Juha Valkama | |
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Born | Turku, Finland | September 26, 1979
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Finland |
Skating club | HSK Helsinki |
Retired | 2004 |
Juha S. Valkama[1] (born September 26, 1979, in Turku)[2] is a Finnish former competitive ice dancer. He teamed up with Jessica Huot in 1999.[3][4] They are the 2002–04 Finnish national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 18th at the 2004 Europeans in Budapest, Hungary.
Valkama graduated from high school in Finland and then moved to Delaware in the United States.[4] He later graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4]
With Huot
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2003–04 [2][5] |
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2002–03 [3][6] |
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2001–02 [7] |
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2000–01 [8] |
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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Huot
International[9] | |||||
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Event | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 |
Worlds | 26th | 21st | 28th | ||
Europeans | 21st | 20th | 18th | ||
GP Cup of Russia | 12th | ||||
GP NHK Trophy | 12th | ||||
Finlandia Trophy | 5th | 7th | |||
International: Junior[9] | |||||
Junior Worlds | 27th | 20th | |||
JGP China | 7th | ||||
JGP Mexico | 6th | ||||
JGP Sweden | 16th | ||||
National[9] | |||||
Finnish Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 1st | 1st | 1st |
J = Junior level |