Juha saloons

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Juha Heikki Salonen (born October 16, 1961 in Loimaa ) is a former Finnish judoka . He was European champion in 1989 and third in the world championship in 1981.

Athletic career

The 1.84 m tall Juha Salonen competed in the heavyweight and open classes. In 1979 and 1980 he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the European Junior Championships. At the 1981 World Championships in Maastricht, he lost to the Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashita in the heavyweight round of 16 . With three wins in the round of hope, Salonen fought his way to the bronze medal, in the battle for bronze he defeated the South Korean Cho Yong-chul . In the open class, he left the GDR in his first fight against Mathias Schultz . In 1982, Salonen took seventh place in the heavyweight division at the European Championships in Rostock . The following year he was eliminated in his first heavyweight fight at the 1983 European Championships in Paris. In the open class he defeated Fred Olhorn from the GDR and in the quarterfinals the Italian Marino Beccacece . After his semi-final defeat against Belgian Robert van de Walle , Salonen defeated Swiss Clemens Jehle in the battle for bronze . At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Salonen competed in the open class. He lost his only fight against the Romanian Mihai Cioc after 3:33 minutes.

In 1985 at the European Championships in Hamar, Salonen lost to the German Alexander von der Groeben in the heavyweight semi-finals , and he won the battle for bronze against the Bulgarian Dimitar Saprjanow . Against Sapryanov he retired three days later in the first fight in the open class. At the 1985 World Championships , Salonen retired in the heavyweight division against Sapryanov and in the open class against the French Christian Vachon . In 1986 Salonen took second place in the open class at the World Student Championships. In 1987 he retired early from both the European Championships in Paris and the World Championships in Essen . At the European Championships in Pamplona in 1988 , Salonen took fifth place in the heavyweight division. The open class was no longer on the program at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Salonen won his first two heavyweight bouts against the Chinese Xu Guoqing and Steve Cohen from the United States. In the quarterfinals he lost to Henry Stöhr from the GDR prematurely and in the round of hope he lost to the Hungarian István Dubrovszky .

In 1989 the European Championships took place in Helsinki. Salonen won the open class in front of their home crowd; he defeated the Hungarian László Tolnai in the quarter -finals, the Belgian Harry Van Barneveld in the semifinals and Frank Möller from the GDR in the final . At the European Championships in 1990 Salonen took seventh place in the open class. In 1991 at the World Championships in Barcelona Salonen competed in the heavyweight division. In the second round he defeated Frank Möller, in the quarterfinals he lost to Igor Müller from Luxembourg. With wins in the hopes over the Spaniard Ernesto Pérez and Harry Van Barneveld, Salonen reached the battle for bronze, which he lost to the Japanese Naoya Ogawa . In 1992 Juha Salonen competed at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. After 4:44 minutes against the Dutchman Dennis Raven , Salonen was eliminated.

Salonen won eight Finnish heavyweight championship titles: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991 and 1993.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 956
  3. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 109
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 424
  6. ↑ Career overview at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Saloons, Juha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salonen, Juha Heikki (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish judoka
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Loimaa