Juha Mieto

Juha Mieto
Juha Mieto in November 2014
Born	(1949-11-20) 20 November 1949 Kurikka, Finland
Ski club	Kurikan Ryhti
World Cup career
Seasons	1982–1984
Individual wins	0
Indiv. podiums	1
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	0
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

Juha Iisakki Mieto (born 20 November 1949 in Kurikka) is a Finnish former cross-country skier. 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 (1978), and bronzes in the 15 km (1978) and the 4×10 km (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]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[3]

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	Teammate(s)
1	1981–82	25 February 1982	Oslo, Norway	4 x 10 km Relay	World Championships[1]	3rd	Härkönen / Karvonen / Kirvesniemi
2	1983–84	16 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	4 x 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

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)