Oona Ounasvuori

Last updated
Oona Ounasvuori
Born (1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 (age 26)
Savonlinna, Finland
Hometown Helsinki, Finland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Finland
Coach Alisa Drei
Skating clubEspoon Taitoluisteluklubi ry
Began skating2005

Oona Ounasvuori (born 30 October 1998) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2022 Nordic champion, 2017 Open d'Andorra silver medalist, 2021 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist, and the 2024 Finnish national bronze medalist.

Contents

Career

Early years

Ounasvuori began learning to skate in 2005. [1] She competed in the advanced novice category beginning in the 2011–12 season through 2013–14. Her junior international debut came in February 2015 at the Bavarian Open. [2]

Senior career

In November 2017, Ounasvuori won silver at the Open d'Andorra.

In November 2021, she won bronze at the Volvo Open Cup. In December, she achieved the best national result of her career to date, finishing fourth at the Finnish Championships. Following Emmi Peltonen's withdrawal, Finland selected Ounasvuori to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. [3]

Ounasvuori was invited to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, where she finished in twelfth place. [4] She won the bronze medal at the 2023-24 Finnish Championships, behind Nella Pelkonen and Olivia Lisko.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2024–25
[5]
2023–24
[6]
2022–23
[7]
2021–22
[1]
2020–21
[8]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

International [9]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Europeans 25th
GP Finland 12th
CS Cup of Austria 11th
CS Finlandia Trophy 14th19thWD
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 25th15th
CS Ice Star 10th
CS Lombardia Trophy 14th15th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 11th
CS Tallinn Trophy 4th8th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 21st
CS Warsaw Cup 9th
Bavarian Open 17th6th
Bellu Memorial5th
Challenge Cup 4th7th
Jelgava Cup5th
Nordics 5th1st
Open d'Andorra 2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup 6th5th8th10th
Volvo Open Cup 3rd3rd [a] 7th
6th [b]
International: Junior [9]
Bavarian Open 10th II
Cup of Tyrol 25th
Gardena Trophy 17th
Leo Scheu 20th
Printemps 12th
NRW Trophy 22nd
Reykjavik IG 3rd
Tallinn Trophy 10th I
National [9]
Finland 10th J19th J11th8th6th7th4th5th3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior level

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [10]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS162.68 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program TSS54.21 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
TES30.512023 Grand Prix of Espoo
PCS27.16 2021 CS Cup of Austria
Free skating TSS113.552021 CS Finlandia Trophy
TES60.662021 CS Finlandia Trophy
PCS54.242021 CS Cup of Austria

Senior results

Results in the 2024–25 season [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 12–15, 2024 Flag of Italy.svg 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 1842.671382.3215124.99
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 2240.372080.2821120.65
Oct 31-Nov 3, 2024 Flag of Latvia.svg 53rd Volvo Open Cup 943.23487.987131.21
Nov 11-17, 2024 Flag of Estonia.svg 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 553.401088.848142.24

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juulia Turkkila</span> Finnish figure skater

Juulia Turkkila is a Finnish figure skater. Competing in ice dancing with Matthias Versluis, she is the 2023 European bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix of Espoo bronze medalist, 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy gold medalist, and a four-time Finnish national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthias Versluis</span> Finnish figure skater

Matthias Versluis is a Finnish figure skater. Competing in ice dancing with Juulia Turkkila, he is the 2023 European bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix of Espoo bronze medalist, 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy gold medalist, and a four-time Finnish national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Camille Kovalev</span> French pair skater

Camille Kovalev is a French pair skater.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jenni Saarinen</span> Finnish figure skater

Jenni Saarinen is a Finnish retired competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Challenger series bronze medalist, a two-time Nordics champion, the 2018 Christmas Cup silver medalist, and the 2022 Finnish national champion. Saarinen represented Finland at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viveca Lindfors (figure skater)</span> Finnish figure skater

Viveca Lindfors is a Finnish retired figure skater. She is the 2019 European bronze medalist, 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist, 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, 2018 Nordic champion, and the 2019 Finnish national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emmi Peltonen</span> Finnish figure skater

