Rockettes (synchronized skating team)

For the American dance company, see The Rockettes.

Helsinki Rockettes
Team information
Country represented	Finland
Formed	1984
Home town	Helsinki, Finland
Coach	Kaisa Arrateig
Skating club	Helsingin Taitoluisteluklubi
Level	Senior
World standing	1
ISU team best scores
Combined total	239.56 2023 Worlds
Short program	84.74 2019 French Cup
Free skate	161.09 2023 Leon Lurje Trophy
Medal record Representing   Finland Synchronized skating World Championships 2008 Budapest Synchronized skating 2010 Colorado Springs Synchronized skating 2011 Helsinki Synchronized skating 2001 Helsinki Synchronized skating 2005 Gothenburg Synchronized skating 2016 Budapest Synchronized skating 2023 Lake Placid Synchronized skating 2004 Zagreb Synchronized skating 2006 Prague Synchronized skating 2014 Courmayeur Synchronized skating 2019 Helsinki Synchronized skating 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).

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

Competition programs by season  ^{[4] [2]}

Season	Short program	Free skate program
2008–09	Jealousy	Galadriel's Story
2009–10	Harem's Secret	Catch Me If You Can
2010–11	Carnival of Brazil	Heaven or Hell?
2011–12	Swinging Show at Speakeasy's	Goddess of the Wind
2012–13	She-Devil	Illusion
2013–14	Aloha Tahiti, Aloha Moho	We Will Rock You
2014–15	La Fiesta	The Story of a Bollywood Star
2015–16	Why?	Journey to the Moon
2016–17	Mirror Mirror	Valkyria
2017–18	Tiger	Two Sides of Her
2018–19	Symphony of Passion	Radio Waves
2019–20	Alarm	Wounded Angel
2020–21	Loneliness	Muse
2021–22	Femme Fatale	Digital Twin
2022–23	Breathe	Requiem
2023–24	Liberation	Incantation
2024–25	Le Poème-Laponie	Criminal

Competitive results (1999–2009)

National
Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
1st Finnish Championships Qualifier					3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
					[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]
2nd Finnish Championships Qualifier						2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd
						[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]
Finnish Championships	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd
	[16]	[17]	[16]	[18]	[19]	[20]	[21]	[22]	[23]	[24]
International
Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
World Championships	4th	2nd	DNQ	DNQ	3rd	2nd	3rd	DNQ	1st	DNQ
Source					[25]	[26]	[27]		[28]
Cup of Berlin						1st	1st		1st
Source						[29] [30]	[29] [31]		[29] [32]
Finlandia Cup	2nd		2nd		2nd				1st
Source	[33]		[34]		[29]				[29]
French Cup	5th							2nd		2nd
Source	[35]							[29]		[29]
Neuchâtel Trophy					3rd
Source					[29] [36]
Prague Cup						2nd		1st	1st
Source						[37]		[38]	[38]
Spring Cup			1st	1st
Source			[39]	[39]
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	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd
	[40]	[41]	[42]	[43]	[44]	[45]
2nd Finnish Championships Qualifier	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd
	[46]	[47]	[48]	[49]	[50]	[51]
Finnish Championships	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd
	[52]	[53]	[54]	[55]	[56]
International
Event	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
World Championships	1st	1st	4th	DNQ	3rd
Source	[57]	[58]	[59] [60]		[61]
Winter Universiade		1st
Source		[62]
Cup of Berlin	1st	1st		2nd
Source	[29] [63]	[29] [64]		[65]
Finlandia Cup	2nd
Source	[29]
Finlandia Trophy				2nd	4th	4th
Source				[66]	[67]	[68]
French Cup				3rd	2nd	2nd
Source				[69]	[70]	[71]
London Synchrofest International			3rd
Source			[72]
Mozart Cup			2nd		2nd	2nd
Source			[29]		[73]	[74]
DNQ = did not qualify

References

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43. "SM-seniorit, -juniorit, -noviisit 1.vk.9.-11.11.12 – SM-Seniorit – Result" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Association. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
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58. The first site shows the official 2011 WSSC results, the second site is a Yle news article:
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68. "Finlandia Trophy 10.10.2014". Finnish Figure Skating Association. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
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External links

• Official website of Rockettes