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 x 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
Seasons1990, 19922001, 20032006
Individual wins4
Team wins7
Indiv. podiums23
Team podiums21
Indiv. starts131
Team starts39
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2000)
Discipline titles1 – (1 MD: 2000)

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 
199223161222Bronze
19942523DNS6Bronze
1998291584Bronze

World Championships

  • 4 medals – (2 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
199122N/AN/ABronze
19932415N/A13N/A4
1995268N/ABronze9N/ASilver
19972814N/A61413N/ASilver
19993011N/A414N/A5
200132N/ADSQDSQ

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
19902140N/AN/AN/AN/A
19922322N/AN/AN/AN/A
19932422N/AN/AN/AN/A
199425N/AN/AN/AN/A
1995265N/AN/AN/AN/A
199627N/AN/AN/AN/A
1997286N/A16N/A6
1998295N/A5N/A9
1999308N/A15N/A
200031N/A1253
20013253N/AN/AN/A
20033478N/AN/AN/A
20043511979N/AN/A
200536N/AN/A
200637N/AN/A

Individual podiums

  • 4 victories
  • 23 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1993–94 21 December 1993 Toblach, Italy10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
2 1994–95 17 December 1994 Sappada, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
314 January 1995 Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
427 January 1995 Lahti, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
529 January 1995 Lahti, Finland15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup2nd
613 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada15 km Pursuit FWorld Championships[1]3rd
7 1995–96 29 November 1995 Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
817 December 1995 Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup2nd
914 January 1996 Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
102 February 1996 Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
113 March 1996 Lahti, Finland30 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
129 March 1996 Falun, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
1310 March 1996 Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
14 1996–97 23 November 1996 Kiruna, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1511 January 1997 Nagano, Japan10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
1612 January 1997 Nagano, Japan15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup3rd
17 1997–98 8 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
18 1998–99 13 December 1998 Toblach, Italy15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
1914 February 1999 Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
201999–005 February 2000 Lillehammer, Norway10 km + 10 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup1st
2116 February 2000 Ulrichen, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
2226 February 2000 Falun, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
2319 March 2000 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 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
2 1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
328 February 1992 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä / Hartonen / Räsänen
4 1993–94 22 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdMyllylä / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
54 March 1994 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
6 1994–95 18 December 1994 Sappada, Italy4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndRepo / Hartonen / Myllylä
715 January 1995 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
85 February 1995 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndRäsänen / Hartonen / Myllylä
917 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndHietamäki / Kirvesniemi / Räsänen
1026 March 1995 Sapporo, Japan4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKuusisto / Kirvesniemi / Repo
111995–9610 December 1995 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stHietamäki / Repo / Myllylä
1214 January 1996 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Myllylä / Kirvesniemi
133 February 1996 Seefeld, Austria12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdMyllylä
1417 March 1996 Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdPalolahti / Repo / Vuorenmaa
151996–9724 November 1996 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
168 December 1996 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stRepo / Kirvesniemi / Myllylä
1728 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Räsänen
18 1997–98 23 November 1997 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndKirvesniemi / Repo / Taipale
196 March 1998 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stKirvesniemi / Myllylä / Repo
2010 March 1998 Falun, Sweden10 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdPalolahti
21 1999–00 19 December 1999 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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