Jari Isometsä

Jari Olavi Isometsä (born 11 September 1968) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2006. He won three bronze medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998).

Jari Isometsä
Country Finland
Full nameJari Olavi Isometsä
Born (1968-09-11) 11 September 1968
Tornio, Finland
Ski clubAlatornion Pirkat
World Cup career
Seasons15 – (1990, 1992–2001, 2003–2006)
Individual wins4
Team wins7
Indiv. podiums23
Team podiums21
Indiv. starts131
Team starts39
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2000)
Discipline titles1 – (1 MD: 2000)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1992 Albertville4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1994 Lillehammer4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1998 Nagano4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1995 Thunder Bay4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place1997 Trondheim4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1991 Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1995 Thunder Bay10 km + 15 km
combined pursuit
Disqualified2001 Lahti10 km + 10 km
combined pursuit

Isometsä also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (4 × 10 km: 1995, 1997) and two bronzes (4 × 10 km: 1991, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995). In the World Cup, he took four victories in races between 10 km and 30 km.

Isometsä was among the six Finnish skiers who were caught of doping in the Finnish 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships scandal for taking hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a blood plasma expander usually used to cover up the use of erythropoietin (EPO) in athletes. He was stripped of his silver medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit and served a two-year suspension from the FIS, IOC, and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), effectively ending his career as a world-class skier.

In 2013, Isometsä received a six-month suspended sentence after the Helsinki District Court found that he had committed perjury when witnessing to the court in 2011 that he was unaware of any doping use in the 1990s.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games
  • 3 medals – (3 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1992231612—22Bronze
19942523DNS6—Bronze
1998291584—Bronze

World Championships
  • 4 medals – (2 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
199122——————Bronze
19932415—13———4
1995268—Bronze9——Silver
19972814—61413—Silver
19993011—4—14—5
200132—DSQDSQ————

Season standings
 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
19902140————
19922322————
19932422————
1994253rd place, bronze medalist(s)————
1995265————
1996273rd place, bronze medalist(s)————
1997286—16—6
1998295—5—9
1999308—15——
2000312nd place, silver medalist(s)—121st place, gold medalist(s)53
20013253————
20033478————
20043511979———
200536NCNC———
200637NCNC———

Individual podiums
  • 4 victories
  • 23 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1993–94 21 December 1993Italy Toblach, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
2 1994–95 17 December 1994Italy Sappada, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
314 January 1995Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
427 January 1995Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
529 January 1995Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup2nd
613 March 1995Canada Thunder Bay, Canada15 km Pursuit FWorld Championships[1]3rd
7 1995–96 29 November 1995Sweden Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
817 December 1995Italy Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup2nd
914 January 1996Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
102 February 1996Austria Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
113 March 1996Finland Lahti, Finland30 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
129 March 1996Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
1310 March 1996Sweden Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
14 1996–97 23 November 1996Sweden Kiruna, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1511 January 1997Japan Nagano, Japan10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
1612 January 1997Japan Nagano, Japan15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup3rd
17 1997–98 8 January 1998Austria Ramsau, Austria15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
18 1998–99 13 December 1998Italy Toblach, Italy15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
1914 February 1999Austria Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
201999–005 February 2000Norway Lillehammer, Norway10 km + 10 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup1st
2116 February 2000Switzerland Ulrichen, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
2226 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
2319 March 2000Italy Bormio, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup1st

Team podiums
  • 7 victories – (7 RL)
  • 21 podiums – (19 RL, 2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1990–91 15 February 1991Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
2 1991–92 18 February 1992France Albertville, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
328 February 1992Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä / Hartonen / Räsänen
4 1993–94 22 February 1994Norway Lillehammer, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdMyllylä / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
54 March 1994Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
6 1994–95 18 December 1994Italy Sappada, Italy4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndRepo / Hartonen / Myllylä
715 January 1995Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
85 February 1995Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndRäsänen / Hartonen / Myllylä
917 March 1995Canada Thunder Bay, Canada4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
1026 March 1995Japan Sapporo, Japan4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Repo
111995–9610 December 1995Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Repo / Myllylä
1214 January 1996Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Myllylä / Kirvesniemi
133 February 1996Austria Seefeld, Austria12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä
1417 March 1996Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdPalolahti / Repo / Vuorenmaa
151996–9724 November 1996Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
168 December 1996Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
1728 February 1997Norway Trondheim, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Räsänen
18 1997–98 23 November 1997Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Repo / Taipale
196 March 1998Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
2010 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdPalolahti
21 1999–00 19 December 1999Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndImmonen / Myllylä / Kirvesniemi

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
  1. Passi, Minna (18 October 2013). "Ex-hiihtäjille ehdollista dopingjupakasta – oikeuden mukaan kolmikko käytti kiellettyjä aineita". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. "Athlete : ISOMETSAE Jari". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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