Jenni Vähämaa

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.

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

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 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09
European Champ.10th
GP Skate Canada10th
Finlandia Trophy1st8th
International: Junior or novice
World Junior Champ.8th4th4th
JGP Final5th
JGP Austria3rd
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Czech Republic10th
JGP Norway5th
JGP Poland19th
Nordics1st J1st J
Copenhagen Trophy6th N
National
Finnish Champ.2nd J1st J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results
Vähämaa performs a forward outside edge spiral during her short program at the 2008 World Junior Championships.

2008–2009 season
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
  • SP = Short Program; FS = Free Skating

2007–2008 season
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
2006–2007 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 6–12, 2006 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 6
47.50		 4
91.10		 4
138.61
October 19–22, 2006 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic Junior 17
33.63		 6
71.20		 10
104.83
28 Sept – 1 Oct, 2006 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Norway Junior 10
37.96		 3
71.13		 5
109.09

2005–2006 season
2005–2006 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 26 – March 3, 2006 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 9
42.76		 6
79.12		 8
121.88
October 13–16, 2005 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Poland Junior 12
36.37		 20
55.74		 19
92.11
  • SP = Short Program; FS = Free Skating

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