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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.

Valtter Virtanen
Virtanen competes at the 2018 European Championships.
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Born	(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 35) Kerava, Finland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Coach	Michael Huth, Alina Mayer-Virtanen
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	Oberstdorf, Laukaa
Former training locations	Tampere
Began skating	1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	180.96 2018 CS Alpen Trophy
Short program	69.34 2022 CS Nebelhorn
Free skate	118.80 2018 CS Alpen Trophy

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] The couple have a daughter, born in January of 2021.[2]

Career

Virtanen began skating in 1992 at Keravan Luistinseura.[3] He has competed in the free skate at three ISU Championships — 2005 Junior Worlds in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he placed 20th.

Additionally, he has competed at four World Championships and eight European Championships.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [4][5]	A Stutter by Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan choreo. by Adam Solya	The Other Side of the Sea (Symphonic Tales) by HAEVN choreo. by Adam Solya
2020–2022 [4][5]	Thule by Travis Lake This Place Was A Shelter by Ólafur Arnalds choreo. by Adam Solya	Sail by Awolnation We Are by HAEVN choreo. by Adam Solya
2019–2020 [6]	Fall On Me - Ven a mi by Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli choreo. by Adam Solya	Minnie the Moocher If I Only Had A Brain performed by Robbie Williams choreo. by Adam Solya
2018–2019 [7]	Milonga de mis amores by Pedro Laurenz choreo. by Pierre Loup Bouquet	La Strada by Nino Rota choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
2017–2018 [1]	Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn	La Strada by Nino Rota choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
2016–2017 [8]	Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn	Valse triste by Jean Sibelius	Island Song by Zac Brown Band
2015–2016 [9]	La vie en rose performed by Andrea Bocelli, feat. Edith Piaf	Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
2014–2015 [10]	La vie en rose performed by Andrea Bocelli, feat. Edith Piaf	Alexander by Vangelis
2013–2014 [11]	"Bei mir bist du schoen" performed by Hugo Strasser	Alexander by Vangelis
2011–2013 [12][13]	Ain't No Sunshine Harlem Nocturne	Kashmir by David Garrett Who Wants to Live Forever performed by David Garrett
2009–2011 [14][15]	Love in Venice by Edvin Marton Summer Overture (from Requiem for a Dream) by Clint Mansell	Le Jour d'Avant by Yann Tiersen Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi by Yann Tiersen
2008–2009 [16]	Flamenco by Didulya Carlos (from Cirque Surreal) by Rick Wakeman	Arthur (from The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table) by Rick Wakeman Catherine of Aragon (from The Six Wives of Henry VIII) by Rick Wakeman The Oracle (from A Suite of Gods) by Rick Wakeman Sorry (from 1984) by Rick Wakeman
2005–2006 [17]	Elo 2: Moment of Truth Eye in the Sky by Alan Parsons Project	Con Air by Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer
2004–2005 [18]	Return to the Centre of the Earth by Rick Wakeman	Con Air by Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer
2003–2004 [19]	Return to the Centre of the Earth by Rick Wakeman	Music by Dmitri Shostakovich

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2010–2011 to present

International[20]
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	22–23
Worlds							33rd	35th	32nd		31st
Europeans	33rd		25th	29th	18th	26th	23rd	19th				19th
GP Finland									11th				TBD
CS Cup of Tyrol											C
CS Alpen Trophy									10th
CS Budapest											WD		WD
CS Denis Ten Memorial												11th
CS Finlandia					6th	12th	WD	12th	19th	17th		19th	14th
CS Golden Spin										25th
CS Lombardia							WD	17th
CS Nebelhorn						12th		17th	7th		13th	24th	12th
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
Volvo Open Cup													5th
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

International[20]
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
National[20]
Finnish Champ.	2nd J	2nd J	1st J	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd
J = Junior level

References

"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.
Virtanen, Valtter. "Our Princess". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
"Valtter Virtanen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Competition Results: Valtter VIRTANEN". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Valtter Virtanen at Wikimedia Commons

Valtter Virtanen at the International Skating Union

Finnish champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1908: Sakari Ilmanen
1910–11: Walter Jakobsson
1912: Sakari Ilmanen
1913–17: Björnsson Schauman
1919: Björnsson Schauman
1920–22: Sakari Ilmanen
1923: Gunnar Jakobsson
1924: Sakari Ilmanen
1927–30: Marcus Nikkanen
1931: Bertel Nikkanen
1932: Gunnar Jakobsson
1933: Bertel Nikkanen
1934–35: Marcus Nikkanen
1936: Martti Gylden
1937: Bertel Nikkanen
1938–39: Marcus Nikkanen
1941: Birger Nyman
1945–46: Marcus Nikkanen
1947–48: Lars Björkman
1949–56: Kalle Tuulos
1957–58: Ragnar Wikström
1960–64: Ragnar Wikström
1965: Raimo Poutiainen
1966: Ilkka Varhee
1967: Ragnar Wikström
1968: Tapio Seppälä
1969: Ragnar Wikström
1970–71: Pekka Leskinen
1975: Pekka Leskinen
1978–81: Antti Kontiola
1983–84: Antti Kontiola
1985–87: Oula Jääskeläinen
1988–90: Jari Kauppi
1991: Oula Jääskeläinen
1992: Markus Leminen
1993–94: Oula Jääskeläinen
1995–02: Markus Leminen
2003–07: Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
2008: Mikko Minkkinen
2009–10: Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
2011: Bela Papp
2012: Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
2013: Valtter Virtanen
2014: Matthias Versluis
2015–18: Valtter Virtanen
2019–20: Roman Galay
2022: Valtter Virtanen

На других языках

[de] Valtter Virtanen

Valtter Virtanen (* 4. Juni 1987 in Kerava) ist ein finnischer Eiskunstläufer, der im Einzellauf startet.[1] Er ist finnischer Meister der Jahre 2005 (Junioren), 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 und 2022.[2]

- [en] Valtter Virtanen

[ru] Виртанен, Валттер

Ва́лттер Ви́ртанен (фин. Valtter Virtanen; 4 июня 1987, Керава, Финляндия) — финский фигурист, многократный чемпион Финляндии (2013, 2015, 2016—2018, 2022).

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