Juha Iisakki Mieto (born 20 November 1949) is a Finnish former cross-country skier, who was born in Kurikka. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won five medals, including a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay in 1976. He also placed fourth three times, losing the 15 km bronze medal in 1972 by 0.06 seconds. He finished second in this event in 1980 in the closest-ever margin of victory in Olympic cross-country skiing, 0.01 seconds, which led the International Ski Federation (FIS) to round all of their times to the nearest 1/10 second in future competitions.[1] Mieto was selected as the Finnish flag bearer at the 1972 Winter Olympics.[2]
Mieto won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, with silvers in the 30 km (1974) and the 4 × 10 km relay (1978), and bronzes in the 15 km (1978) and the 4 × 10 km relay (1982, tied with East Germany). His biggest success as a cross-country skier was at the Holmenkollen ski festival where he won the 50 km once (1973) and the 15 km five times (1973–1975, 1977–1978). He received the Holmenkollen medal in 1974.[1]
After retiring from competitions in 1984 Mieto worked in public relations for several organizations, including Nordea Bank, Kuortane Sports Resort and World Vision. In the 2007 Finnish parliament elections he was a Centre Party candidate in Vaasa constituency. He was elected with 13,768 votes, which was the seventh best result in Finland that year.[1]
Note:1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
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^ abcEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
– click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
(in Finnish)
January 01, 1970
juha, mieto, juha, iisakki, mieto, born, november, 1949, finnish, former, cross, country, skier, born, kurikka, competed, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, olympics, five, medals, including, gold, medal, relay, 1976, also, placed, fourth, three, times, losing, bronze, m. Juha Iisakki Mieto born 20 November 1949 is a Finnish former cross country skier who was born in Kurikka He competed in the 1972 1976 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won five medals including a gold medal in the 4 10 km relay in 1976 He also placed fourth three times losing the 15 km bronze medal in 1972 by 0 06 seconds He finished second in this event in 1980 in the closest ever margin of victory in Olympic cross country skiing 0 01 seconds which led the International Ski Federation FIS to round all of their times to the nearest 1 10 second in future competitions 1 Mieto was selected as the Finnish flag bearer at the 1972 Winter Olympics 2 Juha MietoJuha Mieto in February 2019Country FinlandBorn 1949 11 20 20 November 1949 age 74 Kurikka FinlandSki clubKurikan RyhtiWorld Cup careerSeasons3 1982 1984 Starts11Podiums1Wins0Overall titles0 18th in 1984 Medal record Men s cross country skiing Representing Finland Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 4 10 km relay 1980 Lake Placid 15 km 1980 Lake Placid 50 km 1980 Lake Placid 4 10 km relay 1984 Sarajevo 4 10 km relay World Championships 1974 Falun 30 km 1978 Lahti 4 10 km relay 1978 Lahti 15 km 1982 Oslo 4 10 km relay Mieto won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with silvers in the 30 km 1974 and the 4 10 km relay 1978 and bronzes in the 15 km 1978 and the 4 10 km relay 1982 tied with East Germany His biggest success as a cross country skier was at the Holmenkollen ski festival where he won the 50 km once 1973 and the 15 km five times 1973 1975 1977 1978 He received the Holmenkollen medal in 1974 1 After retiring from competitions in 1984 Mieto worked in public relations for several organizations including Nordea Bank Kuortane Sports Resort and World Vision In the 2007 Finnish parliament elections he was a Centre Party candidate in Vaasa constituency He was elected with 13 768 votes which was the seventh best result in Finland that year 1 Contents 1 Cross country skiing results 1 1 Olympic Games 1 2 World Championships 1 3 World Cup 1 3 1 Season standings 1 3 2 Individual podiums 1 3 3 Team podiums 2 References 3 External linksCross country skiing results edit nbsp Mieto at the 1978 Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo Norway All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation FIS 3 Olympic Games edit 5 medals 1 gold 2 silver 2 bronze Year Age 15 km 30 km 50 km 4 10 km relay 1972 22 4 5 1976 26 10 4 34 Gold 1980 30 Silver 7 Silver Bronze 1984 34 4 8 10 Bronze World Championships edit 4 medals 2 silver 2 bronze Year Age 15 km 30 km 50 km 4 10 km relay 1974 24 4 Silver 4 1978 28 Bronze 7 44 Silver 1982 32 6 5 Bronze World Cup edit Season standings edit Season Age Overall 1982 32 26 1983 33 28 1984 34 18 Individual podiums edit 1 podium No Season Date Location Race Level Place 1 1982 83 10 February 1983 nbsp Igman Yugoslavia 15 km Individual World Cup 2nd Team podiums edit 2 podiums No Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates 1 1981 82 25 February 1982 nbsp Oslo Norway 4 10 km Relay World Championships 1 3rd Harkonen Karvonen Kirvesniemi 2 1983 84 16 February 1984 nbsp Sarajevo Yugoslavia 4 10 km Relay Olympic Games 1 3rd Ristanen Kirvesniemi Karvonen Note 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system References edit a b c Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Juha Mieto Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Finland sports reference com Athlete MIETO Juha FIS Ski International Ski Federation Retrieved 24 April 2018 External links edit nbsp Media related to Juha Mieto at Wikimedia Commons Juha Mieto at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Holmenkollen medalists click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file in Norwegian Holmenkollen winners since 1892 click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file in Norwegian Official home page in Finnish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juha Mieto amp oldid 1200934153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
