Jussiville Partanen

Jussiville Partanen
Partanen competes with Aghai in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Born	(1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 Kuopio, Finland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner	Cecilia Törn
Former partner	Sara Aghai, Laima Krasnitskaja
Coach	Maurizio Margaglio
Former coach	Aaron Lowe, Megan Wing
Choreographer	Maurizio Margaglio, Marina Zueva
Former choreographer	Aaron Lowe, Megan Wing
Skating club	Helsingfors Skridskoklubb
Training locations	Helsinki
Former training locations	Burnaby
Began skating	2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	142.90 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short dance	56.51 2016 World Championships
Free dance	89.84 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy

Jussiville Partanen (born 15 July 1991) is a Finnish ice dancer. With Cecilia Törn, he is the 2015 International Cup of Nice champion, winner of two bronze medals on the ISU Challenger Series, and the 2016 Finnish national champion.

Early career

Partanen skated with Laima Krasnitskaja in the 2010–11 season, winning the junior silver medal at the Finnish Championships.

In the 2011–12 season, Partanen began competing with Canada's Sara Aghai for Finland. They placed in the top ten at both of their ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments and went on to win the Finnish national junior title. At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, they qualified for the final segment by placing 8th in the preliminary round and 12th in the short dance. They finished 16th overall after placing 17th in the free dance.

In the 2012–13 season, Aghai/Partanen repeated as the Finnish junior champions. Ranked 24th in the short dance, they did not qualify for the final segment at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan. They parted ways at the end of the season.

Partnership with Törn

Partanen teamed up with Cecilia Törn in 2013. In their first season together, the two won the silver medal at the Finnish Championships behind Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo.

In the 2014–15 season, Törn/Partanen placed seventh at the 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy and second to Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm at the Finnish Championships. They were sent to the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai but were eliminated after placing 25th in the short dance.

2015–16 season

Törn/Partanen began the 2015–16 season by placing fourth at the Lombardia Trophy and fifth at a Challenger Series event, the Finlandia Trophy. Their first international medal, gold, came at the International Cup of Nice in October. In November, they were awarded bronze medals at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy and 2015 CS Warsaw Cup. The following month, Törn/Partanen became the Finnish national champions, ahead of Karmi/Lindholm, and went on to qualify for the final segment at both of their ISU Championship assignments. Ranked 18th in the short and 14th in the free, they finished 15th overall at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, they placed 17th in the short, 19th in the free, and 18th overall.

2016–17 season

On 7 July 2016, Törn/Partanen were invited to the 2016 Skate Canada International, their first Grand Prix event, replacing Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley who withdrew.^[1] They started their season by winning the bronze medal at 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy and placing 7th at 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy.

Programs

With Törn

With Aghai

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Törn

With Aghai

With Krasnitskaja

References

External links

Media related to Jussiville Partanen at Wikimedia Commons

• Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen at the International Skating Union
• Sara Aghai / Jussiville Partanen at the International Skating Union