Juha Mieto
Juha Iisakki Mieto (born November 20, 1949 in Kurikka , Finland ) is a former Finnish cross-country skier and was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2007 to 2011 .
life and career
The 1.96 m tall Mieto dominated Finnish cross-country skiing, especially on his parade route 15 km, for a decade and is still one of the most popular athletes in his country. In 1974 he was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal .
In the international competition, Mieto was considered the "eternal runner-up" because he narrowly missed a victory several times in major races. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid , he lost a hundredth of a second against Thomas Wassberg in the 15 km race . Wassberg pleaded for the division of first place because of the minimal lead and because he had the advantage that he knew the time difference in the final sprint (see pursuit ). The IOC rejected this request according to the rules. 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 ran in the constituency of Vaasa for the rural-liberal Finnish Center Party and was elected as a member of parliament. With 13,768 votes, it received the seventh most votes in all of Finland. In the subsequent elections in April 2011, however, he clearly failed to enter parliament.
successes
- 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck : Gold with the 4 × 10 km relay
- Olympic Winter Games 1980 in Lake Placid : silver over 15 and 50 km, bronze with the 4 × 10 km relay
- 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo : Bronze with the 4 × 10 km relay
- Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 in Falun : Silver over 30 km
- Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 in Lahti : silver with the 4 × 10 km relay, bronze over 50 km
- Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo : Bronze with the 4 × 10 km relay
- Cross-country World Cup : Winner 1976 and 1980, runner-up 1974 and 1977
Web links
- Juha Mieto in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Juha Mieto in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Official election homepage (Finnish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juha Mieto nousi urheilumaailman ääniharavaksi (Finnish)
- ↑ Tiura, Väyrynen, Linden ja Mieto putosivat (Finnish)
1936: Nurmela , Karppinen , Lähde , Jalkanen | 1948: Östensson , Täpp , Eriksson , Lindström | 1952: Hasu , Lonkila , Korhonen , Mäkelä | 1956: Terentjew , Kolchin , Anikin , Kusin | 1960: Alatalo , Mäntyranta , Huhtala , Hakulinen | 1964: Asph , Jernberg , Stefansson , Rönnlund | 1968: Martinsen , Tyldum , Grønningen , Ellefsæter | 1972: Voronkov , Skobow , Simaschow , Wedenin | 1976: Pitkänen , Mieto , Teurajärvi , Koivisto | 1980: Rotschew , Baschukow , Beljajew , Simjatow | 1984: Wassberg , Kohlberg , Ottosson , Svan | 1988: Ottosson , Wassberg , Svan , Mogren | 1992: Langli , Ulvang , Skjeldal , Dæhlie | 1994: De Zolt , Albarello , Vanzetta , Fauner | 1998: Sivertsen , Jevne , Dæhlie , Alsgaard | 2002: Aukland , Estil , Skjeldal , Alsgaard | 2006: Valbusa , Di Centa , Piller Cottrer , Zorzi | 2010: Richardsson , Olsson , Södergren , Hellner | 2014: Nelson , Richardsson , Olsson , Hellner | 2018: Tønseth , Sundby , Krüger , Klæbo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mieto, Juha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mieto, Juha Iisakki (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cross-country skier and politician, member of the Reichstag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kurikka , Finland |