Valtter Virtanen | |
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Born | Kerava, Finland | 4 June 1987
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Finland |
Partner | Tilda Alteryd |
Coach | Michael Huth, Alina Mayer-Virtanen |
Skating club | PeSal Peurunka Skating Academy Laukaa |
Began skating | 1992 |
Valtter Virtanen (born 4 June 1987) is a Finnish figure skater. He is a three-time Nordic medalist (gold in 2022, silver in 2016, bronze in 2014) and a seven-time Finnish national champion (2013, 2015–2018, 2022-2023). He has competed at a total of sixteen ISU Championships, reaching the final segment on six occasions, at five European and one World Junior Championships. His best ISU Championship placement, 14th, came at the 2023 Europeans in Espoo.
Virtanen was born on 4 June 1987 in Kerava, Finland. After completing his studies in late 2015, he became a medical doctor at a hospital in Oberstdorf, Germany. He works part-time in the emergency room of the hospital of Peurunka in Finland.[1]
He married German figure skater Alina Mayer in July 2016.[1] The couple have a daughter, born in January 2021.[2]
In the summer of 2022, responding to an appeal from the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation, Virtanen and his wife decided to help out Ukrainian figure skater, Kyrylo Marsak, who was no longer able to train in Kyiv due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In doing so, they allowed him to train at their skating club, the Peurunka Skating Academy in Laukaa and Virtanen's wife became Marsak's new coach.[3][4]
Virtanen began skating in 1992 at Keravan Luistinseura.[5] A competitor at three consecutive World Junior Championships, he reached the final segment and finished 20th overall at the 2005 Junior Worlds in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
He has competed at a total of four World Championships and nine European Championships. He achieved his career-best continental result, 14th, at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland.
In June 2023, it was announced he was taking up pairs skating and pairing with Tilda Alteryd.[6] They ended their partnership and he returned to single skating in the fall of 2023.[7]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 [8][9] |
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2020–2022 [8][9] |
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2019–2020 [10] |
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2018–2019 [11] |
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2017–2018 [1] |
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2016–2017 [12] |
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2015–2016 [13] |
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2014–2015 [14] |
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2013–2014 [15] |
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2011–2013 [16][17] |
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2009–2011 [18][19] |
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2008–2009 [20] |
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2005–2006 [21] |
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2004–2005 [22] |
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2003–2004 [23] |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[24] | ||||||||||||||
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
Worlds | 33rd | 35th | 32nd | 31st | 34th | |||||||||
Europeans | 33rd | 25th | 29th | 18th | 26th | 23rd | 19th | 19th | 14th | |||||
GP Finland | 11th | 9th | ||||||||||||
CS Alpen Trophy | 10th | |||||||||||||
CS Denis Ten Memorial | 11th | 8th | ||||||||||||
CS Finlandia | 6th | 12th | WD | 12th | 19th | 17th | 19th | 14th | ||||||
CS Golden Spin | 25th | |||||||||||||
CS Lombardia | WD | 17th | ||||||||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 12th | 17th | 7th | 13th | 24th | 12th | ||||||||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 10th | |||||||||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 16th | 13th | 10th | |||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 6th | 13th | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 10th | 4th | 1st | 10th | ||||
Challenge Cup | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 14th | WD | 10th | 10th | |||||||
Cup of Nice | 17th | 15th | 13th | 15th | ||||||||||
Cup of Tyrol | 3rd | 10th | 8th | 5th | ||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 13th | 18th | 10th | 12th | ||||||||||
Golden Bear | 4th | |||||||||||||
Hellmut Seibt | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Ice Challenge | 10th | |||||||||||||
Jégvirág Cup | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Lombardia Trophy | 12th | |||||||||||||
Merano Cup | 7th | 6th | 4th | |||||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 17th | 22nd | 19th | |||||||||||
Nordics | 9th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
NRW Trophy | 14th | 14th | 14th | 11th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 4th | ||||||
Santa Claus Cup | 4th | |||||||||||||
Tallink Hotels Cup | 5th | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||||
Tallinn Trophy | 2nd | 4th | ||||||||||||
Toruń Cup | 7th | |||||||||||||
Winter Universiade | 15th | |||||||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 5th | |||||||||||||
National[24] | ||||||||||||||
Finnish Champ. | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | C | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled |
International[24] | ||||||||
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Event | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
Cup of Nice | 12th | 19th | ||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 8th | 10th | 13th | 17th | ||||
Nepela Memorial | 5th | 12th | 16th | |||||
Nordics | 4th | 5th | 5th | |||||
Universiade | 28th | |||||||
International: Junior[24] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 30th | 20th | 29th | |||||
JGP Bulgaria | 15th | |||||||
JGP Germany | 14th | |||||||
JGP Hungary | 14th | |||||||
JGP Poland | 16th | |||||||
Nordics | 3rd J | 2nd J | ||||||
National[24] | ||||||||
Finnish Champ. | 2nd J | 2nd J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
J = Junior level |