Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari |
| Country represented |  Finland |
| Born | 8 July 1983 Helsinki |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Coach | Svetlana Kriukova |
| Former coach | Sirkka Kaipio Tiiu Valgemäe |
| Choreographer | Mikko Ahti Alexei Veselievski |
| Skating club | Tikkurilan FSC |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 170.88 2009 Europeans |
| Short program | 66.64 2009 Europeans |
| Free skate | 104.24 2009 Europeans |
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari (born 8 July 1983 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish figure skater. He is a seven-time (2003–2007, 2009, 2010) Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2008 & 2009 Nordic champion.
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[edit] Personal life
He is married to a former professional tennis player, Annina Ahti and has a son, Axel, who was born August 2009.[1]
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 30th | ||||||||||||
| World Championships | 28th | 26th | 28th | 29th | 25th | 27th | 24th | ||||||
| European Championships | 27th | 22nd | 24th | 23rd | 23rd | 14th | 22nd | WD | |||||
| World Junior Championships | 26th | 12th | |||||||||||
| Nordic Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | ||||||
| Finnish Championships | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | |
| Cup of Russia | 11th | ||||||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 14th | 19th | 12th | 16th | 14th | 15th | ||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 6th | 7th | 9th | 12th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 16th | |||
| Crystal Skate of Romania | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Coupe Internationale de Nice | 12th | ||||||||||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 8th | 15th | 7th | 15th | 5th | ||||||||
| Karl Schäfer Memorial | 12th | ||||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 7th | ||||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Sweden | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 2nd |
- J = Junior level
[edit] References
- ^ "Live Blog: Follow the Men's Short Program". The New York Times. 16 February 2010. http://vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/live-blog-follow-the-mens-short-program/.
- Osborne, Magdalena (2009). "Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari’s key to success". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2009nurmenkari.html. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
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