Elina Kettunen | |
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Born | Helsinki, Finland | 10 April 1981
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Finland |
Coach | Tarja Sipilä Jari Malinen |
Skating club | Helsingin Luistelijat |
Elina Kettunen (born 10 April 1981) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She is the 1999 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2004 Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist, a three-time Nordic champion, and the 2001 Finnish national champion. She finished in the top fourteen at seven ISU Championships. Her best result, fifth, came at the 2000 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf and 2002 Europeans in Lausanne.
Kettunen was selected to represent Finland at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She qualified for the final segment by placing 18th in the short program and went on to finish 11th overall (9th in the free).
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2004–2005 [1] |
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2003–2004 [2] |
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2002–2003 [3] |
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2001–2002 [4] |
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2000–2001 [5] |
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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International [6] | ||||||||
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Event | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 |
Olympics | 11th | |||||||
Worlds | 11th | |||||||
Europeans | 7th | 5th | 10th | 11th | ||||
GP Cup of China | 5th | |||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 4th | 11th | 12th | |||||
GP Lalique | 7th | |||||||
GP Skate America | 12th | |||||||
Bofrost Cup on Ice | 5th | |||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | ||
Golden Spin | 6th | |||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | 12th | 9th | |||||
Nepela Memorial | 6th | |||||||
Nordics | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||||
International: Junior [6] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 14th | 5th | ||||||
JGP Japan | 9th | |||||||
JGP Slovenia | 4th | |||||||
National [6] | ||||||||
Finnish Champ. | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd |
WD: Withdrew |
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