Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Name Jenni Saarinen | Began skating 2004 Skating club Tapparan SC | |
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Coach Susanna Haarala, Maaret Siromaa Former coach Minna Jarvinen, Stefan Zins Choreographer Elina Ikonen, Sergei Komolov | ||
Figure Skating Senior Ladies Free Skating Jenni Saarinen
Jenni Saarinen (born 9 March 1999) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist, the 2015 Nordic champion, and a three-time Finnish national silver medalist. She finished in the top fourteen at three World Junior Championships (2013, 2014 and 2015).
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- Figure Skating Senior Ladies Free Skating Jenni Saarinen
- Isu 2014 jr grand prix aichi ladies short program jenni saarinen fin
- Personal life
- Career
- 201314 season
- 201415 to present
- Competitive highlights
- References
Isu 2014 jr grand prix aichi ladies short program jenni saarinen fin
Personal life
Jenni Saarinen was born on 9 March 1999 in Espoo, Finland. She practiced gymnastics for five years as a child.
Career
Saarinen started skating when she was about five years old. She began competing on the junior international level in autumn 2012 and was assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where she finished 14th.
2013–14 season
Saarinen made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut and won the junior title at the 2014 Finnish Championships. She placed 13th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2014–15 to present
Saarinen continued competing on the JGP series before making her senior international debut at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy, a Challenger Series (CS) event. In November 2014, she won a bronze medal at the CS Volvo Open Cup. In the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn she placed 8th in the short program, and 13th overall.
In the 2015–16 season, Saarinen was assigned to the 2015 Tallinn Trophy, but withdrew before the short program. In December, she won the silver medal at the 2016 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, only 0.15 points behind Anni Järvenpää. She was 3rd in the short program, and won the free skating.
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
