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Juha Mieto

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Juha Iisakki Mieto (born 20 November 1949) is a Finnish former cross-country skier, who was born in Kurikka. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won five medals, including a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay in 1976. He also placed fourth three times, losing the 15 km bronze medal in 1972 by 0.06 seconds. He finished second in this event in 1980 in the closest-ever margin of victory in Olympic cross-country skiing, 0.01 seconds, which led the International Ski Federation (FIS) to round all of their times to the nearest 1/10 second in future competitions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juha Mieto is the 21st most popular skier (up from 28th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Finland (down from 160th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Juha Mieto ranks 21 out of 817. Before him are Sonja Edström, Gustav Thöni, Yukio Kasaya, Noriaki Kasai, Hermann Maier, and Hanni Wenzel. After him are Bjørn Wirkola, Karl Schranz, Toralf Engan, Gunnar Eriksson, Pirmin Zurbriggen, and Alf Andersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Juha Mieto ranks 305. Before him are John Madden, Sally Potter, John Akii-Bua, Geoff Pierson, George Harris, and Jim Sheridan. After him are Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, Flora Brovina, Gérard Larcher, Jack Bender, Ricardo Zunino, and Kalkot Mataskelekele.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Juha Mieto ranks 164 out of 751. Before him are Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870), Lill Lindfors (1940), Paavo Berglund (1929), Mauno Pekkala (1890), Heikki Savolainen (1907), and Ville Valo (1976). After him are Marita Lindahl (1938), Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Gunnar Nordström (1881), and Heikki A. Alikoski (1912).

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Among SKIERS In Finland

Among skiers born in Finland, Juha Mieto ranks 3. Before him are Heikki Hasu (1926), and Matti Nykänen (1963). After him are Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Janne Ahonen (1977), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (1955), Toini Pöysti (1933), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Paavo Lonkila (1923), and Tapio Mäkelä (1926).

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