Jari Isometsä
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1995 Thunder Bay | 4 x 10 km | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1995 Thunder Bay | 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit | |
| Disqualified | 2001 Lahti | 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit | |
Jari Olavi Isometsä (born September 11, 1968 in Alatornio) was a Finnish 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).
Isometsä also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two silvers (4 x 10 km: 1995, 1997) and two bronzes (4 x 10 km: 1991, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995). He also won 18 FIS World Cup races between 10 km and 30 km during 1993-2005.
Isometsä's career was tarnished at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships when he was among six skiers (All Finnish) who were disqualified for doping by taking hydroxyetyhl starch, a blood plasma expander. He would be stripped of his silver medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit and serve a two year suspension from the FIS, IOC, and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
[edit] Reference
- FIS-Ski: Jari Isometsae - statistics
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