Finland at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Finland at the; 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.fi
in Innsbruck
Competitors	42 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Katri Lylynperä
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 4
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Finland competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The Finnish team consisted of 42 athletes competing in 10 different sports.^[2]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold		Freestyle Skiing	Boys' Ski Cross	21 Jan
Gold	Markus Haapanen Joni Tuulola Jere Rouhiainen Eetu Sopanen Waltteri Hopponen Manu Honkanen Kasperi Kapanen Miikka Pitkänen Joel Kiviranta Otto Nieminen Kaapo Kähkönen	Ice hockey	Boys' competition	22 Jan
Silver	Lauri Kivari	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	15 Jan
Silver	Ilkka Herola	Nordic combined	Individual	15 Jan

Alpine skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
	Slalom	41.75	41.38	1:23.13	12
	Giant slalom	59.12	1:01.98	2:01.10	25
	Super-G			1:08.86	26
	Combined	1:06.08	DNF

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
	Slalom	46.09	41.86	1:27.95	13
	Giant slalom	1:02.51	1:02.37	2:04.88	25
	Super-G			1:10.27	21
	Combined	1:11.82	41.14	1:52.96	24

Biathlon[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Sprint	22:14.3	2	27
	Pursuit	33:30.0	4	28
	Sprint	22:30.0	5	36
	Pursuit	33:51.0	6	30

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Sprint	20:24.6	3	30
	Pursuit	33:42.2	5	24
Erika Janka	Sprint	20:28.8	1	31
Erika Janka	Pursuit	35.11.0	8	36

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Erika Janka	Mixed relay	1:20:54.2	4+19	16
Katri Lylynperä	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:12:28.6	5+10	19

Cross country skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	10km classical	32:24.3	25
	10km classical	30:21.7	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katri Lylynperä	5km classical	16:18.9	14
	5km classical	16:34.6	18

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
	Boys' sprint	1:46.44	10 Q	1:49.4	4	Did not advance
	Boys' sprint	1:47.75	19 Q	1:51.6	4	Did not advance
Katri Lylynperä	Girls' sprint	2:01.21	10 Q	1:59.4	2 Q	1:57.8	2 Q	1:58.9	5
	Girls' sprint	2:01.57	12 Q	2:00.7	4 Q	2:03.3	5	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Katri Lylynperä	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:12:28.6	5+10	19

Figure skating[]

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Singles	46.03	8	81.09	12	127.12	11

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Singles	29.73	16	71.37	10	101.10	12

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Boys'			Girls'			Ice Dance			Total
Athletes	Event	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Team 2 Yaroslav Paniot (UKR) (FIN) Maria Simonova/Dmitri Dragun (RUS)	Team Trophy	85.06	5	4	76.27	3	6	76.02	3	6	16
Team 5 (FIN) (SWE) Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov (RUS)	Team Trophy	82.50	6	3	64.16	7	2	84.55	1	8	13	6

Freestyle skiing[]

While formally listed to compete was not registered in any events.

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
	Boys' ski cross	56.15		Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lauri Kivari	Boys' ski half-pipe	75.50	4 Q	90.00

Ice hockey[]

Boys

Legend
Advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Legend
	Teams to Playoffs

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	+16	9
	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	+13	8
	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	–4	6
	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	–27	0

January 13, 2012
10:15

0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 520

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Benjamin Hoppe

	0–1	30:22 – K. Kapanen (W. Hopponen)
	0–2	32:05 – W. Hopponen (M. Honkanen, K. Kapanen)
	0–3	44:40 – J. Kiviranta (E. Sopanen, J. Kannel) (SH) (ENG)

10 min

Penalties

2 min

8

Shots

44

January 15, 2012
13:30

4–3
(0–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 783

Game reference

Kaapo Kahkonen

Goalies

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Martin Smeibidlo

	0–1	3:32 – (PP)
	0–2	14:56 – (, ) (PP2)
M. Honkanen (PS) – 25:04	1–2
K. Kapanen (J. Tuulola, E. Sopanen) (PP) – 27:08	2–2
W. Hopponen (K. Kapanen, M. Honkanen) (PP) – 29:33	3–2
K. Kapanen – 30:41	4–2
	4–3	35:31 – I. Nikolishin (M. Lazarev, E. Svechnikov)

