archive.today/20150829162240/http://www.koripallomuseo.fi/index.php/hof/208. 29 August 2015. dead.
6. Web site: Juhani Salmenkylä. baskethotel.com. 29 August 2015.
7. Web site: Airas, Finneman, Pounds ja Salmenkylä Suomi-koriksen Hall of Fameen. Finnish Basketball Association. 29 August 2015.