Janne Juhani Salmi (born 17 April 1969) is a Finnish

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competitor and world champion. He won the short distance at the

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, and a gold medal in the relay at the

2001 World Orienteering Championships The 2001 World Orienteering Championships, the 19th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Tampere, Finland, 26 July – 4 August 2001. The championships had eight events; sprint (new) for men and women, the classic distance (formerly ...

. He won a total of three individual world championship medals and four relay medals, and won the

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three times with the club Turun Suunnistajat. After his active career Salmi coached the Finnish national orienteering team between 2005 and 2010, and since 2020 he has been head coach for the Norwegian national team.

Sports career

Salmi won a silver medal in the classic distance at the

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, behind winner

Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson (born 4 December 1959) is a Swedish orienteer. He is one of the most successful Swedish orienteers of all times. Twice a winner of the World Orienteering Championships, he also won the 5 days O-Ringen in 1981 (at age 21), ...

. He was part of the Finnish relay team which won silver medals, and placed eleventh in the short distance. He won a gold medal in the short distance at the

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, as well as a second WOC silver medal in the relay. He had one race victory, winning the short distance in Slovakia, and placed ninth overall in the 1998

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. At the

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he won a bronze medal in the short distance, and his third WOC silver medal in the relay. At the

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he placed sixth in the long distance, and won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team. He won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2001 Open Nordic Orieneering Championships (NOC) in Finland. He also won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2003 NOC in Sweden. He placed ninth in the middle distance at the

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. Married to

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orienteer

Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi (born 9 July 1969) is a Switzerland, Swiss orienteering competitor and world champion. Career König-Salmi won the 2001 Sprint distance World Orienteering Championships, and is two times Relay World Champion, from 2003 and ...

. Salmi won the

in 1994, 1996 and 2001 with his club Turun Suunnistajat.

Coaching career

Salmi coached the Finnish national team from 2005 to 2010. He also worked some years as sports and development manager at a sports academy in

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. He was assigned head coach for the Norwegian national orienteering team in 2020, succeeding Jørgen Rostrup. In 2023 he extended his coaching engagement for three more years, until 2026.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salmi, Janne 1969 births Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Finnish sports coaches 20th-century Finnish sportsmen

Sports career

Coaching career

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