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Country represented | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Formed | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Anu Oksanen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Helsingin Luistelijat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World standing | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 232.29 Spring Cup 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short program | 79.34 French Cup 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free skate | 153.60 Spring Cup 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marigold IceUnity are a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland, representing the figure skating club Helsingin Luistelijat. Coached by Anu Oksanen and Tiina Turunen, they are five-time World Champions and were ranked second in the world in 2015 by the International Skating Union. [1]
Helsingin Luistelijat also fields the Musketeers at the junior level, Starlights at the novice level, Sunlights at the juvenile level, Sunflowers at the pre-juvenile level, Moonlights and Moonshadows at the basic junior level, Silverlights at the basic novice level, All Stars at the basic senior level, Icemen United (men's team) and Creme De Ments at the adult level. [2]
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2022-23 |
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2021-22 |
Music: Daniel's Joik,Stars of the Far Nort |
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2020-21 |
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2019–20 |
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2018–19 |
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2017–18 |
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2016–17 |
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2015–16 |
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2014–15 |
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2013–14 |
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2012–13 |
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2011–12 |
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2010–11 |
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2009–10 |
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2008–09 |
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16-17 | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19–20 | 20-21 | 21-22 | 22-23 | 23-24 | |
World Championships | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | (event not held) | (did not compete) | 2nd | ||||
French Cup | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 2nd CS | ||||||||
Hevelius Cup | 1st | 2nd CS | |||||||||||||
Lumière Cup | 1st | 1st CS | |||||||||||||
Leon Lurje Trophy | 1st | 2nd CS | |||||||||||||
Cup of Berlin | 1st | 1st | |||||||||||||
Mozart Cup | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||||
Neuchâtel Trophy | 2nd | 2nd CS | |||||||||||||
Spring Cup | 2nd CS | ||||||||||||||
Shanghai Trophy | 5th | 2nd | |||||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy ^ | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | |||||
Winter Universiade | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||||||
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Finnish Championships | 2nd [9] | 2nd [10] | 2nd [11] | 1st [12] | 1st [13] | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | (event not held) | 2nd | 3rd | ||
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Event | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | ||||
World Championships | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 8th | 4th | 6th | 2nd | ||||
Source | [15] | [15] | [15] | [15] | [15] [16] | [15] [17] | [15] [18] | [15] [19] | [15] [20] | [21] [22] | |||||
Cup of Berlin | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||||||||
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Finlandia Cup | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st [23] | ||||||||||
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French Cup | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||
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North American International Synchronized Skating Competition | 1st | ||||||||||||||
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Prague Cup | 1st | 1st | |||||||||||||
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Spring Cup | 2nd | 3rd | |||||||||||||
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National | |||||||||||||||
Finnish Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||||
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