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; 2024;

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Elli Pikkujamsa	Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Lauri Mannila	Cross-country skiing	Boys' cross-country cross	13 February
Bronze	Rebecca Immonen	Cross-country skiing	Girls' 5 km	18 February
Bronze	Henna Ikola	Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Rene Rinnekangas	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Riikka Honkanen	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	20 February
Bronze	Sampo Kankkunen	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
Sampo Kankkunen	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	—				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 Sampo Kankkunen	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
Otto-Eemil Karvinen	Sprint	20:54.2	2	20
Otto-Eemil Karvinen	Pursuit	32:51.7	6	26

Girls

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

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jenni Keranen Tuomas Harjula	Single mixed relay	43:12.7	1+15	10
Jenni Keranen Saana Lahdelma Tuomas Harjula Otto-Eemil Karvinen	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
Remi Lindholm	10 km freestyle	—						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	—		3:08.23	4 q	3:07.88	7
Lauri Mannila	10 km freestyle	—						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	—		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
Rebecca Immonen	5 km freestyle	—						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	—		3:34.97	3 q	3:37.38	7
Roosa Niemi	5 km freestyle	—						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	—		3:42.13	6	did not advance

Figure skating

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lauri Lankila	Boys' singles	30.65	15	61.43	15	92.08	15
Anni Järvenpää	Girls' singles	48.27	9	72.64	15	120.91	13

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	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) Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong (CHN) Yuna Shiraiwa (JPN) Lauri Lankila (FIN)	Team trophy	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
Minja Lehikoinen	Girls' ski cross	47.58	10	13	8 Q	4 FB	8

Slopestyle

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

Ice hockey

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleks Haatanen	Boys' individual skills challenge	14	5 Q	11	5
Kiia Nousiainen	Girls' individual skills challenge	8	11	did not advance

Boys' tournament

Roster

Tobias Akerman
Justus Annunen
Konsta Hirvonen
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Miska Kukkonen
Rasmus Kupari
Eetu Maki
Kalle Matikainen
Jesse Moilanen
Arttu Nevasaari
Niklas Nordgren
Jasper Rannisto
Uula Ruikka
Santeri Salmela
Samuel Salonen
Toni Utunen
Jimi Uusitalo

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

Kristian Hovik

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

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

Todd Scott

Goalies

Jimi Uusitalo

Referee:

Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:

Clement Goncalves

Tobias Nordlander

	0–1	02:36 – Salonen (Maki)
Wise (DeBoer, Krygier) – 08:39	1–1
Walsh (Emberson) – 13:10	2–1
Krygier (MacKinnon) – 20:25	3–1
Weiss (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

Dudas (Focht) (PP) – 01:46	1–0
Roberts (McShane, Burzan) – 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

Jimi Uusitalo

Goalies

Amir Miftakhov

Referee:

Marc Iwert
Linesmen:

Niclas Lundgaard

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

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

Salonen

Kotkaniemi

Maki

Nevasaari

Ruikka

Shootout

Khovanov

Svechnikov

Zhabreyev

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

Jimi Uusitalo

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Clement Goncalves

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

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

Groulx

MacDonald

Merkley

Shootout

Nordgren

Nevasaari

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 (Nevasaari)
Zhuravlyov (Denisenko, Zhabreyev) (PP) – 08:28	1–1
Nizhnikov (Babintsev, Denisenko) – 16:00	2–1
	2–2	24:15 – Kotkaniemi (Akerman) (PP)
Sokolov (Zhilyakov) – 28:45	3–2
Denisenko (Zhilyakov, Zhabreyev) – 29:43	4–2
Kotkov (Khovanov) – 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
Wille Karhumaa	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
Ville Mustonen	Boys' halfpipe	56.00	30.75	24.75	56.00	10
Rene Rinnekangas	Boys' halfpipe	36.25	62.00	39.00	62.00	8
Henna Ikola	Girls' halfpipe	62.25	60.75	23.75	62.25	7
Elli Pikkujamsa	Girls' halfpipe	59.50	53.00	47.25	59.50	8

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Ville Mustonen	Boys' slopestyle	30.00	27.75	30.00	21
Rene Rinnekangas	Boys' slopestyle	70.00	87.75	87.75
Henna Ikola	Girls' slopestyle	38.00	79.00	79.00
Elli Pikkujamsa	Girls' slopestyle	82.25	81.25	82.25

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position
Caterina Carpano (ITA) Minja Lehikoinen (FIN) Yoshiki Takahara (JPN) Tobias Knollseisen (ITA)	Team snowboard ski cross	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
Jaakko Hautamaki	500 m	39.55	26	39.79	26	79.35	26
	1500 m	—				2:02.62	26
	Mass start	—				5:56.65	20
Samuli Suomalainen	500 m	37.11	3	37.06	5	74.17	4
	1500 m	—				1:57.36	18
	Mass start	—				5:55.01	17

Mixed team sprint

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Team 5 Erika Lindgren (SWE) Isabelle Van Elst (NED) Yevgeny Bolgov (BLR) Samuli Suomalainen (FIN)	Mixed team sprint	2:16.73	11
Team 13 Sofya Napolskikh (RUS) Elena Samkova (RUS) Jaakko Hautamaki (FIN) Kim Min-seok (KOR)	Mixed team sprint	1:58.97	5

References

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Finland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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