Jenni Saarinen

Jenni Saarinen

Saarinen in 2015
Personal information
Country represented Finland
Born (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999
Espoo, Finland
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Susanna Haarala, Maaret Siromaa
Former coach Minna Järvinen, Stefan Zins
Choreographer Elina Ikonen, Sergei Komolov
Skating club Tapparan SC
Training locations Tampere
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 144.16
2014 Finlandia Trophy
Short program 55.43
2015 Junior Worlds
Free skate 95.61
2014 Finlandia Trophy

Jenni Saarinen (born 9 March 1999) is a Finnish figure skater. She represented Finland at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international medal at the 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup.

Personal life

Jenni Saarinen was born on 9 March 1999 in Espoo, Finland. She practiced gymnastics for five years as a child.[1]

Career

Saarinen started skating when she was about five years old.[1] She began competing on the junior international level in autumn 2012 and was assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where she finished 14th.

2013–2014

Saarinen made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut and won the junior title at the 2014 Finnish Championships.[2] She placed 13th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2014–2015 to present

Saarinen continued competing on the JGP series before making her senior international debut at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy, a Challenger Series (CS) event. In November 2014, she won a bronze medal at the CS Volvo Open Cup. In the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn she placed 8th in the short program, and 13th overall.

In the 2015–2016 season, Saarinen was assigned to the 2015 Tallinn Trophy, but withdrew before the short program.[3] In December, she won the silver medal at the 2016 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, only 0.15 points behind the gold medal winner. She was 3rd in the short program, and won the free skating.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[1]		 El tiempo entre costuras
by Cesar Benito:
  • El Falso Delphos
  • L'Atelier
  • Nas Ruas de Lisboa
  • Una Maquina de Escribir
2013–2014
[4]
  • Solitary Hill
  • Canon in D
  • Wind
2012–2013
[5]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
CS Finlandia Trophy 5th
CS Volvo Open Cup 3rd
CS Tallinn Trophy WD
Nordics 1st 4th
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds 14th 13th 13th
JGP Czech Republic 7th
JGP Japan 9th
JGP Poland 10th
JGP Slovenia 9th
EYOF 4th
Bavarian Open 1st J.
Cup of Nice 3rd J.
Ice Star 1st J.
Nordics 1st J. 1st J.
National[6]
Finnish Champ. 3rd J. 1st J. 2nd 2nd
J. = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jenni SAARINEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Paasonen, Elina (15 December 2013). "Tapparan Saarinen juhli Suomen mestarina" [Saarinen wins Finnish junior title] (in Finnish). Aamulehti.
  3. ↑ "Jenni Saarinen, taitoluistelu - Frontpage". Jennisaarinen.com. 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Jenni SAARINEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jenni SAARINEN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Jenni SAARINEN". International Skating Union.

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