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).

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.

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

Season	Age
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1990	21	40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1992	23	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1993	24	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	25		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	26	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1996	27		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	28	6	N/A	16	N/A	6
1998	29	5	N/A	5	N/A	9
1999	30	8	N/A	15	N/A	—
2000	31		N/A	12		53
2001	32	53	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2003	34	78	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2004	35	119	79	N/A	N/A	—
2005	36	—	—	N/A	N/A	—
2006	37	—	—	N/A	N/A	—

Individual podiums

• 4 victories
• 23 podiums

Team podiums

• 7 victories – (7 RL)
• 21 podiums – (19 RL, 2 TS)