Finnish cross-country skier

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 compe*ions. Mieto was selected as the Finnish flag bearer at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

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.

After retiring from compe*ions 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 cons*uency. He was elected with 13,768 votes, which was the seventh best result in Finland that year.

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 links

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 5 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

World Championships

• 4 medals – (2 silver, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 1 podium

Team podiums

• 2 podiums

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

External links

• Media related to Juha Mieto at Wikimedia Commons
• Juha Mieto at the International Ski 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)