Finland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Finland at the; 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.fi
in Lillehammer
Competitors	42 in 10 sports
Medals; Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Finland competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver		Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze		Cross-country skiing	Boys' cross-country cross	13 February
Bronze		Cross-country skiing	Girls' 5 km	18 February
Bronze		Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Rene Rinnekangas	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Riikka Honkanen	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	20 February
Bronze		Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	20 February

Alpine skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Slalom	51.08	10	50.95	12	1:42.03	10
	Giant slalom	1:19.18	6	1:19.36	9	2:38.54	6
	Super-G	N/A				1:11.04	4
	Combined	1:12.27	3	41.93	9	1:54.20	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riikka Honkanen	Slalom	55.29	6	51.49	7	1:46.78	7
Riikka Honkanen	Giant slalom	1:20.55	12	1:16.24	10	2:36.79	11

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Riikka Honkanen	Parallel mixed team	France (FRA) W 3 – 1	Austria (AUT) W 2⁺ – 2	Germany (GER) L 2 – 2⁺	Canada (CAN) W 3 – 1

Biathlon[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tuomas Harjula	Sprint	20:07.7	2	11
Tuomas Harjula	Pursuit	30:44.5	4	7
	Sprint	20:54.2	2	20
	Pursuit	32:51.7	6	26

Girls

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	19:30.3	1	13
Pursuit	27:03.8	2	11
Sprint	20:56.5	4	32
Pursuit	30:24.2	5	33

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tuomas Harjula	Single mixed relay	43:12.7	1+15	10
Tuomas Harjula	Mixed relay	Did not finish

Cross-country skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	10 km freestyle	N/A						24:48.3	7
	Classical sprint	3:07.56	15 Q	3:02.32	3 q	3:03.08	5	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:11.06	7 Q	N/A		3:08.23	4 q	3:07.88	7
	10 km freestyle	N/A						25:27.7	12
	Classical sprint	2:56.12	1 Q	3:01.70	1 Q	2:55.79	3 q	3:00.96	5
	Cross-country cross	3:06.26	5 Q	N/A		3:08.33	2 Q	3:01.84

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	5 km freestyle	N/A						13:35.9
	Classical sprint	3:32.26	4 Q	3:30.55	1 Q	3:29.49	4	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:44.48	11 Q	N/A		3:34.97	3 q	3:37.38	7
	5 km freestyle	N/A						13:55.2	10
	Classical sprint	3:39.89	16 Q	3:36.54	3	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:48.64	17 Q	N/A		3:42.13	6	Did not advance

Figure skating[]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
		30.65	15	61.43	15	92.08	15
Anni Järvenpää		48.27	9	72.64	15	120.91	13

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Free skate/Free dance
	Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Focus Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov (UKR) / Xie Zhong (CHN) Yuna Shiraiwa (JPN) (FIN)	64.68 4	92.74 5	110.01 8	61.57 1	18	5

Freestyle skiing[]

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
	Girls' ski cross	47.58	10	13	8 Q	4 FB	8

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
	Boys' slopestyle	47.80	63.00	63.00	10
	Girls' slopestyle	59.60	61.20	61.20	5

Ice hockey[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Boys' individual skills challenge	14	5 Q	11	5
	Girls' individual skills challenge	8	11	Did not advance

Boys' tournament[]

Roster

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9	Advance to semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9
3	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	21	9	+12	8
4	Finland	4	1	0	1	2	14	11	+3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	−37	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com

12 February 2016
14:00

Finland

11–0
(5–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Norway

Youth Hall
Attendance: 550

Game reference

Justus Annunen

Goalies

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

(, ) – 05:53	1–0
Maki (Salonen, Kupari) – 08:38	2–0
Nordgren (, Moilanen) –09:56	3–0
(Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) – 11:02	4–0
Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) (PP) – 12:59	5–0
Maki () – 22:17	6–0
Nevasaari (Moilanen) – 25:24	7–0
Nordgren (Matikainen) (SH) – 35:28	8–0
Nordgren (Hirvonen, ) – 38:38	9–0
(Utunen, Nordgren) – 38:59	10–0
Nordgren () – 39:56	11–0

