Rockettes (synchronized skating team)

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Helsinki Rockettes
2015 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Team Rockettes IMG 9164.JPG
Team information
Country representedFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Formed1984
Home town Helsinki, Finland
CoachKaisa Arrateig
Skating clubHelsingin Taitoluisteluklubi
LevelSenior
World standing 1
ISU team best scores
Combined total223.90
2010 Worlds
Short program83.46
2010 Cup of Berlin
Free skate145.68
2014 Worlds
Medal record
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Synchronized skating
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Budapest Synchronized skating
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Colorado Springs Synchronized skating
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Helsinki Synchronized skating
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Helsinki Synchronized skating
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Gothenburg Synchronized skating
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Budapest Synchronized skating
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Lake Placid Synchronized skating
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Zagreb Synchronized skating
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Prague Synchronized skating
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Courmayeur Synchronized skating
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Helsinki Synchronized skating
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hamilton Synchronized skating

Helsinki Rockettes are a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland, representing the figure skating club Helsingin Taitoluisteluklubi. They are one of the most successful teams in the world with three World Championships (2008, 2010 and 2011) and they are ten-time Finnish champions (across 1991–2012).

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Helsinki Rockettes claimed their first World Championships medal, silver, in 2001. They won another silver medal as well as two bronze medals before capturing their first World title in 2008. They won their second World title in 2010, with Team Finland 2 Marigold IceUnity placing second. The pattern was repeated the following year in their hometown Helsinki in April 2011 when Rockettes became World champions for the third time. [1] [2]

History

The team was founded in 1984, thus being the first synchronized skating team in Finland. The name of the team was changed Rockettes in 1991, and then to Helsinki Rockettes in 2017. [3] The team's long-time coach Kaisa Nieminen, with a skating background in Team Surprise, began working with Rockettes in 1997. Out of the 14 times that the World Championships have taken place, Helsinki Rockettes have represented Finland a total of nine times.

Programs

[4]

Short programFree program
2019–20
  • Alarm
  • Wounded Angel [5]
2018–19
  • Symphony of Passion
  • Radio Waves [6]
2017–18
  • Tiger
  • Two Sides of Her
2016–17
  • Mirror Mirror
  • Valkyria
2015–16
  • Why?
  • Journey to the Moon
2014–15
  • La Fiesta
  • The Story of a Bollywood Star
2013–14
  • Aloha Tahiti, Aloha Moho
  • We Will Rock You
2012–13
  • She-Devil
  • Illusion
2011–12
  • Swinging Show at Speakeasy's
  • Goddess of the Wind
2010–11
  • Carnival of Brazil
  • Heaven or Hell?
2009–10
  • Harem's Secret
  • Catch Me If You Can
2008–09
  • Jealousy
  • Galadriel's Story

Competitive results (1999–2009)

National
Event1999–002000–012001–022002–032003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
1st Finnish Championships
Qualifier		3rd3rd1st2nd1st2nd
[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
2nd Finnish Championships
Qualifier		2nd2nd2nd1st3rd
[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Finnish Championships 2nd1st2nd3rd2nd2nd2nd3rd1st3rd
[18] [19] [18] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
International
Event1999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09
World Championships 4th2ndDNQDNQ3rd2nd3rdDNQ1stDNQ
Source [27] [28] [29] [30]
Cup of Berlin 1st1st1st
Source [31] [32] [31] [33] [31] [34]
Finlandia Cup2nd2nd2nd1st
Source [35] [36] [31] [31]
French Cup 5th2nd2nd
Source [37] [31] [31]
Neuchâtel Trophy 3rd
Source [31] [38]
Prague Cup 2nd1st1st
Source [39] [40] [40]
Spring Cup 1st1st
Source [41] [41]
DNQ = did not qualify

Competitive results (2009–15)

National
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
1st Finnish Championships
Qualifier		1st1st3rd1st3rd2nd
[42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]
2nd Finnish Championships
Qualifier		2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd
[48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
Finnish Championships 1st1st1st3rd2nd
[54] [55] [56] [57] [58]
International
Event2009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–15
World Championships 1st1st4thDNQ3rd
Source [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
Winter Universiade 1st
Source [64]
Cup of Berlin 1st1st2nd
Source [31] [65] [31] [66] [67]
Finlandia Cup2nd
Source [31]
Finlandia Trophy 2nd4th4th
Source [68] [69] [70]
French Cup 3rd2nd2nd
Source [71] [72] [73]
London Synchrofest International3rd
Source [74]
Mozart Cup2nd2nd2nd
Source [31] [75] [76]
DNQ = did not qualify

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