Finland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Finland
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	51 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Eeli Keranen & Hanni Koski
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 7
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Finland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Finland's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The Finnish team consisted of 51 athletes (36 men and 15 women) competing in ten sports. ^[1] Ski jumper Eeli Keranen and biathlete/cross-country skier Hanni Koski were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	3	5
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing*	3	3	6
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	18	0	18
Nordic combined	2	2	4
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboarding	1	0	1
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	36	15	51

• Hanni Koski will compete in both biathlon and cross-country skiing. Her total is counted once in the overall number.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Minja Korhonen	Nordic combined	Women's individual normal hill/4 km	29 January
Gold	Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 7.5 km classical	30 January
Gold	Eemeli Kurttila Heta Hirvonen Minja Korhonen Peter Räisänen	Nordic combined	Mixed team normal hill/4 × 3.3 km	31 January
Bronze	Jaakko Koskinen	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle	25 January
Bronze	Amelie Björksten Altti Pyrrö	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	26 January
Bronze	Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	29 January
Bronze	Finland men's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	31 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland qualified five alpine skiers (two men and three women). ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Altti Pyrrö	Super-G	—	55.90	21
	Giant slalom	Did not start
	Slalom	48.38	15	53.55	12	1:41.93	11
	Combined	57.29	35	58.61	25	1:55.90	25
Urho Rechardt	Super-G	—	56.19	26
	Giant slalom	51.18	22	47.80	22	1:38.98	22
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amelie Björksten	Super-G	—	56.25	25
	Giant slalom	49.88	12	52.91	5	1:42.79	7
	Slalom	52.08	16	49.11	8	1:41.19	11
	Combined	58.44	21	Did not finish
Aada Marttila	Super-G	—	Did not finish
	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	Did not finish
Kia Suni	Super-G	—	56.21	24
	Giant slalom	51.53	21	Did not finish
	Slalom	53.83	28	Did not finish
	Combined	59.11	30	52.79	10	1:51.90	18

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amelie Björksten Altti Pyrrö	Parallel mixed team	Slovenia W 3–2	Switzerland W 2*–2	Sweden L 0–4	United States W 2*–2

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Akseli Kirjavainen	Sprint	24:59.9	4 (1+3)	57
	Individual	47:59.5	6 (0+3+0+3)	36
Eemil Koskinen	Sprint	24:02.7	5 (3+2)	36
	Individual	50:14.0	9 (3+3+2+1)	62
Arttu Remes	Sprint	25:35.2	6 (1+5)	67
	Individual	50:39.8	10 (3+2+2+3)	66
Kaapo Saarinen	Sprint	23:23.7	3 (3+0)	21
	Individual	48:59.4	6 (2+3+0+1)	52

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Eveliina Hakala	Sprint	22:23.4	4 (0+4)	25
	Individual	42:30.8	6 (0+3+0+3)	24
Hanni Koski	Sprint	24:08.2	5 (4+1)	45
	Individual	44:25.4	7 (2+4+1+0)	49
Erika Kujala	Sprint	24:01.9	7 (2+5)	42
	Individual	42:49.8	6 (0+3+1+2)	28
Ilona Rantakömi	Sprint	21:35.6	1 (0+1)	13
	Individual	43:46.1	5 (1+2+0+2)	39

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Eveliina Hakala Akseli Kirjavainen	Single mixed relay	48:53.7	2+18	15
Eveliina Hakala Ilona Rantakömi Eemil Koskinen Kaapo Saarinen	Mixed relay	1:25:59.0	10+22	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender). ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leevi Passila	7.5 km classical	—	21:40.2	36
	Sprint freestyle	3:08.39	10 Q	3:04.99	4	Did not advance
Kalle Tossavainen	7.5 km classical	—	20:44.6	15
	Sprint freestyle	3:06.12	5 Q	3:10.89	3	Did not advance
Topias Vuorela	7.5 km classical	—	20:15.5	6
	Sprint freestyle	3:14.58	33	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Signe Jakobsson	7.5 km classical	—	26:25.8	45
	Sprint freestyle	3:51.09	34	Did not advance
Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	7.5 km classical	—	22:19.6
	Sprint freestyle	3:31.60	3 Q	3:33.31	1 Q	3:36.45	1 Q	3:34.46
Hanni Koski	7.5 km classical	—	23:17.9	14
	Sprint freestyle	3:39.22	14 Q	3:39.31	1 Q	3:48.59	6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hanni Koski Topias Vuorela Nelli-Lotta Karppelin Kalle Tossavainen	Mixed relay	54:29.8	8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Iida Karhunen	Women's singles	55.04	11	111.84	7	166.88	8

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Dual moguls

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eero Lampi	Men's dual moguls	Huff  (USA) L 2–3	Gianella  (SUI) W 3–2	Gravenfors  (SWE) W 3–2	Long  (CHN) L 2–3	10	3	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Jaakko Koskinen	Men's big air	81.00	76.00	81.00	7 Q	18.50	61.75	45.25	107.00	8
	Men's slopestyle	69.50	80.00	80.00	6 Q	82.75	78.25	83.75	83.75
Aimo Mandelin	Men's big air	54.25	79.00	79.00	8 Q	76.25	90.25	44.25	166.50	4
	Men's slopestyle	7.25	6.75	7.25	24	Did not advance
Lina Häggström	Women's slopestyle	23.50	DNS	23.50	17	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland qualified a men's hockey team of 18 athletes. ^[5]

