Rockettes (synchronized skating team)

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Helsinki Rockettes
2015 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Team Rockettes IMG 9164.JPG
Team information
Country represented Finland
Formed1984
Home townHelsinki, Finland
CoachKaisa Arrateig
Skating clubHelsingin Taitoluisteluklubi
LevelSenior
World standing2
Season's bests4 (2014–15)
3 (2013–14)
4 (2012–13)
4 (2011–12)
1 (2010–11)
1 (2009–10)
5 (2008–09)
2 (2007–08)
7 (2006–07)
3 (2005–06)
ISU team best scores
Combined total223.90
2010 Worlds
Short program83.46
2010 Cup of Berlin
Free skate145.68
2014 Worlds
Medal record

Helsinki Rockettes are a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland, representing the figure skating club Helsingin Taitoluisteluklubi. They are one of the most successful teams in the world with three World Championships (2008, 2010 and 2011) and they are ten-time Finnish champions (across 1991–2012).

Helsinki Rockettes claimed their first World Championships medal, silver, in 2001. They won another silver medal as well as two bronze medals before capturing their first World title in 2008. They won their second World title in 2010, with Team Finland 2 Marigold IceUnity placing second. The pattern was repeated the following year in their hometown Helsinki in April 2011 when Rockettes became World champions for the third time.[1][2]

History[]

The team was founded in 1984, thus being the first synchronized skating team in Finland. The name of the team was changed Rockettes in 1991, and then to Helsinki Rockettes in 2017.[3] The team's long-time coach Kaisa Nieminen, with a skating background in Team Surprise, began working with Rockettes in 1997. Out of the 14 times that the World Championships have taken place, Helsinki Rockettes have represented Finland a total of nine times.

Programs[]

[4]

Short program Free program
2019–20
  • Alarm
  • Wounded Angel[5]
2018–19
  • Symphony of Passion
2017–18
  • Tiger
  • Two Sides of Her
2016–17
  • Mirror Mirror
  • Valkyria
2015–16
  • Why?
  • Journey to the Moon
2014–15
  • La Fiesta
  • The Story of a Bollywood Star
2013–14
  • Aloha Tahiti, Aloha Moho
  • We Will Rock You
2012–13
  • She-Devil
  • Illusion
2011–12
  • Swinging Show at Speakeasy's
  • Goddess of the Wind
2010–11
  • Carnival of Brazil
  • Heaven or Hell?
2009–10
  • Harem's Secret
  • Catch Me If You Can
2008–09
  • Jealousy
  • Galadriel's Story

Competitive results (1999–2009)[]

National
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
1st Finnish Championships
Qualifier 		3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
2nd Finnish Championships
Qualifier 		2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Finnish Championships 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd
[18] [19] [18] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
International
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
World Championships 4th 2nd DNQ DNQ 3rd 2nd 3rd DNQ 1st DNQ
Source [27] [28] [29] [30]
Cup of Berlin 1st 1st 1st
Source [31][32] [31][33] [31][34]
Finlandia Cup 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
Source [35] [36] [31] [31]
French Cup 5th 2nd 2nd
Source [37] [31] [31]
Neuchâtel Trophy 3rd
Source [31][38]
Prague Cup 2nd 1st 1st
Source [39] [40] [40]
Spring Cup 1st 1st
Source [41] [41]
DNQ = did not qualify

Competitive results (2009–15)[]

National
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
1st Finnish Championships
Qualifier 		1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd
[42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]
2nd Finnish Championships
Qualifier 		2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd
[48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
Finnish Championships 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd
[54] [55] [56] [57] [58]
International
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
World Championships 1st 1st 4th DNQ 3rd
Source [59] [60] [61][62] [63]
Winter Universiade 1st
Source [64]
Cup of Berlin 1st 1st 2nd
Source [31][65] [31][66] [67]
Finlandia Cup 2nd
Source [31]
Finlandia Trophy 2nd 4th 4th
Source [68] [69] [70]
French Cup 3rd 2nd 2nd
Source [71] [72] [73]
London Synchrofest International 3rd
Source [74]
Mozart Cup 2nd 2nd 2nd
Source [31] [75] [76]
DNQ = did not qualify

References[]

  1. ^ Magliola, Lauren (April 9, 2011). "Rockettes lead after short at world synchros". Icenetwork. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Magliola, Lauren (April 9, 2011). "Rockettes capture synchro world title". Icenetwork. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Rockettes on nyt Helsinki Rockettes". Facebook (in Finnish). Helsinki Rockettes. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Rockettes Historia 1984- - Helsinki Rockettes".
  5. ^ "SHANGHAI TROPHY 2019: HELSINKI ROCKETTES IN GOLD". Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  6. ^ "Helsinki Rockettes on Instagram: "#sneakpeekweek Day 6✨