22 min

Penalties

10 min

21

Shots

32

January 17, 2012
15:45

4–5
(1–0, 2–3, 1–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,824

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Andris Ansons
Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Martin Smeibidlo

J. Kiviranta (W. Hopponen, J. Tuulola) – 12:16	1–0
	1–1	16:31 – (N. Schmaltz)
J. Tuulola (J. Kiviranta, M. Pitkanen) – 19:45	2–1
	2–2	23:10 – J. Glover () (PP)
(W. Hopponen, ) – 24:36	3–2
	3–3	27:47 – B. Clarke ()
	3–4	31:01 – N. Schmaltz (R. Bliss, )
	3–5	32:15 – R. MacInnis (S. Gersich, )
K. Kapanen (M. Haapanen) – 41:45	4–5

10 min

Penalties

26 min

29

Shots

32

January 18, 2012
11:45

3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,261

Game reference

Goalies

Kaapo Kahkonen

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Martin Smeibidlo

A. Brooks (R. Duke) – 15:11	1–0
	1–1	21:05 – J. Kiviranta (M. Pitkanen)
E. Cornel (R. Gropp, J. Hicketts) – 22:01	2–1
	2–2	36:42 – J. Kiviranta (M. Pitkanen, O. Nieminen)

E. Cornel

R. Gropp

Shootout

J. Kiviranta

K. Kapanen

M. Honkanen

6 min

Penalties

8 min

27

Shots

25

Semifinals[]

January 20, 2012
18:45

1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,426

Game reference

Goalies

Kaapo Kahkonen

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Tilen Pahor

(, E. Cornel) (PP) – 4:17	1–0
	1–1	11:29 – O. Nieminen (J. Kiviranta, M. Pitkanen)
	1–2	40:26 – E. Sopanen (O. Nieminen, M. Pitkanen) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

17

Shots

19

Gold medal game[]

January 22, 2012
12:15

1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 3,008

Game reference

Goalies

Kaapo Kähkönen

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Daniel Persson

- 8:35	1-0
	1–1	43:58 - W. Hopponen

Shootout

M. Honkanen

K. Kapanen

24 min

Penalties

26 min

28

Shots

25

Final rank:

Nordic combined[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Ilkka Herola	Boys' Individual	130.2	4	0:29	26:05.2	26:34.2

Ski jumping[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
	Boys' individual	73.0m	124.5	72.5m	122.3	246.8	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
	Girls' individual	62.5m	96.3	63.5m	98.7	195.0	7

Team w/Nordic Combined

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	Total	Rank
Ilkka Herola	Mixed Team	276.2	302.1	578.3	4

Speed skating[]

Boys

Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Boys' 500 m	42.59	42.16	84.75	15
Boys' 500 m	41.59	41.21	82.80	12
Boys' 3000 m			4:44.44	15
Boys' Mass Start			LAP

Snowboarding[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Kalle Järvilehto	Boys' halfpipe	51.25	53.75	8 q	54.00	37.50	10	Did not advance
Kalle Järvilehto	Boys' slopestyle	69.00	43.50	7 Q				32.00	56.00	11
	Boys' halfpipe	47.25	45.00	12	Did not advance
	Boys' slopestyle	74.00	76.25	4 Q				80.25	46.50	7

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
	Girls' halfpipe	18.75	21.75	13	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	DNS						Did not advance
	Girls' halfpipe	16.00	26.00	12	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	55.00	27.75	10				Did not advance

References[]

[1] Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games NOC Flag Bearers

[team-2] List of athletes – Finland

[1]

[2]

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Finland at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Alpine skiing[]

Biathlon[]

Cross country skiing[]

Figure skating[]

Freestyle skiing[]

Ice hockey[]

Semifinals[]

Gold medal game[]

Nordic combined[]

Ski jumping[]

Speed skating[]

Snowboarding[]

See also[]

References[]