Juha Mieto
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kurikka, Finland | 20 November 1949|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Kurikan Ryhti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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
Holmenkollen medal in 1974.[1]
After retiring from competitions in 1984 Mieto worked in public relations for several organizations, including
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 |
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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 |
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1974 | 24 | 4 | Silver | — | 4 |
1978 | 28 | Bronze | 7 | 44 | Silver |
1982 | 32 | 6 | 5 | — | Bronze |
World Cup
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall |
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1982 | 32 | 26 |
1983 | 33 | 28 |
1984 | 34 | 18 |
Individual podiums
- 1 podium
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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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 |
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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)