Finland at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi
in Lausanne
Competitors	52 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 5
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Finland competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 9 to 22 January 2020.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Rosa Pohjolainen Jaakko Tapanainen	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	15 January
Silver	Emilia Kyrkkö	Ice hockey	Girls’ 3x3 mixed tournament	15 January
Silver	Juho Lukkari	Ice hockey	Boys’ 3x3 mixed tournament	15 January
Silver	Rosa Pohjolainen	Alpine skiing	Girls' giant slalom	12 January
Silver	Perttu Reponen	Nordic combined	Boys' normal hill individual/6 km	18 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eduard Hallberg	Super-G	—	DNF
	Combined	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:06.47	25	1:06.37	21	2:12.84	21
	Slalom	38.48	16	41.15	14	1:19.63	13
Jaakko Tapanainen	Super-G	—	55.98	22
	Combined	55.98	22	33.89	5	1:29.87	8
	Giant slalom	1:04.90	11	1:05.22	10	2:10.12	10
	Slalom	DNF

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maisa Kivimaki	Super-G	—	59.55	31
	Combined	59.55	31	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:11.83	39	DNS
	Slalom	50.80	33	48.67	24	1:39.47	25
Rosa Pohjolainen	Super-G	—	58.42	24
	Combined	58.42	24	36.92	1	1:35.34	9
	Giant slalom	1:04.99	1	1:03.83	6	2:08.82
	Slalom	46.45	11	44.47	2	1:30.92	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rosa Pohjolainen Jaakko Tapanainen	Team	Italy  (ITA) W 4–0	Norway  (NOR) W 3–1	France  (FRA) W 3–1	Germany  (GER) W 4–0

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Henry Heikkinen	Sprint	23:27.8	6 (1+5)	70
	Individual	37:37.6	5 (1+3+0+1)	19
Ville-Valtteri Karvinen	Sprint	23:13.4	6 (2+4)	62
	Individual	38:46.0	6 (2+2+1+1)	35
Kalle Loukkaanhuhta	Sprint	22:37.6	4 (1+3)	51
	Individual	39:43.9	5 (1+0+3+1)	47

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Olivia Halme	Sprint	20:54.2	2 (1+1)	43
	Individual	DSQ
Anni Hyvaerinen	Sprint	21:10.8	2 (0+2)	48
	Individual	DSQ
Anniina Rantala	Sprint	21:46.2	3 (2+1)	60
	Individual	43:03.3	12 (4+3+2+3)	75

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anniina Rantala Henry Heikkinen	Single mixed relay	46:38.5	5+14	18
Anni Hyvaerinen Olivia Halme Ville-Valtteri Karvinen Kalle Loukkaanhuhta	Mixed relay	1:17:29.7	3+13	12

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matias Hyvonen	10 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross
Veeti Pyykko	10 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross
Alexander Stahlberg	10 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sonja Leinamo	5 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross
Tuuli Raunio	5 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross
Eevi-Inkeri Tossavainen	5 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

One Finnish figure skater achieved quota places for Finland based on the results of the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix. ^[1]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nella Pelkonen	Girls' singles	45.13	15	73.29	16	118.42	16

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Determination   Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen  (USA)   Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste (CAN)   Nella Pelkonen  (FIN)   Cha Young-hyun  (KOR)	Team trophy	90.41 5	96.73 5	91.27 2	133.13 6	18	4

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Sampo Yliheikkila	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys' tournament

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Finland boys'	Boys' tournament	United States	Switzerland

Team Roster

• Thomas Gronlund
• Otto Heinonen
• Otto Hokkanen
• Tuomas Hynninen
• Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
• Joakim Kemell
• Niklas Kokko
• Kasper Kulonummi
• Elmeri Laakso
• Jere Lassila
• Topias Leinonen
• Tommi Mannisto
• Mika Monkkonen
• Jani Nyman
• Topi Ronni
• Otto Salin
• Santeri Sulku

Mixed NOC 3x3 tournament

Boys

• Juho Lukkari
• Kalle Varis

Girls

• Emilia Kyrkko

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Waltteri Karhumaa	Normal hill/6 km
Perttu Reponen	Normal hill/6 km
Annamaija Oinas	Normal hill/4 km

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomas Kuisma	Normal hill
Valto Kasperi

Girls

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julia Tervahartiala	Normal hill
Annamaija Oinas

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Valtteri Kautonen	Boys' halfpipe
	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle
Aatu Partanen	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle
Veera Immonen	Girls' big air
	Girls' slopestyle
Eveliina Taka	Girls' big air
	Girls' slopestyle

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Four Finnish skaters achieved quota places foi Finland based on the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking. ^[1]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eetu Käsnänen	500 m	38.97	20
	1500 m	2:05.55	28
Tuuka Suomalainen	500 m	38.93	19
	1500 m	2:07.80	30

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Eetu Käsnänen	Boys' mass start	0	5:55.67	9	Did not advance
Tuukka Suomalainen		0	6:34.51	10	Did not advance
Laura Kivioja	Girls' mass start	0	7:22.21	15	Did not advance
Sini Siro		0	6:27.93	15	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laura Kivioja	500 m	43.41	17
	1500 m	2:19.39	17
Sini Siro	500 m	44.55	30
	1500 m	2:23.73	27

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Team 3   Sini Siro  (FIN)   Yukino Yoshida  (JPN)   Ignaz Gschwentner  (AUT)   Alexander Sergeev  (RUS)	Mixed team sprint	2:04.10
Team 12   Katia Filippi  (ITA)   Aleksandra Rutkovskaia  (RUS)   Eetu Käsnänen  (FIN)   Remo Slotegraaf  (NED)		2:10.07	12
Team 14   Ramona Ionel  (ROU)   Valeriia Sorokoletova  (RUS)   Tuukka Suomalainen  (FIN)   Jonathan Tobon  (USA)		2:05.96
Team 16   Laura Kivioja  (FIN)   Daria Kopacz  (POL)   Theo Collins  (GBR)   Motonaga Arito  (JPN)		2:05.92

See also

• Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.