Janna Jyrkinen

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Janna Jyrkinen
Born (2007-02-14) 14 February 2007 (age 17)
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Discipline Women's singles
Coach Alisa Drei
Skating clubEspoon Taitoluisteluklubi ry
Began skating2011
Medal record
Finnish Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Joensuu Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Rauma Singles

Janna Jyrkinen (born 14 February 2007) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup bronze medalist, the 2022 Volvo Open Cup champion, and the 2023 Finnish national champion. She achieved a top-ten result at the 2023 European Championships, where she finished seventh.

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Personal life

Jyrkinen was born on 14 February 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. She has a younger sister named Elina. [1] [2]

Career

Early career

Jyrkinen began figure skating in 2013. [2]

She won the Finnish Novice Championships in 2019. The following year, she won the bronze medal at the 2019–20 Finnish Junior Championships. [3]

Jyrkinen went on to win gold at the 2020 Volvo Open Cup and finish fifth on at the 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup. [3]

2021–22 season

Jyrkinen made her international debut on the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix series, finishing ninth at the 2021 JGP France and 2021 JGP Austria, before going on to finish seventh at the 2021 Santa Claus Cup. [3]

Jyrkinen would then go on to win gold at 2021–22 Finnish Junior Championships and 2022 Nordic Championships. She finished her season at the 2022 Jégvirág Cup and the 2022 Bavarian Open, where she placed second and sixth, respectively. [3]

2022–23 season

Making her senior international level debut, Jyrkinen started the season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and a tenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. She then went on to win gold and bronze at the 2022 Volvo Open Cup and 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, respectively. [3]

A few days before the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo was scheduled to take place, Emmi Peltonen was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. As a result, Jyrkinen was called up to replace her. Due to this, Jyrkinen also had to withdraw from the 2022 NRW Trophy, which she was originally assigned to compete at, due to the event taking place at the same time as the Grand Prix of Espoo. [4] Making her senior Grand Prix debut, Jyrkinen placed twelfth in the short program out of the twelve skaters at the event after popping a planned triple lutz and triple flip into singles. She went on to deliver a solid free skate, placing seventh in that segment of the competition and finishing tenth overall. [3]

Competing at both the 2022–23 Finnish Championships, Jyrkinen won her first senior national title. [3]

At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Jyrkinen entered the event as the home favorite and the only Finnish woman singles skater competing at the event. Jyrkinen delivered two strong performances, placing eighth in the short program, seventh in the free skate, and seventh overall. Her top ten placement earned two spots for Finnish women singles skaters for the 2024 European Championships. Jyrkinen went on to compete at the 2023 Nordic Championships and the 2023 International Challenge Cup, finishing second and twelfth, respectively. [3]

At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Jyrkinen managed to qualify for the free skate segment of the competition after placing twenty-first in the short program. She would also go on to place twenty-first in the free skate segment of the competition, finishing twenty-first overall. [3]

2023–24 season

Jyrkinen struggled with a growth spurt during the season, which caused issues with her skating technique, and unspecified difficulties with her situation in Lappeenranta; she considered quitting the sport but continued with the support of people close to her. [5]

She began the season at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, coming eleventh, before finishing eighth on home ice at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. [3] On the Grand Prix, she came twelfth of twelve skaters at the 2023 Grand Prix de France and then eleventh at Finland's own 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo. [6] [7]

After placing fifth in the short program at the 2024 Nordic Championships, Jyrkinen withdrew from the event. [8]

2024–25 season

Jyrkinen spent the summer adapting her skating technique to her growth spurt. [5] In August 2024, it was announced that Jyrkinen had left her coach, Marina Shirshova, to be coached by Alisa Drei. [9] She moved to live alone in Helsinki. [5]

She started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series circuit, finishing eighth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy and fourth at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. [3] She would follow these results up with a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Volvo Open Cup. Selected as a host pick at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, Jyrkinen finished the event in tenth place. [10] [3]

