Juha Pekka Leskinen (born 26 February 1954)[1] is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. He represented Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and finished 13th overall. He won the Finnish national title three times (1970, 1971, 1975).[2] Later in his career, he was an ISU Judge for Finland and judged in the 2002, 2010, and 2018 Winter Olympics.
Pekka Leskinen | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Finland |
Born | (1954-02-26) 26 February 1954 (age 68) Kuopio, Finland |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Former skating club | Kuopion Luisteluseura |
Former training locations | Kuopio |
Retired | 1977 |
International | ||||||||
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Event | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 | 72–73 | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 |
Winter Olympics | 13th | |||||||
World Champ. | 19th | 18th | 10th | 10th | ||||
European Champ. | 19th | 19th | 19th | 12th | 9th | 5th | ||
Nordics | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||||
Prague Skate | 10th | 6th | 4th | |||||
National | ||||||||
Finnish Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Finnish champions in figure skating – Men's singles | |
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