Juulia TURKKILA

Finland

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 3 Nov 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HELSINKI

Birth Country:

Finland

Residence: HELSINKI

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Figure Skating	Ice Dance FIN TURKKILA Juulia / VERSLUIS Matthias	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Free Dance	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Ice Dance	2019	Saitama, JPN
18	Women Single Skating	2012	Nice, FRA
20	Women Single Skating	2011	Moscow, RUS
21	Ice Dance	2021	Stockholm, SWE
29	Women Single Skating	2014	Saitama, JPN
31	Women Single Skating	2013	London, ON, CAN

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Ice Dance	2019	Minsk, BLR
12	Women Single Skating	2014	Budapest, HUN
15	Women Single Skating	2011	Bern, SUI
17	Women Single Skating	2013	Zagreb, CRO
17	Women Single Skating	2012	Sheffield, GBR

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Women Single Skating	2011	Gangneung, KOR
19	Women Single Skating	2012	Minsk, BLR

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Ice Dance	2018/19	Helsinki, FIN
7	Ice Dance	2021/22	Grenoble, FRA

Hobbies:

Studying. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

University student

Education:

Studies economics and management at Aalto University since 2016. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

Family:

Father, Juhani. Mother, Anne. Sister, Roosa.

Languages spoken:

Finnish, English

Club name:

Helsingin Luistelijat

Coach:

Maurizio Margaglio (ITA)
Neil Brown (FRA)

Sporting relatives:

Grandfather Niilo Turkkila (Wrestling): 1951 world silver medallist in Freestyle wrestling and multiple national champion in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling.

Debut:

2016 NRW Trophy Ice Dance (Ice dance - 6th)
2010 Ice Challenge (Single skating - 7th)

Injuries:

September 2019: Neck injury (fracture in one of the cervical vertebra) in fall in practice at Lombardia Trophy that kept her off the ice for three months and out of competition until February 2020. (Skating Finland Twitter, 1 Oct 2019; isuresults.com; Athlete 11 Dec 2021 )

Choreographer:

Pasquale Camerlengo (ITA)
Maurizio Margaglio (ITA)
Neil Brown (FRA)
Luca Lanotte (ITA)
Sini Parkkinen (FIN)

National team:

2010

Start:

2001 in Helsinki. Started with training ballet at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. (icedance.com, 13 Jan 2019)

Reason:

Watched a "Peter Pan" ice show when she was six years old and wanted to be like the fairy in the show. She asked her parents for skating lessons. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

Ambition:

To continue competing until the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. To work in her field of studies, but to remain involved in figure skating. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

Training:

Trains at the Pirkkola Ice Rink in Helsinki with her partner. (california18.com, 5 Oct 2021)

Memorable:

Securing the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games quota place by winning the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

Hero:

Ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA), 2018 Olympic silver medallists, four-time World champions. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

Influence:

Her parents. Her coach Maurizio Margaglio. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

Philosophy:

"Keep your heart warm and your mind cool." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

General Interest

FROM SINGLES TO ICE DANCE
Suffered from injuries and was not able to learn the harder triple jumps. "So it was natural to try ice dance." She decided to ask Matthias Versluis, who was still competing in singles at the time, for a try-out and they teamed up in March 2016. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021)

“At the time, I didn’t know which limb was anywhere. At that point, one would not have thought that one day one would compete in the Olympics. After two years, we realized how much we have evolved. Faith in the future was strengthened. (hs.fi, 8 Oct 2021)

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
Qualified a Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games spot for Finland by winning the Olympic qualifying event Nebelhorn Trophy 2021. As a single skater, missed the qualification for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Nebelhorn Trophy in 2013. "Kiira Korpi was injured and I was the substitute. I missed the qualification and it was disappointing for me and I also felt I let down Finland." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2021).

Milestones

First Finnish ice dance couple to qualify for the Olympic Winter Games since Lillehammer 1994 when Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko finished fourth behind Britons Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in bronze. It was the same year that she was born.

Competed at two World Championships (2019, 2021) and the 2019 European Championships where her top result with Versluis is 11th.

SINGLES
Competed at World, Junior World, and European Championships as a single skater, her best being 12th at 2014 Europeans.

National champion in single skating in 2014.

2009 Ice Challenge (International junior debut - Single skating - 10th)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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