12 min

Penalties

7.5 min

36

Shots

3

13 February 2016
20:00

United States

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 890

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:

Clement Goncalves

Tobias Nordlander

	0–1	02:36 – ()
(, ) – 08:39	1–1
() – 13:10	2–1
Krygier () – 20:25	3–1
(PS) – 42:12	4–1

4.5 min

Penalties

7.5 min

24

Shots

22

15 February 2016
17:00

Canada

5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 950

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Justus Annunen

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

() (PP) – 01:46	1–0
(, ) – 02:20	2–0
	2–1	12:03 – Utunen (Kotkaniemi) (PP2)
Burzan – 16:03	3–1
Groulx (SH) – 30:50	4–1
T. Smith (PP) – 38:52	5–1

20.5 min

Penalties

9 min

28

Shots

25

16 February 2016
17:00

Finland

1–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Russia

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 653

Game reference

Goalies

Amir Miftakhov

Referee:

Marc Iwert
Linesmen:

Niclas Lundgaard

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

	0–1	02:11 – Svechnikov ()
Kotkaniemi (Utunen, ) – 26:26	1–1

Kotkaniemi

Nevasaari

Shootout

Khovanov

Svechnikov

Khovanov

Denezhkin

Khovanov

9 min

Penalties

9 min

21

Shots

16

Semifinals

19 February 2016
17:00

Canada

4–3 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,472

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Clement Goncalves

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

	0–1	14:53 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren) (PP2)
	0–2	15:30 – (Nordgren, Utunen) (PP2)
(Groulx, Merkley) (SH) – 18:59	1–2
(Merkley, ) – 21:22	2–2
	2–3	39:10 – Kotkaniemi (, Nordgren)
Groulx (Merkley, Focht) (PP) – 41:32	3–3

Groulx

MacDonald

Merkley

Shootout

Nordgren

23.5 min

Penalties

7.5 min

21

Shots

29

Bronze medal game

20 February 2016
20:00

Russia

6–2
(1–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,652

Game reference

Amir Miftakhov

Goalies

Justus Annunen

Referee:

Marc Iwert
Linesmen:

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

	0–1	00:30 – Kupari ()
(Denisenko, ) (PP) – 08:28	1–1
(, Denisenko) – 16:00	2–1
	2–2	24:15 – Kotkaniemi () (PP)
Sokolov () – 28:45	3–2
Denisenko (Zhilyakov, Zhabreyev) – 29:43	4–2
() – 30:16	5–2
Khovanov (Kotkov) (EA) – 42:21	6–2

12 min

Penalties

7.5 min

19

Shots

20

Nordic combined[]

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
	Normal hill/5 km	92.5	112.7	9	1:16	14:27.1	8

Ski jumping[]

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andreas Alamommo	Boys' normal hill	91.0	112.4	8	90.0	109.1	6	221.5	6

Snowboarding[]

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' halfpipe	56.00	30.75	24.75	56.00	10
Rene Rinnekangas	Boys' halfpipe	36.25	62.00	39.00	62.00	8
	Girls' halfpipe	62.25	60.75	23.75	62.25	7
	Girls' halfpipe	59.50	53.00	47.25	59.50	8

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
	Boys' slopestyle	30.00	27.75	30.00	21
Rene Rinnekangas	Boys' slopestyle	70.00	87.75	87.75
	Girls' slopestyle	38.00	79.00	79.00
	Girls' slopestyle	82.25	81.25	82.25

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position
(ITA) (FIN) (JPN) (ITA)		3	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		39.55	26	39.79	26	79.35	26
		N/A				2:02.62	26
		N/A				5:56.65	20
		37.11	3	37.06	5	74.17	4
		N/A				1:57.36	18
		N/A				5:55.01	17

Mixed team sprint

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Team 5 (SWE) (NED) (BLR) (FIN)		2:16.73	11
Team 13 (RUS) (RUS) (FIN) Kim Min-seok (KOR)		1:58.97	5

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Finland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Alpine skiing[]

Biathlon[]

Cross-country skiing[]

Figure skating[]

Freestyle skiing[]

Ice hockey[]

Boys' tournament[]

Nordic combined[]

Ski jumping[]

Snowboarding[]

Speed skating[]

See also[]

References[]