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by game winning shots

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Finland	Men's tournament	South Korea W 3–1	Canada L 1–4	2nd	Czech Republic L 1–3	Canada W 5–4 GWS

Men's tournament

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	12	1	+11	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	South Korea (H)	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source: Gangwon 2024
(H) Host

28 January 2024 20:00

Finland

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,713

Game reference
	William Gammals	Goalies	Lim Jae-hun	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Joseph Sewell Linesmen: David Thuma Niclas Westman
	0–1 01:01 – Gong (Lee S.) Arkko (Alalauri, Kähkönen) – 11:05 1–1 Myllyniemi – 24:31 2–1 Torkki (Järvenpää, Kähkönen) – 28:53 3–1
	1.5 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	46	Shots	8

29 January 2024 20:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 2,083

Game reference
	Carter Esler	Goalies	Pyry Lammi	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Oskar Øvstedal Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo David Thuma
	Di Iorio (Edwards) – 11:40 1–0 Di Iorio (Chartrand) – 35:03 2–0 Lin (SH2) – 37:52 3–0 3–1 38:32 – Alalauri (Piiparinen, Suvanto) (PP2) Di Iorio (O'Donnell) (ENG) – 43:20 4–1
	9 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	39	Shots	19

Semifinals

30 January 2024 14:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,448

Game reference
	Jan Láryš Martin Psohlavec	Goalies	Pyry Lammi	Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Adler Steenstra Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo David Prokofyev
	Nedorost (Ruml, Bělohorský) (PP2) – 17:14 1–0 Bělohorský (Reisnecker) – 19:06 2–0 Novák (Vaněček, Katolický) – 29:11 3–0 3–1 34:32 – Kähkönen (Arkko, Torkki)
	4.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	33	Shots	25

Bronze medal game

31 January 2024 13:00

Canada

4–5 GWS (3–2, 0–2, 1–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,652

Game reference
	Carter Esler	Goalies	William Gammals Pyry Lammi	Referees: Oskar Øvstedal Joseph Sewell Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo Niclas Westman
	Di Iorio (Edwards) – 06:15 1–0 Lawrence (Lin, O'Donnell) – 06:46 2–0 Verhoeff (Wassilyn) – 06:58 3–0 3–1 07:27 – Laitinen (Myllyniemi, Rinne) 3–2 08:20 – Arkko (Kähkönen, Kallio) (PP) 3–3 25:34 – Kallio (Nuutinen, Suvanto) 3–4 27:18 – Kähkönen (Arkko, Piiparinen) (PP) Preston (Lin) – 38:58 4–4
	Preston Valentini	Shootout	Uronen Myllyniemi
	7.5 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	36	Shots	37

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Eemeli Kurttila	Men's normal hill/6 km	107.0	132.6	3	+0:34	14:43.1	7
Peter Räisänen		88.0	91.5	21	+3:18	16:44.9	18
Heta Hirvonen	Women's normal hill/4 km	100.0	118.6	3	+0:59	11:29.5	4
Minja Korhonen		103.5	133.3	1	0:00	10:02.7

Team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Heta Hirvonen Peter Räisänen Eemeli Kurttila Minja Korhonen	Mixed team	435.8	2	+0:13	33:56.2

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender). ^[6]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eeli Keränen	Men's normal hill	90.5	81.8	17	92.0	82.8	15	164.6	15
Juho Ojala		74.0	44.8	33	76.5	49.2	33	94.0	34
Sofia Mattila	Women's normal hill	96.0	90.0	5	94.0	83.6	10	173.6	8
Emilia Vidgren		65.0	23.5	27	76.0	50.8	20	74.3	24

Team

Athlete	Event	First round				Final				Total
		Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sofia Mattila Juho Ojala Emilia Vidgren Eeli Keränen	Mixed team	90.5 88.5 75.0 84.5	83.9 81.7 51.6 74.7	291.9	11	86.0 80.5 74.0 87.0	80.7 72.4 55.1 83.4	291.6	10	583.5	10

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 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
Erik Jurmu	Men's slopestyle	53.25	23.25	53.25	9 Q	50.75	21.75	20.75	50.75	7
	Men's big air	10.00	10.25	10.25	20	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eeka Rintala	Men's 500 m	42.04	30
	Men's 1500 m	2:12.74	30

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Eeka Rintala	Men's mass start	0	5:58.86	15	Did not advance

See also

• Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Suomen joukkue nuorten talviolympialaisiin valittu" [The Finnish team selected for the Youth Winter Olympics]. www.olympiakomitea.fi/ (in Finnish). Finnish Olympic Committee. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
2. "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
3. "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
4. "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
5. "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee . 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
6. "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.