Mila Kajas

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Mila Kajas
Finnish skater Mila Kajas modelling for a hairstyle 2000 (JOKASEK5K04C-1).tiff
Mila Kajas in 2000
Full nameMila Johanna Kajas
Other namesMila Kajas-Virtanen
Born (1972-01-30) 30 January 1972 (age 52)
Lahti, Finland
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Finland
Skating clubLahden Taitoluistelijat
Retired1996

Mila Johanna Kajas (born 30 January 1972) [1] is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She won seven international medals, including silver at the 1993 Grand Prix International de Paris, and four Finnish national titles. Her best ISU Championship results were 11th at the 1994 Worlds in Chiba, Japan, and 10th at the 1996 Europeans in Sofia, Bulgaria. She placed 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

She married Jarkko Virtanen in 1997 and gave birth to a daughter, Ilona, in January 2004 and Ines, in August 2006 [2]

Results

International
Event89–9090–9191–9292–9393–9494–9595–96
Winter Olympics 12th
World Champ. 29th34th18th11th27th
European Champ. 21st17th10th
Internat. de Paris 2nd
NHK Trophy 6th
Piruetten 2nd9th
St. Gervais 3rd
Nordics 3rd2nd2nd2nd
National
Finnish Champ. 1st1st1st1st

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References

  1. "Mila Kajas". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. "Mila Kajakselle tytär" [Mila Kajas has a daughter]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 30 January 2004. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014.