MANTILA Jari (FIN) 14,7,1971. Lahti 186cm / 73kg Club: Lahden Hiihtoseeura SKI: Atomic GOGGLES: Carrera 2002 retired World Cup ranking 1992/24th, 1993/19th, 1994/9th, 1995/25th, 1996/3rd, 1997/2nd, 1998/23rd, 1999/19th, 2000/10th, 2001/38th, 2002/41st, World Championships 1993 Falun 24th,Team/8th. 1995 Thunder Bay 2nd, Team/9th. 1997 Trondheim 1st, Team/2nd. 1999 Ramsau 11th, Sprint/14th, Team/1st. 2001 Lahti 15th, Team/3rd. Olympic games 1992 Albertville Team/7th. 1994 Lillehammer 14th, Team/8th. 1998 Nagano 27th, Team/2nd. 2002 Salt Lake City 1st/K-90 4x5km Relay. World Cup - 2 w. 1. Predazzo 96, Rovaniemi 97-I, 2. Strbske Bleso 96, Murau 86, 3. Falun 96, Schonach 97, Saalfelden 97, Strbske Pleso 97, Oberwiesental 00, 4. Steamboat Springs 96, Schonach 97, Chaux Neuve 96, Trondheim 96, Rovaniemi 98-I, Steamboat Springs 00-II, 5. thunder Bay 94, Strbske Pleso 95, Lahti 96, Steamboat Springs 97, Oslo 97-II, Lahti 99, Vuokatti 00-II, 6. Schonach 94, Oberwiesental 98, Choux Neuve 00, 7. Oberwiesental 97, Predazzo 97, St.Moritz 97, Schonach 99, Val di Fiemme 99, Vuokatti 00-I, Reit im Winkl 00, schonach 00, 8. Vuokatti 94, Lahti 97, Steamboat Springs 98-I, hakuba 00, 9. Trondheim 92, 94, Steamboar Springs 95-II, liberec 96, Steamboat Springs 98-II, 10. vuokatti 93, St.Moritz 96, Steamboat Springs 01-I, Oslo 00, 　かつてマンティラは「俺は走るのは好きじゃない、複合選手になったのは、我が国ではジャンプチームは狭き門だから」と言った。ところがヤリが愛犬サンディを連れて一緒に野山を走るようになってから距離は見違えるように良くなり、二度と「走るのは〜〜」と言わなくなった。(Kiyoko Hata, Basel)