Valtter Virtanen
Valtter Virtanen | |
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![]() Virtanen competes at the 2018 European Championships. | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Finland |
Born | Kerava, Finland | 4 June 1987
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Coach | |
Former coach | Jean-François Ballester Karel Faifr, Stefan Zins, Liivo Rennik |
Choreographer | Ádám Sólya |
Former choreographer | Stefan Zins, Markus Leminen, Galina Loutkov |
Skating club | PeSal Peurunka Skating Academy Laukaa |
Former skating club | Kels Kerava, HSK Helsinki |
Training locations | |
Former training locations | Tampere |
Began skating | 1992 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 180.96 2018 CS Alpen Trophy |
Short program | 67.34 2022 Europeans |
Free skate | 118.80 2018 CS Alpen Trophy |
Valtter Virtanen (born 4 June 1987) is a Finnish figure skater. He is a three-time Nordic medalist (gold in 2022, silver in 2016, bronze in 2014) and a six-time Finnish national champion (2013, 2015–2018, 2022). He has qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.
Personal life[]
Virtanen was born on 4 June 1987 in Kerava, Finland. After completing his studies in late 2015, he became a medical doctor at a hospital in Oberstdorf, Germany.[1] He married German figure skater Alina Mayer in July 2016.[1]
Career[]
Virtanen began skating in 1992 at Keravan Luistinseura.[2] He has competed in the free skate at three ISU Championships — 2005 Junior Worlds in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he placed 20th; 2015 Europeans in Stockholm, Sweden, where he placed 18th; and 2017 Europeans in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
At the Bavarian Open in February 2017, Virtanen obtained the minimum technical score required to compete at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[3]
Programs[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/European_2011_Valtter_VIRTANEN.jpg/220px-European_2011_Valtter_VIRTANEN.jpg)
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2020–2022 [4][5] |
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2019–2020 [6] |
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2018–2019 [7] |
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2017–2018 [1] |
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2016–2017 [8] |
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2015–2016 [9] |
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2014–2015 [10] |
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2013–2014 [11] |
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2011–2013 [12][13] |
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2009–2011 [14][15] |
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2008–2009 [16] |
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2005–2006 [17] |
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2004–2005 [18] |
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2003–2004 [19] |
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Results[]
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
2010–2011 to present[]
International[20] | ||||||||||||
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
Worlds | 33rd | 35th | 32nd | 31st | ||||||||
Europeans | 33rd | 25th | 29th | 18th | 26th | 23rd | 19th | 19th | ||||
GP Finland | 11th | |||||||||||
CS Cup of Tyrol | C | |||||||||||
CS Alpen Trophy | 10th | |||||||||||
CS Budapest | WD | |||||||||||
CS Denis Ten Memorial | 11th | |||||||||||
CS Finlandia | 6th | 12th | WD | 12th | 19th | 17th | 19th | |||||
CS Golden Spin | 25th | |||||||||||
CS Lombardia | WD | 17th | ||||||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 12th | 17th | 7th | 13th | 24th | |||||||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 10th | |||||||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 16th | |||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 6th | 13th | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 10th | 4th | ||||
Challenge Cup | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 14th | WD | 10th | ||||||
Cup of Nice | 17th | 15th | 13th | 15th | ||||||||
Cup of Tyrol | 3rd | 10th | 8th | 5th | ||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 13th | 18th | 10th | 12th | ||||||||
Golden Bear | 4th | |||||||||||
Hellmut Seibt | 3rd | |||||||||||
Ice Challenge | 10th | |||||||||||
Jégvirág Cup | 3rd | |||||||||||
Lombardia Trophy | 12th | |||||||||||
Merano Cup | 7th | 6th | 4th | |||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 17th | 22nd | 19th | |||||||||
Nordics | 9th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
NRW Trophy | 14th | 14th | 14th | 11th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 4th | ||||
Tallink Hotels Cup | 5th | |||||||||||
Tallinn Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||||
Toruń Cup | 7th | |||||||||||
Winter Universiade | 15th | |||||||||||
National[20] | ||||||||||||
Finnish Champ. | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | C | 1st |
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled |
2002–2003 to 2009–2010[]
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Event | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
Cup of Nice | 12th | 19th | ||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 8th | 10th | 13th | 17th | ||||
Nepela Memorial | 5th | 12th | 16th | |||||
Nordics | 4th | 5th | 5th | |||||
Universiade | 28th | |||||||
International: Junior[20] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 30th | 20th | 29th | |||||
JGP Bulgaria | 15th | |||||||
JGP Germany | 14th | |||||||
JGP Hungary | 14th | |||||||
JGP Poland | 16th | |||||||
Nordics | 3rd J | 2nd J | ||||||
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Finnish Champ. | 2nd J | 2nd J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
J = Junior level |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Valtter Virtanen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Virtanen saavutti vihdoin pisterajat MM-kotikisoihin; Suomella mahdollisuus historialliseen MM-joukkueeseen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e "Competition Results: Valtter VIRTANEN". International Skating Union.
External links[]
Media related to Valtter Virtanen at Wikimedia Commons
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Kerava
- Finnish male single skaters
- Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade