Jenni Vähämaa

Jenni Vähämaa
Vähämaa at the 2008 Skate Canada.
Born (1992-05-26) 26 May 1992 (age 32)
Lohja, Finland
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFinland
CoachVirpi Horttana, Ludmilla Gangnus
Skating clubEspoon Jäätaiturit
Retired2009

Jenni Vähämaa (born 26 May 1992) is a Finnish former figure skater. She is the 2007 Finlandia Trophy champion and placed in the top ten at four ISU Championships, including the 2008 European Championships.

Career

Vähämaa started skating at age four.[1] She made her senior international debut at the 2007 Finlandia Trophy, which she won. She missed the 2008 Finnish Championships due to a time conflict with the Junior Grand Prix Final. She qualified for the 2008 Europeans from her scores at other competitions. It was her first senior ISU Championships. She placed 10th.

Vähämaa turned fully senior for the 2008–2009 season. She placed 8th at the 2008 Skate Canada International. She had been assigned to the 2008 Cup of Russia but withdrew before the event due to injury. She missed the rest of the season because of injury.

Programs

Season Short program Free program Exhibition
2008–09 Howl's Moving Castle Soundtrack
by Joe Hisaishi 		West Side Story Soundtrack
2007–08 O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
by Giacomo Puccini 		Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
by Sergei Rachmaninoff 		"A Moment Like This"
by Kelly Clarkson
2006–07 O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
by Giacomo Puccini 		Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
2005–06 "Reflections of Passion"
by Yanni 		Mack & Mabel
by Jerry Herman 		"Con te partirò"
by Andrea Bocelli

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09
European Champ. 10th
GP Skate Canada 10th
Finlandia Trophy 1st 8th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 8th 4th 4th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Czech Republic 10th
JGP Norway 5th
JGP Poland 19th
Nordics 1st J 1st J
National
Finnish Champ. 2nd J 1st J

Detailed results

Vähämaa performs a forward outside edge spiral during her short program at the 2008 World Junior Championships.
2008–2009 Season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 31 – November 2, 2008 2008 Skate Canada International 10
44.90 		10
77.85 		10
122.75
October 9 – 12, 2008 2008 Finlandia Trophy 10
43.76 		7
84.96 		8
128.72
2007–2008 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 17–23, 2008 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 6
50.30 		4
92.24 		4
142.54
January 22–28, 2008 2008 European Figure Skating Championships Senior 12
47.05 		7
95.35 		10
142.40
December 6–9, 2007 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 5
46.68 		5
83.82 		5
130.50
October 12 – 14, 2007 2007 Finlandia Trophy Senior 6
51.22 		1
112.07 		1
163.29
September 27–30, 2007 2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Croatia Junior 2
48.38 		3
84.06 		2
132.44
September 13–16, 2007 2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria Junior 3
47.94 		3
77.49 		3
125.43
2006–2007 Season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 6–12, 2006 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 6
47.50 		4
91.10 		4
138.61
October 19–22, 2006 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 17
33.63 		6
71.20 		10
104.83
28 Sept – 1 Oct, 2006 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Norway 10
37.96 		3
71.13 		5
109.09
2005–2006 Season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 26 – March 3, 2006 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 9
42.76 		6
79.12 		8
121.88
October 13–16, 2005 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Poland 12
36.37 		20
55.74 		19
92.11

References

  1. ^ Mittan, Barry (August 21, 2006). "Tiny Vahamaa Skates Big". SkateToday.
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