Viveca Lindfors (figure skater)

Viveca Lindfors
Personal information
Country represented Finland
Born (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999
Helsinki, Finland
Home town Helsinki
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Virpi Horttana
Former coach Tuula Öhrnberg, Tarja Sipilä
Choreographer Sari Hakola
Skating club Espoon Jäätaiturit
Training locations Espoo
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 157.06
2015 Tallinn Trophy
Short program 53.92
2016 Europeans
Free skate 109.97
2015 Tallinn Trophy

Viveca Lindfors (born 30 January 1999) is a Finnish figure skater. She is a two-time Nordic medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2015) and the 2015 Finnish national bronze medalist. She placed eighth in her ISU Championship debut at the 2016 European Championships.

Personal life

Viveca Lindfors was born on 30 January 1999 in Helsinki.[1] Her two sisters and one brother are also practicing figure skating.[2]

Career

Lindfors started skating at the age of five, and is now coached by Virpi Horttana at Espoon Jäätaiturit figure skating club.[1]

Early career

Lindfors competed on the advanced novice level in the 2012–13 season, winning silver at the Finnish Championships and bronze at the Triglav Trophy.

In 2013–14, Lindfors moved up to the junior level. After taking bronze at the Finnish Championships, she won gold medals at Skate Helena and the Dragon Trophy.

2014–15 season

In October 2014, Lindfors debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing 18th in Zagreb, Croatia. She spent the rest of the season competing on the senior level. Appearing at her first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event, she finished 10th at the Warsaw Cup in November. After becoming the Finnish senior national bronze medalist, Lindfors won gold at Skate Helena and bronze at The Nordics. She concluded her season at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial, where she finished 4th.

2015–16 season

Starting her season on the JGP series, Lindfors placed 11th in Riga, Latvia and 9th in Toruń, Poland. She then competed at a pair of CS events, finishing 5th at the 2015 Finlandia Trophy and 4th at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy. In December, she finished 4th at the Finnish Championships, only 0.13 behind the bronze medal winner after winning the short program and placing 4th in the free skate. As the Finnish lady with the highest season's best, she was selected to compete at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.[3] She qualified for the free skate by placing 11th in the short program and finished 8th overall in her ISU Championship debut.[4] She won the silver medal at the 2016 Nordics Open.

In March, Lindfors placed 25th in the short program at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary; she missed the cut-off for the free skate by one spot. In April, she finished 20th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston after placing 23rd in the short and 16th in the free.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[1]
  • Persian Dance
    by Tuomas Kantelinen
  • The Snow Queen
    by Tuomas Kantelinen
    choreo. by Sari Hakola
2014–2015
[5]
  • Don't Cry for Me Argentina
    (from "Evita")
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    performed by Madonna
    choreo. by Sari Hakola

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Worlds 20th
Europeans 8th
CS Finlandia 5th
CS Tallinn Trophy 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 10th
Nordics 3rd 2nd
Seibt Memorial 4th
Skate Helena 1st
International: Junior or novice[6]
Junior Worlds 25th
JGP Croatia 18th
JGP Latvia 11th
JGP Poland 9th
Dragon Trophy 1st J.
Nordics 4th J.
Skate Helena 1st J.
Bavarian Open 4th N.
Triglav Trophy 3rd N.
Warsaw Cup 12th N.
National[7]
Finnish Champ. 9th N. 2nd N. 3rd J. 3rd 4th
Levels: N. = Advanced novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Viveca LINDFORS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Viveca Lindfors hakee EM-kisoista uusia ennätyspisteitään ja kokemusta". Länsiväylä (in Finnish). 30 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Suomen EM-kisajoukkue Bratislavaan 27.-31.1.2016 on valittu" [Finnish team to the European Championships] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 21 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "European Championships 2016". International Skating Union. 27 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Viveca LINDFORS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Competition Results: Viveca LINDFORS". International Skating Union.
  7. ↑ "Viveca Lindfors" (in Finnish). Espoon Jäätaiturit. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.

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