In December, she won the bronze medal at the 2025 Finnish Championships. [3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[9]
2023–2024
[11]
  • Big Spender
    performed by Peggy Lee
  • Jumpin' Jack
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
    choreo. by Anastasia Bunina
2022–2023
[2]
2021–2022
[12]
2020–2021
[13]
  • Big Spender
    performed by Peggy Lee
  • Jumpin' Jack
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
    choreo. by Anastasia Bunina

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level  [14]
Season 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 21st
European Championships 7thTBD
Finnish Championships 1st3rd
GP Finland 10th11th10th
GP France 12th
CS Budapest Trophy 8th
CS Finlandia Trophy 10th8th
CS Lombardia Trophy 11th11th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd
Challenge Cup 12th
Nordic Championships 2ndWD
Volvo Open Cup 1st4th
Winter University Games TBD
Competition placements at junior level  [14]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Finnish Championships 3rdC1st
JGP Austria 9th
JGP France 9th
Bavarian Open 6th
Jégvirág Cup 2nd
Nordic Championships 1st
Santa Claus Cup 7th
Tallink Hotels Cup5th
Volvo Open Cup 1st

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [15]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS176.96 2023 European Championships
Short program TSS62.35 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
TES35.692022 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS27.662022 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS116.192023 European Championships
TES62.36 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
PCS57.13 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Senior level

2024–25 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
December 13–15, 2024 2025 Finnish Championships 3
57.38		3
98.58		3
155.96
November 15–17, 2024 2024 Finlandia Trophy 9
55.30		11
102.14		10
157.44
October 31–November 3, 2024 2024 Volvo Open Cup 4
53.29		6
87.20		4
140.49
October 16–20, 2024 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 4
56.73		4
112.24		4
168.97
October 11–13, 2024 2024 CS Budapest Trophy 7
57.26		9
95.08		8
152.34
September 19–21, 2024 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8
57.24		8
111.58		8
168.82
2023–24 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
February 1–4, 2024 2024 Nordic Championships 5
48.08		WDWD
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 6
58.63		11
95.11		11
153.74
November 3–5, 2023 2023 Grand Prix de France 12
39.57		12
86.35		12
125.92
October 4–8, 2023 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 10
53.44		7
106.41		8
159.85
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 10
53.62		11
91.49		11
145.11
2022–23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 21
56.06		21
104.85		21
160.91
February 23–26, 2023 2023 International Challenge Cup 4
62.12		13
96.04		12
158.16
February 2–5, 2023 2023 Nordic Championships 1
60.98		4
106.92		2
167.90
January 25–29, 2022 2023 European Championships 8
60.77		7
116.19		7
176.96
December 16–18, 2022 2022–23 Finnish Championships 1
63.30		1
111.12		1
174.42
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 12
42.89		7
111.56		10
154.45
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 2
62.35		4
112.61		3
174.96
November 3–7, 2022 2022 Volvo Cup Open 1
57.15		1
121.57		1
178.72
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 12
53.75		10
103.89		10
157.64
September 16–19, 2022 2022 Lombardia Trophy 14
43.29		10
93.47		11
136.96

Junior level

2021–22 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
February 11–13, 2022 2022 Jégvirág Cup 4
49.29		2
95.24		2
144.53
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Bavarian Open 5
48.56		6
83.93		6
132.49
January 27–30, 2022 2022 Nordic Championships 1
60.57		3
90.22		1
150.79
December 6–12, 2021 2021 Santa Claus Cup 12
47.85		4
104.25		7
152.10
October 6–9, 2021 2021 JGP Austria 17
45.64		9
102.12		9
147.76
August 18–21, 2021 2021 JGP France I 6
53.70		9
79.95		9
133.65
2020–21 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
February 18–21, 20212021 Tallink Hotels Cup5
46.81		3
89.52		5
136.33
November 7–8, 2020 2020 Volvo Open Cup 1
53.46		1
99.92		1
153.38
2019–20 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
December 13–15, 2019 2019–20 Finnish Junior Championships 1
50.16		3
84.29		3
134.45

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