Kiira Korpi

Kiira Korpi
Kiira Korpi
	Korpi at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Full name	Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi
Height	168 cm (5.51 ft)
Figure skating career
Country	Finland
Coach	Maaret Siromaa ; Susanna Haarala
Skating club	Tappara FSC
Medal record
Representing Finland
Ladies' Figure skating
European Championships

Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (born 26 September 1988) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist, 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champion and a two-time Finnish National Champion (2009, 2011).

As of November 2010^[update], she was ranked 8th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).^[1]

Personal life

File:Kiira Korpi sponsor jacket.jpg

Korpi in a media appearance.

Korpi was born in Tampere, Finland. Her father, Rauno Korpi, coached the Finnish women's hockey team to a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In Finland her nickname is Jääprinsessa (Ice Princess)^[2] due to her resemblance to Grace Kelly, the former Princess of Monaco. She is "widely regarded as the most beautiful woman in figure skating."^[3]^[4]

Career

Korpi won the silver medal at the 2005 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, qualifying her for the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 13th. The following season, she remained on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, but placed 3rd at the 2006 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, 6th at the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships, and then went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 16th place. Although she had placed 3rd at Nationals, the Finnish skating federation had used the results of the European Championships to determine the Olympic team. Korpi, despite being barely out of juniors, qualified with her finish.

In the post-Olympic season, Korpi made her senior Grand Prix debut. She placed 4th at the 2007 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, then went to the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships and won the bronze medal, making her the second Finnish lady to ever medal at the European championships.

She suffered from injury in the 2007-2008 season, causing her to miss her first Grand Prix event. Korpi finished off the podium at the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships. At the Worlds, she was 4th after the short program but had a poor long program and ended up in ninth place.

Korpi did not skate in the 2008-9 Grand Prix series. Later that season, she became the Finnish national champion, a title she had previously won on the junior level. She was again 5th at the European Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2009 Winter Universiade, her final event of the season.

The 2009-10 season started well for Korpi, with podium finishes at the Nebelhorn Trophy and the Finlandia Trophy, as well as her first senior Grand Prix medal, a silver at the Cup of China. She was unable to defend her national title, however, finishing second behind Laura Lepistö. At the European Championships, she was in third after the short program, but failed to win a medal after a disappointing long program.^[5] Korpi was 11th at the 2010 Winter Olympics but only 19th a month later at the World Championships.

Korpi decided to try new choreographers, and worked on her competitive programs with Shae-Lynn Bourne and David Wilson. She began the 2010-11 season at the Nebelhorn Trophy, which she won for the first time in her career.^[6] Her assigned events for the 2010-11 Grand Prix series were the NHK Trophy and the Trophee Eric Bompard. She placed fourth at NHK Trophy, and at Trophée Eric Bompard, she won her first Grand Prix title. The combined results left her as the first alternate for the Grand Prix Final. Her next event was Finnish nationals, which she won for the second time in her career.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2010-2011	Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen choreography by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreography by David Wilson	If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé choreography by Marwin Smith and Salome Brunner
2009-2010	Caravan by Ikuko Kawai	Crooked Room Passenger to Copenhagen from Agatha by Kerkko Koskinen	If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé choreography by Marwin Smith and Salome Brunner Butterfly from Out of Bounds by Rajaton
2008-2009	Triunfal by Astor Piazzolla	Crooked Room Passenger to Copenhagen from Agatha by Kerkko Koskinen	Butterfly from Out of Bounds by Rajaton
2007-2008	Triunfal by Astor Piazzolla	Phantasia by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Chang	ABBA Medley: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) & The Winner Takes It All & Dancing Queen
2006-2007	Eye Patch Yo Te Quiero from Once Upon a Time in Mexico by Robert Rodriguez	Phantasia by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Chang	Speaking of Happiness by Gloria Lynne
2005-2006	Hello by Lionel Richie	Blues Collection: Fever by Elvis Presley, Blues Boys Tune, and Shake It Up And Go by B.B. King
2004-2005	Nessun dorma by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa-Mae	Blues Collection: Fever by Elvis Presley, Blues Boys Tune, and Shake It Up And Go by B.B. King	It's Oh So Quiet by Björk
2003-2004	Nessun dorma by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa-Mae	It's Oh So Quiet by Björk

Competitive highlights

Post-2006

Event/Season	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011
Winter Olympic Games				11th
World Championships	14th	9th		19th
European Championships	3rd	5th	5th	4th
Finnish Championships	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st
Trophée Eric Bompard				8th	1st
NHK Trophy					4th
Cup of China				2nd
Cup of Russia	6th	4th
Skate America	7th
Winter Universiade			3rd
Finlandia Trophy	1st	5th		3rd	2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy				2nd	1st
NRW Trophy				5th
Golden Spin of Zagreb		2nd

Pre-2006

Event/Season	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006
Winter Olympic Games				16th
World Championships				10th
European Championships			13th	6th
World Junior Championships	19th	16th	10th
Finnish Championships	2nd J.	1st J.	2nd	3rd
Nordic Championships		1st J.
Junior Grand Prix Final				4th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia				7th
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia				3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary			6th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Poland		3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia		6th
Golden Bear, Zagreb	5th
Merano Cup				1st

J : Junior

References

^ "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. 01 December 2010. Retrieved 01 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.kiirakorpi.net/kk_content/videos/misc/2006_KiiraKorpi_Documentary.srt
^ http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/050308.shtml
^ http://www.tccandler.com/columns/100_most_beautiful_women.htm
^ Kostner wins 3rd European title in four years
^ Korpi skates to victory at Nebelhorn Trophy

External links

Kiira Korpi at the International Skating Union

Profile and Photos of Kiira Korpi

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[1] "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. 01 December 2010. Retrieved 01 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[2] ttp://www.kiirakorpi.net/kk_content/videos/misc/2006_KiiraKorpi_Documentary.srt

[3] ttp://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/050308.shtml

[4] ttp://www.tccandler.com/columns/100_most_beautiful_women.htm

[5] Kostner wins 3rd European title in four years

[6] Korpi skates to victory at Nebelhorn Trophy

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