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 | |
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![]() 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 |
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]
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.
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 [4][5] |
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2020–2022 [4][5] |
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2019–2020 [6] |
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2018–2019 [7] |
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2017–2018 [1] |
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2016–2017 [8] |
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2015–2016 [9] |
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2014–2015 [10] |
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2013–2014 [11] |
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2011–2013 [12][13] |
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2009–2011 [14][15] |
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2008–2009 [16] |
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2005–2006 [17] |
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2004–2005 [18] |
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2003–2004 [19] |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[20] | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Finnish Champ. | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | C | 1st | |
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled |
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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 | |||||||
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Junior Worlds | 30th | 20th | 29th | |||||
JGP Bulgaria | 15th | |||||||
JGP Germany | 14th | |||||||
JGP Hungary | 14th | |||||||
JGP Poland | 16th | |||||||
Nordics | 3rd J | 2nd J | ||||||
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Finnish Champ. | 2nd J | 2nd J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
J = Junior level |
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