Jari Isometsä

Jari Isometsä
Full name Jari Olavi Isometsä
Born (1968-09-11) 11 September 1968
Tornio, Finland
Ski club Alatornion Pirkat
World Cup career
Seasons 1990–2001, 2003–2006
Individual wins 4
Indiv. podiums 23
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
1992 Albertville 4 x 10 km
1994 Lillehammer 4 x 10 km
1998 Nagano 4 x 10 km
World Championships
1995 Thunder Bay 4 x 10 km
1997 Trondheim 4 x 10 km
1991 Val di Fiemme 4 x 10 km
1995 Thunder Bay 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit
Disqualified 2001 Lahti 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit

Jari Olavi Isometsä (born 11 September 1968) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2006. He won three bronze medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998).

Isometsä also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (4 x 10 km: 1995, 1997) and two bronzes (4 x 10 km: 1991, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995). In the World Cup, he took four victories in races between 10 km and 30 km.

Isometsä was among the six Finnish skiers who were caught of doping in the Finnish 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships scandal for taking hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander usually used to cover up the use of erythropoietin (EPO) in athletes. He was stripped of his silver medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit and served a two-year suspension from the FIS, IOC, and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), effectively ending his career as a world-class skier.

In 2013, Isometsä received a 6-month suspended sentence after the Helsinki District Court found that he had committed perjury when witnessing to the court in 2011 that he was unaware of any doping use in the 1990s.[1]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Individual podiums

  • 4 victories
  • 23 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1993–94 21 December 1993Italy Toblach, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
2 1994–95 17 December 1994Italy Sappada, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
314 January 1995Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
427 January 1995Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
529 January 1995Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup2nd
613 March 1995Canada Thunder Bay, Canada15 km Pursuit FWorld Championships[1]3rd
7 1995–96 29 November 1995Sweden Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
817 December 1995Italy Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup2nd
914 January 1996Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
102 February 1996Austria Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
113 March 1996Finland Lahti, Finland30 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
129 March 1996Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
1310 March 1996Sweden Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
14 1996–97 23 November 1996Sweden Kiruna, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1511 January 1997Japan Nagano, Japan10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
1612 January 1997Japan Nagano, Japan15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup3rd
17 1997–98 8 January 1998Austria Ramsau, Austria15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
18 1998–99 13 December 1998Italy Toblach, Italy15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
1914 February 1999Austria Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
201999–005 February 2000Norway Lillehammer, Norway10 km + 10 km Duathlon C/FWorld Cup1st
2116 February 2000Switzerland Ulrichen, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
2226 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
2319 March 2000Italy Bormio, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup1st

Team podiums

  • 7 victories – (7 RL)
  • 21 podiums – (19 RL, 2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1990–91 15 February 1991Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Championships[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
2 1991–92 18 February 1992France Albertville, France4 x 10 km Relay MOlympic Games[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
328 February 1992Finland Lahti, Finland4 x 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä / Hartonen / Räsänen
4 1993–94 22 February 1994Norway Lillehammer, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MOlympic Games[1]3rdMyllylä / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
54 March 1994Finland Lahti, Finland4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
6 1994–95 18 December 1994Italy Sappada, Italy4 x 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndRepo / Hartonen / Myllylä
715 January 1995Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
85 February 1995Sweden Falun, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndRäsänen / Hartonen / Myllylä
917 March 1995Canada Thunder Bay, Canada4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Championships[1]2ndHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
1026 March 1995Japan Sapporo, Japan4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Repo
111995–9610 December 1995Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Repo / Myllylä
1214 January 1996Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Myllylä / Kirvesniemi
133 February 1996Austria Seefeld, Austria12 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä
1417 March 1996Norway Oslo, Norway4 x 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdPalolahti / Repo / Vuorenmaa
151996–9724 November 1996Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
168 December 1996Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
1728 February 1997Norway Trondheim, Norway4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Championships[1]2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Räsänen
18 1997–98 23 November 1997Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Repo / Taipale
196 March 1998Finland Lahti, Finland4 x 10 km Relay MWorld Cup1stKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
2010 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdPalolahti
21 1999–00 19 December 1999Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 x 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndImmonen / Myllylä / Kirvesniemi

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

  1. ↑ Passi, Minna (18 October 2013). "Ex-hiihtäjille ehdollista dopingjupakasta – oikeuden mukaan kolmikko käytti kiellettyjä aineita". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Athlete : ISOMETSAE Jari". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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