Emmi Peltonen is a Finnish-American figure skater. She is the 2017 FBMA Trophy champion, the 2020 Nordic silver medalist, and a three-time Finnish national champion. She has finished within the top ten at three European Championships, and represented Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she finished twentieth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juho Pirinen</span> Finnish ice dancer

Juho Pirinen is a Finnish ice dancer. With his current partner, Yuka Orihara, he is the 2019–20 Finnish national champion and a three-time Finnish national silver medalist (2021–24).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natacha Lagouge</span> French ice dancer

Natacha Lagouge is a French ice dancer. With her skating partner, Arnaud Caffa, she is the 2022 CS Ice Challenge silver medalist, 2022 International Challenge Cup champion, and 2023 World University Games bronze medalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebecca Ghilardi</span> Italian pair skater

Rebecca Ghilardi is an Italian pair skater. With her skating partner, Filippo Ambrosini, she a two-time European Championship medalist, four-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, six-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, the 2024 Italian national champion, and a five-time Italian national silver medalist (2019-2023). The pair represented Italy at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yuka Orihara</span> Japanese ice dancer (born 2000)

Yuka Orihara is a Japanese ice dancer who competes for Finland. With her current partner, Juho Pirinen, she is the 2019–20 Finnish national champion and a three-time Finnish national silver medalist (2021–24).

Oona Brown is an American ice dancer. Competing with her brother, Gage Brown, she is the 2022 World Junior champion and a two-time U.S. national junior medalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arlet Levandi</span> Estonian figure skater

Arlet Levandi is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup champion and a two-time Estonian national silver medalist. At the junior level, he is the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival champion, the 2021 JGP France II silver medalist, the 2021 JGP Slovenia silver medalist, and a 2020 Winter Youth Olympic champion in the team event. Levandi is the first men's singles skater from Estonia to win a Junior Grand Prix medal.

Pavel Antonovich Kovalev is a Russian-French pair skater. With his wife, Camille Kovalev, he is a two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, 2018 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, 2015 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist, 2015 Lombardia Trophy bronze medalist, and a three-time French national champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté</span> Spanish figure skater

Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté is a Spanish figure skater. He is the 2021 Open d'Andorra champion, the 2021 Egna Spring Trophy bronze medalist, and a four-time Spanish national champion (2021–24).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danijil Szemko</span> Ukrainian-Hungarian ice dancer

Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko is a Hungarian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Mariia Ignateva, he is the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge bronze medalist, 2022 Jégvirág Cup champion, the 2021 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, a two-time Santa Claus Cup silver medalist (2022–23), and a three-time Hungarian national champion (2022–24).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andreas Nordebäck</span> Swedish figure skater

Andreas Nordebäck is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2022 CS Ice Challenge silver medalist and the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist.

Janna Jyrkinen 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arnaud Caffa</span> French ice dancer

Arnaud Caffa is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Natacha Lagouge, he is the 2022 CS Ice Challenge silver medalist, 2022 International Challenge Cup champion, and 2023 World University Games bronze medalist.

Kyrylo Andriyovych Marsak is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is the 2022 Tallinn Trophy, 2022 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist, and a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2023-24).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nella Pelkonen</span> Finnish figure skater (born 2005)

Nella Julia Pelkonen is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2023 Nordic champion and 2023–24 Finnish national champion.

References

  1. 51st Volvo Cup Open
  2. 50th Volvo Cup Open
  1. 1 2 "Oona OUNASVUORI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
  2. "Oona OUNASVUORI". rinkresults.com.
  3. "Emmi Peltonen jää pois taitoluistelun EM-kisoista, tilalle Oona Ounasvuori" (in Finnish). Länsi-Uusimaa. 9 January 2022. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
  4. Slater, Paula (November 18, 2023). "Kaori Sakamoto reigns at Grand Prix Espoo". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  5. "Oona OUNASVUORI: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 November 2024.
  6. "Oona OUNASVUORI: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023.
  7. "Oona OUNASVUORI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023.
  8. "Oona OUNASVUORI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Oona OUNASVUORI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
  10. 1 2 "FIN-Oona OUNASVUORI". skatingscores.com.