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Juha Salminen (2011)

Juha Salminen (born September 27, 1976 in Vantaa ) is a Finnish enduro athlete . He is eight-time class world champion , five-time overall world champion and was a member of the victorious trophy team at the international six-day race five times .

Athletic career

His first sporting success was winning the Finnish junior championship in trials . Three years later he became the national junior enduro champion. In the same year he was part of the victorious junior team in the international six-day race . The following year he was part of the trophy team, which drove to second place. In 1998 he was accepted into the KTM factory team. In the same year he was third in the world championship in the two-stroke class up to 125 cm³ and was a member of the trophy team that won the Six Days in Traralgon (Australia). The following year he became world champion in the class up to 125 cm³. He was able to successfully defend this title in 2000 and was also world champion of all classes. In 2001 he drove in the class up to 250 cc two-stroke, where he also won the world title and defended his overall world title. This he succeeded in the following year when he drove in the class up to 400 cm³ four-stroke. This year the Finnish team also managed to win another trophy at the Six Days. He also became a Finnish motocross champion. In 2003 and 2004 the enduro successes were repeated. In 2003 Salminen drove in the 500 cm³ four-stroke class and in 2004 in the newly created E2 class (up to 250 cm³ two-stroke / 450 cm³ four-stroke). The following year he was looking for a new challenge. He moved to America and competed in the Grand National Cross Country series, which he won in 2005 and 2006. He was the first non-American to receive the AMA award for his success . In 2006 was again a member of the victorious trophy team at the Six Days. For 2007 he moved back to Europe and became world champion in class E1 (up to 125 cm³ two-stroke / 250 cm³ four-stroke). In 2008 he moved to class E2 and finished second behind Johnny Aubert . For the 2009 season he switched to BMW. In 2011 he became world champion in the E1 class on the Husqvarna belonging to the BMW group . With the Finnish national team, he won the trophy at the international six-day race in Kotka-Hamina .

Sporting successes

1993

national junior champion in trials

1996

national junior champion in enduro sport

Winning team ISDE -Junior-Trophy

1997

3rd ISDE World Trophy

1998

3rd Enduro World Championship class 125 cc two-stroke

Winning team ISDE World Trophy

Winner of the German Enduro Championship

1999

Winner Enduro World Championship class 125 cc two-stroke

2000

Winner Enduro World Championship class 125 cc two-stroke

Overall winner of the Enduro World Championship

Winner team of the Finnish Trial Team Championship

Winner of the Spanish Enduro Championship

2001

Winner Enduro World Championship class 250 cc two-stroke

Overall winner of the Enduro World Championship

Winner team of the Finnish Trial Team Championship

Winner of the Spanish Enduro Championship

Winner of the European Motocross Championship

2002

Winner Enduro World Championship class 400 cc four-stroke

Overall winner of the Enduro World Championship

Winning team ISDE World Trophy

Winner of the Finnish Motocross Championship (open class)

Winner of the Spanish Enduro Championship

2003

Winner Enduro World Championship class over 400 cc four-stroke

Overall winner of the Enduro World Championship

Winning team ISDE World Trophy

2004

Winner Enduro World Championship class E2

Overall winner of the Enduro World Championship

Winning team ISDE World Trophy

2005

Grand National Cross Country Series Winner

Winner team of the Finnish Trial Team Championship

2006

Winning team ISDE World Trophy

Best driver in the International Six Day Ride

Grand National Cross Country Series Winner

2007

Winner Enduro World Championship class E1

2011

Winner Enduro World Championship class E1

Winning team ISDE World Trophy

literature

• Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau . The story of an off-road motorcycle ride. tape 1 . Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, Marienberg 2004, ISBN 3-931770-49-4 , p. 143 ff .
• Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau . The story of an off-road motorcycle ride. tape 2 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036705-2 , p. 23 ff .
• Steffen Ottinger: International six-day race 2012 . The story since 1913. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 87 ff .

Web links

Commons : Juha Salminen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of Juha Salminen