Famous People with Name Jouko

Jouko Valdemar Vesterlund            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Jouko Valdemar Vesterlund: is a former speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Jouko Karjalainen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Jouko Karjalainen: a former Finnish nordic combined skier. He won two silver medals in the individual Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Winter Olympics.Karjalainen also has four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals, including two silvers (3 x 10 km team: 1982 (tied with Norway), 1984) and two bronzes (15 km individual and 3 x 10 km team: Both 1985).

Jouko Törmänen            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Jouko Törmänen: a former Finnish ski jumper who competed during the 1970's and early 1980's.His best known success was at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where he won a gold medal in the individual large hill event.

Jouko Veli Turkka            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Jouko Veli Turkka: a Finnish theatrical director and controversialist. As a teacher and later headmaster in the Helsinki school of theatre, Jouko Turkka created a whole generation of Finnish actors, and a recognisable style of acting.The method was to progressively search for a mental borderline state by psychic and physical exertion, and the result was frequently an acting performance characterised by actors shaking uncontrollably and spewing spit and snot and other bodily fluids around them. Some likened the method to brainwashing, or to those of religious cults.

Jouko Hassi            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Jouko Hassi: is a former Finnish sprinter. His club team was Oulun Pyrintö.He competed in 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships, but was eliminated in the heats on both occasions.