Jenni SAARINEN

Finland

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 9 Mar 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ESPOO

Birth Country:

Finland

Residence: TAMPERE

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Figure Skating	Women Single Skating	25

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women Single Skating - Short Program	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women Single Skating - Free Skating	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
24	Women Single Skating	2021	Stockholm, SWE

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
18	Women Single Skating	2022	Tallinn, EST
33	Women Single Skating	2020	Graz, AUT

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Women Single Skating	2015	Tallinn, EST
13	Women Single Skating	2014	Sofia, BUL
14	Women Single Skating	2013	Milan, ITA

Music:

Short Program: Clair de lune by Claude Debussy
Free Skating: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Adagio Sostenuto by Sergei Rachmaninov

Hobbies:

Skiing, sports in general, spending time with family and friends, designing skating costumes. (isuresults.com; Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Occupation:

Athlete.

Education:

Graduated from high school in 2020. (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Languages spoken:

Finnish, English, German

Club name:

Koovee Tampere

Coach:

Michael Huth (GER)
Minna Jarvinen (FIN)

Other sports:

Plays golf and tennis in the summer as a hobby. Trained and competed in gymnastics from age three to 10. Tried athletics, swimming, football, diving as a child. (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Debut:

2014 Finlandia Trophy (Single skating - 5th)

Injuries:

August 2021: Knee injury that needed rest and treatment. (skatingfinland.fi, 27 Sep 2021)

Choreographer:

Adam Solya (HUN)
Michael Huth (GER)

National team:

2013

Start:

2005

Reason:

She watched the daughter of friends of her parents skating and wanted to start the sport. "As soon as I was on the ice, I loved it." (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Ambition:

To learn how to sew and make figure skating costumes. To stay involved in figure skating as a coach. To hold figure skating training camps for young skaters. (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Training:

Trains in Oberstdorf (GER) with German champion Nicole Schott.

Memorable:

Finishing fourth at the Finlandia Trophy 2019.
Winning her first National title in 2022. (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022
Qualifiying an Olympic quota spot for Finland at the 2021 World Championship and setting a new personal best in the short programme. (Athlete Instagram)

Hero:

Figure skater Carolina Kostner (ITA), 2014 Olympic bronze medallist. "I love her style, her long lines." (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Influence:

Her parents. "They took me to different sports and let me do all kind of hobbies."

General Interest

FROM FINLAND TO GERMANY
Has relocated to Germany for training in fall 2020. (skatingfinland.fi, 27 Sep 2021; isuresults.com)

COSTUME DESIGN
Enjoys to design skating dresses. "I just could put on some music randomly, think of me skating to it and start drawing the dresses." She designed her dresses for this season herself. (Athlete, 12 Feb 2022)

Milestones

Debuted at the World Championships in 2021 and reached the final, coming 24th, which qualified a place for Finland at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Competed at three World Junior Championships (2013-15), her best being a pair of 13th's in 2014 and 2015.

Finished 33rd in her debut at the European Championship in 2020.

Eight-time national championships medallist (one gold, four silver, two bronze).

Ice Star 2012 (International junior debut - Single skating - 1st)

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/jenniisaarinen/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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