Viveca Lindfors (figure skater)

Viveca Lindfors
Personal information
Country represented Finland
Born (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999
Helsinki, Finland
Home town Helsinki
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 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 187.19
2018 Finlandia
Short program 62.68
2018 CS Lombardia Trophy
Free skate 129.50
2018 Finlandia

Viveca Lindfors (born 30 January 1999) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist, the 2018 Nordic champion, and a three-time Finnish national medalist. She has competed in the final segment at six ISU Championships, achieving her best result, eighth, at the 2016 European Championships.

Personal life

Viveca Lindfors was born on 30 January 1999 in Helsinki, Finland.[1] Her two sisters and one brother are also practicing figure skating.[2] Her younger sister Monica is the 2017 Finnish Junior ice dance champion with Juho Pirinen.[3]

Career

Early career

Lindfors began learning to skate in 2004.[1] She competed on the advanced novice level in the 2012–2013 season, winning silver at the Finnish Championships and bronze at the Triglav Trophy.

In 2013–2014, 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.

2014–2015 season: Senior debut

Coached by Virpi Horttana at Espoon Jäätaiturit, Lindfors debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing 18th at an October event in Zagreb, Croatia.[4] 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.

2015–2016 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.[5] She qualified for the free skate by placing 11th in the short program and finished 8th overall in her ISU Championship debut.[6] 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.

2016–2017 season

Lindfors had a back problem in the summer and autumn of 2016.[7] She started her season by placing 11th at the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy and 10th at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy. At the 2017 Finnish Championships she won the bronze medal behind Emmi Peltonen and Jenni Saarinen, placing second in the short program and third in the free skate. She finished 23rd at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. She stated that she had a heart problem.[8]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
      2017–2018
      [9]
      2016–2017
      [10]
      2015–2016
      [11]
      • Persian Dance
        (from The Snow Queen)
        by Tuomas Kantelinen
        choreo. by Sari Hakola
      2014–2015
      [4]
      • Don't Cry for Me Argentina
        (from Evita)
        by Andrew Lloyd Webber
        performed by Madonna
        choreo. by Sari Hakola

      Competitive highlights

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

      International[12]
      Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
      Worlds20th16th
      Europeans8th23rd14th
      GP FinlandTBD
      CS Finlandia5th10thWD3rd
      CS Lombardia11th5th
      CS Nebelhorn6th
      CS Tallinn Trophy4th10th10th
      CS Warsaw Cup10th
      Challenge Cup7th
      Hellmut Seibt4th
      Nordics3rd2nd6th1st
      Skate Helena1st
      International: Junior[12]
      Junior Worlds25th14thWD
      JGP Croatia18th
      JGP Latvia11th10th
      JGP Poland9th
      Dragon Trophy1st
      Nordics4th
      Skate Helena1st
      International: Novice[12]
      Bavarian Open4th
      Triglav Trophy3rd
      Warsaw Cup12th
      National[13]
      Finnish Champ.9th N2nd N3rd J3rd4th3rd2nd
      Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior
      TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

      Detailed results

      2016–17 season
      Date Event SP FS Total
      March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships 10
      55.50      		 15
      88.03      		 14
      143.53
      March 5–2, 2017 2017 Nordic Championhsips 9
      44.04      		 5
      89.71      		 6
      133.75
      January 25–29, 2017 2017 European Championhsips 19
      49.48      		 22
      80.62      		 23
      130.10
      December 15–18, 2016 2017 Finnish Championships 2
      52.43      		 3
      86.08      		 3
      138.51
      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
      February 24–28, 2017 2016 Nordic Championships 2
      58.17      		 2
      107.05      		 2
      165.22
      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. 1 2 "Viveca LINDFORS: 2018/2019". International Skating Union.
      2. ↑ "Viveca Lindfors hakee EM-kisoista uusia ennätyspisteitään ja kokemusta". Länsiväylä (in Finnish). 30 December 2015.
      3. ↑ Sula, Papp, Lindfors & Pirinen are Finnish Junior Champions at the Finnish Figure Skating Association
      4. 1 2 "Viveca LINDFORS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.
      5. ↑ "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.
      6. ↑ "European Championships 2016". International Skating Union. 27 January 2016.
      7. ↑ Heinonen, Ville (20 January 2017). "EM-kisoihin suuntaavat Emmi Peltonen ja Viveca Lindfors ovat jättäneet vaivat taakseen". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 23 February 2017.
      8. ↑ Smolander, Riikka (27 January 2017). "Emmi Peltonen hurmasi EM-yleisön - ennätyspisteet ensimmäisissä arvokisoissa". Yle (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 23 February 2017.
      9. ↑ "Viveca LINDFORS: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
      10. ↑ "Viveca LINDFORS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
      11. ↑ "Viveca LINDFORS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
      12. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Viveca LINDFORS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
      13. ↑ "Viveca Lindfors" (in Finnish). Espoon Jäätaiturit. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015.
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