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

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(1992, 1994, 1998). Isometsä also won four medals at the

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with two silvers (4 × 10 km: 1995, 1997) and two bronzes (4 × 10 km: 1991, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995). In the

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, 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

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scandal for taking

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(HES), a

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expander usually used to cover up the use of

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(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

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, and

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( 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

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when witnessing to the court in 2011 that he was unaware of any doping use in the 1990s.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 3 medals – (3 bronze)

World Championships

* 4 medals – (2 silver, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 4 victories * 23 podiums

Team podiums

* 7 victories – (7 ) * 21 podiums – (19 , 2 ) Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isometsa, Jari 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Tornio Finnish male cross-country skiers Doping cases in cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Finland Finnish sportspeople in doping cases Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Skiers from Lapland (Finland) 20th-century Finnish sportsmen