Juha Mieto

Juha Iisakki Mieto ( born November 20, 1949 in Kurikka, Finland ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier and was from 2007 to 2011 Member of the Finnish Parliament.

Life and career

The 1.96 m wide Mieto dominated the Finnish cross-country, and in particular its parade route 15 km, for a decade and is still one of the most popular athletes of his country. In 1974 he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal.

In international competition Mieto was considered "eternal second " because he repeatedly fell just short of a victory in the big races. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, he lost the race over 15 km around a hundredth of a second against Thomas Wassberg. Wassberg advocated the division of the first place, because of the minimal projection and as he was thus at an advantage in that it was the time difference in the run- known (see Tracking). The IOC rejected this request in accordance with the rules from. After this race, the time measurement in cross-country skiing was limited to tenths of a second.

In the Finnish parliamentary elections in 2007 he was a candidate in the electoral district of Vaasa for the rural - liberal Finnish Centre Party and was elected as an MP. With 13,768 votes he received the seventh highest number of votes in the whole of Finland. In the subsequent elections in April 2011, however, he failed to enter parliament clearly.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games 1976 in Innsbruck: gold with the 4 x 10 km relay
  • Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid 1980: Silver 15 and 50 km, bronze in the 4 x 10 km relay
  • Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo in 1984: Bronze with 4 x 10 km relay
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 in Falun: Silver over 30 km
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 in Lahti: silver in the 4 x 10 km relay, bronze 50 km
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo: bronze in the 4 x 10 km relay
  • Cross Country World Cup: Winner 1976 and 1980, second in 1974 and 1977
Lake Placid, New York International Olympic Committee 1984 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 Ivar Formo Alexander Zavyalov Bill Koch (skier) Gunde Svan Per Elofsson Mathias Fredriksson Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer Petter Northug Martin Johnsrud Sundby List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Gunnar Eriksson Urpo Korhonen Fyodor Terentyev Toimi Alatalo Veikko Hakulinen Janne Stefansson Odd Martinsen Yuri Skobov Vasily Pavlovich Rochev Nikolay Zimyatov Benny Kohlberg Terje Langli Kristen Skjeldal Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Sture Sivertsen Anders Aukland Frode Estil Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi Daniel Richardsson Marcus Hellner List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Per-Erik Hedlund Nils-Joel Englund Veli Saarinen Mikko Husu Lars Bergendahl Eino Olkinuora Sture Grahn Gjermund Eggen Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause Ove Aunli Alois Stadlober Markus Gandler Christian Hoffmann Tor Arne Hetland Lars Berger
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