Juha Mieto
Finnish cross-country skier
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| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1949-11-20) 20 November 1949 (age 74) Kurikka, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Kurikan Ryhti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 3 – (1982–1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (18th in 1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
- 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
- 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
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 32 | 26 |
| 1983 | 33 | 28 |
| 1984 | 34 | 18 |
Individual podiums
- 1 podium
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1982–83 | 10 February 1983 |  Igman, Yugoslavia | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 2nd |
Team podiums
- 2 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981–82 | 25 February 1982 |  Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Championships[1] | 3rd | Härkönen / Karvonen / Kirvesniemi |
| 2 | 1983–84 | 16 February 1984 | 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
- ^ 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
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)
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- 1936:
Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN) - 1948:
Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE) - 1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
- 1956:
Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS) - 1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
- 1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
- 1968:
Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) - 1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
- 1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
- 1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
- 1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
- 1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
- 1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
- 1994:
Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA) - 1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
- 2006:
Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA) - 2010: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
- 2018: Didrik Tønseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
- 2022:
Aleksey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Sergey Ustiugov (ROC)
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