Juha Valkama
Juha Valkama | |
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![]() Huot & Valkama in 2003. | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Finland |
Born | Turku, Finland | September 26, 1979
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Former partner | Jessica Huot |
Former coach | Dmitri Kazarlyga, G. Irving, Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov |
Former choreographer | Dmitri Kazarlyga |
Skating club | HSK Helsinki |
Retired | 2004 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 114.25 2003 NHK Trophy |
Comp. dance | 23.92 2003 NHK Trophy |
Original dance | 31.32 2003 NHK Trophy |
Free dance | 59.01 2003 NHK Trophy |
Juha S. Valkama[1] (born September 26, 1979 in Turku)[2] is a Finnish former competitive ice dancer. He teamed up with Jessica Huot in 1999.[3][4] They are the 2002–04 Finnish national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 18th at the 2004 Europeans in Budapest, Hungary.
Valkama graduated from high school in Finland and then moved to Delaware in the United States.[4] He later graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4]
Programs[]
With Huot
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2003–04 [2][5] |
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2002–03 [3][6] |
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2001–02 [7] |
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2000–01 [8] |
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Results[]
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Huot
International[9] | |||||
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Event | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 |
Worlds | 26th | 21st | 28th | ||
Europeans | 21st | 20th | 18th | ||
GP Cup of Russia | 12th | ||||
GP NHK Trophy | 12th | ||||
Finlandia Trophy | 5th | 7th | |||
International: Junior[9] | |||||
Junior Worlds | 27th | 20th | |||
JGP China | 7th | ||||
JGP Mexico | 6th | ||||
JGP Sweden | 16th | ||||
National[9] | |||||
Finnish Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 1st | 1st | 1st |
J = Junior level |
References[]
- ^ Conte, Michaelangelo (March 14, 2012). "Former figure skating star charged with DWI in Downtown Jersey City crash caught on video". The Jersey Journal. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.
- ^ a b "Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 15, 2004.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b Mittan, Barry (August 13, 2002). "Finnish Dancers Perform Well in First Senior Season". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on October 30, 2006.
- ^ a b c Karagianis, Liz (April 9, 2003). "World-class ice dancers grace campus". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009.
- ^ "Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 28, 2003.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 13, 2002.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 21, 2001.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ a b c "Jessica HUOT / Juha VALKAMA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016.
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Categories:
- Finnish male ice dancers
- 1979 births
- Sportspeople from Turku
- Living people