How to Pronounce Jarkko Ala-Huikku
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Jan 31, 1980 Seinäjoki, Finland 44 years old
Olympic wrestler
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About Jarkko Ala Huikku
- Jarkko Ala-Huikku (born January 31, 1980 in Seinäjoki) is an amateur Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's lightweight category.
- He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2007 European Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and gold at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships in Tampere.
- He is also a member of Ilmajoen Kisailijat Wrestling Club in Ilmajoki, and is coached and trained by Seppo Yli-Hannuksela, the father of two-time Olympic medalist Marko Yli-Hannuksela.At age twenty-eight, Ala-Huikku made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 60 kg class.
- He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Kyrgyzstan's Ruslan Tumenbaev, who was able to score seven points in two straight periods, leaving Ala-Huikku with a single point.At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ala-Huikku, however, lost again in the second preliminary match of men's 60 kg class to France's Tarik Belmadani, with a technical score of 0–4.Nowadays Ala-Huikku is working as sport journalist and commentator in Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE.
