Valtter Virtanen

Valtter Virtanen
Valtter Virtanen
	Virtanen competes at the 2018 European Championships.
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Born	4 June 1987; Kerava, Finland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Coach	Karel Fajfr
Former coach	Stefan Zins, Liivo Rennik
Choreographer	Frank Dehne
Former choreographer	Stefan Zins, Markus Leminen, Galina Loutkov
Skating club	Kels Kerava
Former skating club	HSK Helsinki
Training locations	Oberstdorf
Former training locations	Tampere
Began skating	1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	180.96; 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy
Short program	62.16; 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy
Free skate	118.80; 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy

Valtter Virtanen (born 4 June 1987) is a Finnish figure skater. He is a two-time Nordic medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2014) and a five-time Finnish national champion (2013, 2015–2018). He has qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.

Personal life

Virtanen was born on 4 June 1987 in Kerava, Finland. After completing his studies in late 2015, he became a medical doctor at a hospital in Oberstdorf, Germany.[1] He married German figure skater Alina Mayer in July 2016.[1]

Career

Virtanen began skating in 1992 at Keravan Luistinseura.[2] He has competed in the free skate at three ISU Championships — 2005 Junior Worlds in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he placed 20th; 2015 Europeans in Stockholm, Sweden, where he placed 18th; and 2017 Europeans in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

At the Bavarian Open in February 2017, Virtanen obtained the minimum technical score required to compete at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[3]

Programs

Virtanen at the 2011 European Championships

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2020–2021 [4]	Thule by Travis Lake This Place Was A Shelter by Ólafur Arnalds choreo. by Adam Solya	Sail by Awolnation We Are by HAEVN choreo. by Adam Solya
2019–2020 [5]	Fall On Me - Ven a mi by Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli choreo. by Adam Solya	Minnie the Moocher If I Only Had A Brain performed by Robbie Williams choreo. by Adam Solya
2018–2019 [6]	Milonga de mis amores by Pedro Laurenz choreo. by Pierre Loup Bouquet	La Strada by Nino Rota choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
2017–2018 [1]	Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn	La Strada by Nino Rota choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn
2016–2017 [7]	Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn	Valse triste by Jean Sibelius	Island Song by Zac Brown Band
2015–2016 [8]	La vie en rose performed by Andrea Bocelli, feat. Edith Piaf	Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
2014–2015 [9]	La vie en rose performed by Andrea Bocelli, feat. Edith Piaf	Alexander by Vangelis
2013–2014 [10]	Bei mir bist du schoen performed by Hugo Strasser	Alexander by Vangelis
2011–2013 [11][12]	Ain't No Sunshine Harlem Nocturne	Kashmir by David Garrett Who Wants to Live Forever performed by David Garrett
2009–2011 [13][14]	Love in Venice by Edvin Marton Summer Overture (from Requiem for a Dream) by Clint Mansell	Le Jour d'Avant by Yann Tiersen Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi by Yann Tiersen
2008–2009 [15]	Flamenco by Didulya Carlos (from Cirque Surreal) by Rick Wakeman	Arthur (from The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table) by Rick Wakeman Catherine of Aragon (from The Six Wives of Henry VIII) by Rick Wakeman The Oracle (from A Suite of Gods) by Rick Wakeman Sorry (from 1984) by Rick Wakeman
2005–2006 [16]	Elo 2: Moment of Truth Eye in the Sky by Alan Parsons Project	Con Air by Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer
2004–2005 [17]	Return to the Centre of the Earth by Rick Wakeman	Con Air by Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer
2003–2004 [18]	Return to the Centre of the Earth by Rick Wakeman	Music by Dmitri Shostakovich

Results

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2010–2011 to present

International[19]
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20-21
Worlds							33rd	35th	32nd
Europeans	33rd		25th	29th	18th	26th	23rd	19th
GP Finland									11th
CS Cup of Tyrol											C
CS Alpen Trophy									10th
CS Budapest											WD
CS Finlandia					6th	12th	WD	12th	19th	17th
CS Golden Spin										25th
CS Lombardia							WD	17th
CS Nebelhorn						12th		17th	7th		13th
CS Tallinn Trophy							10th
CS Warsaw Cup										16th
Bavarian Open		6th	13th	8th	3rd		7th		7th	10th
Challenge Cup			7th	9th				3rd		14th	TBD
Cup of Nice		17th	15th	13th		15th
Cup of Tyrol						3rd	10th	8th	5th
Finlandia Trophy	13th	18th	10th	12th
Golden Bear										4th
Hellmut Seibt			3rd
Ice Challenge				10th
Lombardia Trophy				12th
Merano Cup				7th	6th			4th
Nebelhorn Trophy		17th	22nd	19th
Nordics	9th	6th	7th	3rd		2nd
NRW Trophy	14th	14th	14th	11th	5th	7th					5th
Toruń Cup							7th
Winter Universiade					15th
Tallink Hotels Cup											TBD
National[19]
Finnish Champ.	2nd	6th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

2002–2003 to 2009–2010

International[19]
Event	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10
Cup of Nice					12th			19th
Finlandia Trophy					8th	10th	13th	17th
Nepela Memorial					5th	12th	16th
Nordics						4th	5th	5th
Universiade							28th
International: Junior[19]
Junior Worlds		30th	20th	29th
JGP Bulgaria				15th
JGP Germany			14th
JGP Hungary			14th
JGP Poland				16th
Nordics		3rd J		2nd J
National[19]
Finnish Champ.	2nd J	2nd J	1st J	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd
J = Junior level

References

"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.
"Valtter Virtanen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017.
"Virtanen saavutti vihdoin pisterajat MM-kotikisoihin; Suomella mahdollisuus historialliseen MM-joukkueeseen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019.
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019.
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Valtter VIRTANEN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Competition Results: Valtter VIRTANEN". International Skating Union.

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[ISU-1718-1] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.

[STLLbio-2] "Valtter Virtanen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017.

[STLL170219-3] "Virtanen saavutti vihdoin pisterajat MM-kotikisoihin; Suomella mahdollisuus historialliseen MM-joukkueeseen" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.

[ISU-2021-4] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.

[ISU-1920-5] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019.

[ISU-1819-6] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019.

[ISU-1617-7] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1516-8] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1415-9] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1314-10] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1213-11] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1112-12] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1011-13] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-0910-14] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-0809-15] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-0506-16] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-0405-17] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-0304-18] "Valtter VIRTANEN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-VV-19] "Competition Results: Valtter VIRTANEN". International Skating Union.