Janne Salmi

Janne Juhani Salmi (born 17 April 1969) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. He won the short distance at the 1997 World Orienteering Championships, and a gold medal in the relay at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships. He won a total of three individual world championship medals and four relay medals, and won the Jukola relay 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 1995 World Orienteering Championships, behind winner Jörgen Mårtensson. He was part of the Finnish relay team which won silver medals, and placed eleventh in the short distance.

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 Turku. 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.