Viveca Lindfors (figure skater)
| Viveca Lindfors | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Finland |
| Born |
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 |
55.61 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| 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: Senior Debut
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: Debut at Worlds and Europeans
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.
2016–17 season
Lindfors started her season by placing 11th at the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy and 10th at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 [5] |
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| 2015–16 [1] |
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| 2014–15 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| Worlds | 20th | |||||
| Europeans | 8th | |||||
| CS Finlandia | 5th | 10th | ||||
| CS Lombardia | 11th | |||||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 4th | 10th | ||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 10th | |||||
| Nordics | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| Seibt Memorial | 4th | |||||
| Skate Helena | 1st | |||||
| International: Junior or novice[7] | ||||||
| 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[8] | ||||||
| Finnish Champ. | 9th N | 2nd N | 3rd J | 3rd | 4th | |
| Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | ||||||
Detailed Results
| 2016–17 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| October 6–9, 2016 | 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy | 11 47.07 |
9 90.03 |
10 137.10 |
| September 8–11, 2016 | 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy | 9 52.71 |
12 88.24 |
11 140.95 |
| 2015–16 season | ||||
| March 26 – April 3, 2016 | 2016 World Championships | 23 50.18 |
16 102.75 |
20 152.93 |
| January 25–31, 2016 | 2016 European Championships | 11 53.92 |
8 101.57 |
8 155.49 |
| December 18–20, 2015 | 2016 Finnish Championships | 1 58.27 |
4 93.39 |
4 151.66 |
| November 18–22, 2015 | 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy | 8 47.09 |
3 109.97 |
4 157.06 |
| October 9–11, 2015 | 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy | 7 51.14 |
5 99.98 |
5 151.12 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Viveca LINDFORS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
- ↑ "Viveca Lindfors hakee EM-kisoista uusia ennätyspisteitään ja kokemusta". Länsiväylä (in Finnish). 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "European Championships 2016". International Skating Union. 27 January 2016.
- ↑ "Viveca LINDFORS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Viveca LINDFORS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Viveca LINDFORS". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Viveca Lindfors" (in Finnish). Espoon Jäätaiturit. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.
External links
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