Oula Jääskeläinen
| Oula Jääskeläinen | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Panu Oula Jääskeläinen |
| Country represented | Finland |
| Born |
8 March 1969 Espoo, Finland |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Former coach | Doug Leigh, Michelle Leigh, Annlisa Uotila |
| Former choreographer | Michelle Leigh, Robert McCall |
| Former skating club | Etelä Vantaan Taitoluisteljat |
| Former training locations | Barrie |
| Retired | 1994 |
Panu Oula Jääskeläinen (born 8 March 1969) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. He is the 1992 Piruetten silver medalist, a two-time Nordic bronze medalist, and a five-time Finnish national champion. He represented Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Career
Jääskeläinen was sent to ten European Championships from 1985 to 1994, achieving his best result, eighth, at the 1993 event in Helsinki.[2] He also competed at nine World Championships and reached his highest placement, 12th, at the 1991 event in Munich.[3] Jääskeläinen was selected to represent Finland at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and finished 19th.[4] During his career, he trained at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Jääskeläinen retired from competition in 1994 and then joined an ice show in Blackpool, England.[5] He also appeared on Strictly Ice Dancing, partnering with celebrity Carol Smillie. He began coaching in Cape Town, South Africa in around 2006 or 2007.[5]
Personal life
Jääskeläinen's sister, Anu Oksanen (née Jääskeläinen), is the head coach for the synchronized skating team Marigold IceUnity who are three-time world champions.[5][6]
Results
| International | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 |
| Olympics | 19th | |||||||||
| Worlds | 22nd | 24th | 23rd | 22nd | 24th | 20th | 12th | 30th | 16th | |
| Europeans | 16th | 19th | 12th | 16th | 16th | 17th | 12th | 14th | 8th | 24th |
| Skate America | 15th | |||||||||
| Skate Canada | 6th | |||||||||
| Inter. de Paris | 10th | |||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 10th | |||||||||
| Piruetten | 2nd | |||||||||
| Nordics | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||
| National[7] | ||||||||||
| Finnish Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Oula Jääskeläinen". Figure Skating Corner.
- ↑ Skatabase: 1990s Europeans
- ↑ Skatabase: 1990s Worlds
- ↑ "Oula Jääskeläinen". Sports Reference.
- 1 2 3 Kajas, Mila; Salmi, Anna (27 April 2008). "Oula Jääskeläinen coaching in South Africa". Finnish Figure Skating Association.
- Original: "Mitä kuuluu Oula Jääskeläinen?" (in Finnish). 1 April 2008.
- ↑ "Marigold IceUnity". Fédération française des sports de glace. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ↑ "Yksinluistelu/Seniorit" [Finnish national champions] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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