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| Date of birth: | 04.06.1987 | Valtter VIRTANEN |
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| Place of birth: | Kerava | ||||||||||
| Height: | 172 cm | FIN |
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| Home town: | Jyväskylä (FIN) and Oberstdorf (GER) | ||||||||||
| Profession: | medical doctor, PhD | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | cooking, fishing | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 1992 / Peurunka Skating Academy Laukaa (PeSal) | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact: | Facebook: Valtter Virtanen Instagram: valtterthequaddoctor |
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| Coach: | Michael Huth, Alina Mayer-Virtanen | ||||||||||
| Choreographer: | Adam Solya | ||||||||||
| Former Coach: | J.F. Ballester, Karel Fajfr, | ||||||||||
| Practice low season: | 12 h/week Peurunka (FIN) and Oberstdorf (GER) | ||||||||||
| Practice high season: | 20 h/week Peurunka (FIN) and Oberstdorf (GER) | ||||||||||
| Music Short Program as of season 2021/2022 | |||||||||||
| This Place Was A Shelter by Olafur Arnalds, Arnor Dan | |||||||||||
| Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2021/2022 | |||||||||||
| Sail by Aaron Bruno, performed by Awolnation We Are by Marijn Van Der Meer, Jorrit L Kleijnen, performed by HAEVN (Symphonic Tales) |
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| Personal Best Total Score | 190.97 | 14.01.2022 | ISU European Championships 2022 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Short Program | 67.34 | 12.01.2022 | ISU European Championships 2022 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Free Skating | 123.63 | 14.01.2022 | ISU European Championships 2022 | ||||||||
| 14/15 | 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | ||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||
| World Championship | 33 | 35 | 32 | 31 | |||||||
| European Championship | 18 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| Four Continents | |||||||||||
| World Juniors | |||||||||||
| National Championship | 1.S | 1.S | 1.S | 1.S | 2.S | 2.S | 1.S | ||||
| S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice | |||||||||||
| International Competition | Year | Place | International Competition | Year | Place | ||||||
| ISU CS Finlandia Trophy 2021, Espoo | 2021 | 19. | Bavarian Open 2022, Oberstdorf | 2022 | 4. | ||||||
| ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, Nur-Sultan | 2021 | 11. | The Nordics 2022, Copenhagen | 2022 | 1. | ||||||
| NRW Trophy 2021, Dortmund | 2021 | 4. | Jegvirag Cup 2022, Miskloc | 2022 | 3. | ||||||
| Tallinn Trophy 2021, Tallinn | 2021 | 2. | Challenge Cup 2022, Tilburg | 2022 | 10. | ||||||
| Virtanen is a medical doctor (Ph.D.) after graduating end of 2015 and works part-time in the emergency room of the hospital of Peurunka in Finland. He got married to Alina Mayer (GER), a competitive figure skater, in July 2016 and their daughter was born in January 2021. His wife is part of his coaching team. He splits his training time between Germany and Finland. | |||||||||||
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