Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Cuevas

Juan Jesús Gutiérrez ( born June 26, 1969 in Reinosa ) is a former cross-country skier from Spain. He is the most successful Spanish cross-country skiers after the German-born Johann Mühlegg.

For the first time attention was Gutiérrez, when he unexpectedly ran into the world's best at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 and finished ninth over 50km was. This result he was at the 1995 World Championships in Thunder Bay ( Ontario) with sixth place - even improve - also about 50 km. In the World Cup, however, it took several years before the Spaniards could show such benefits. He was in the traditional 50 - km run around the Holmenkollen in Oslo sixth, in 2000 he reached the 72 - km run from Lamoura Mouthe in France with 3rd place its only World Cup podium finish in 1999. During his later sporting career, Gutiérrez concentrated on long distance races and cross-country ski runs. In 2002, he became the first Spaniard to Engadin Ski Marathon.

At Olympic Winter Games Juan Jesús Gutiérrez participated five times ( Albertville 1992, Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006). His best Olympic result he reached rank 17 in the 30-km mass start race. 2006 ended Gutiérrez with a 22nd place in the 50 - km - long run of Turin his athletic career.