Finland at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Finland at the; 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.fi
in Innsbruck
Competitors	42 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Katri Lylynperä
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 4
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Finland competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The Finnish team consisted of 42 athletes competing in 10 different sports.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Niki Lehikoinen	Freestyle Skiing	Boys' ski cross	21 Jan
Gold	Finland Boy's U16 ice hockey team Juuso Kannel Markus Haapanen Jaakko Hälli Joni Tuulola Jere Rouhiainen Eetu Sopanen Otto Tolvanen Waltteri Hopponen Manu Honkanen Antti Kauppinen Kasperi Kapanen Miikka Pitkänen Joel Kiviranta Alex Levanen Otto Nieminen Jonne Yliniemi Kaapo Kähkönen	Ice hockey	Boys' competition	22 Jan
Silver	Lauri Kivari	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	15 Jan
Silver	Ilkka Herola	Nordic combined	Individual	15 Jan

Alpine skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Juho Sattanen	Slalom	41.75	41.38	1:23.13	12
	Giant slalom	59.12	1:01.98	2:01.10	25
	Super-G			1:08.86	26
	Combined	1:06.08	DNF

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Olivia Schoultz	Slalom	46.09	41.86	1:27.95	13
	Giant slalom	1:02.51	1:02.37	2:04.88	25
	Super-G			1:10.27	21
	Combined	1:11.82	41.14	1:52.96	24

Biathlon

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Heikki Laitinen	Sprint	22:14.3	2	27
Heikki Laitinen	Pursuit	33:30.0	4	28
Antti Repo	Sprint	22:30.0	5	36
Antti Repo	Pursuit	33:51.0	6	30

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jenny Ingman	Sprint	20:24.6	3	30
Jenny Ingman	Pursuit	33:42.2	5	24
Erika Janka	Sprint	20:28.8	1	31
Erika Janka	Pursuit	35.11.0	8	36

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jenny Ingman Erika Janka Heikki Laitinen Antti Repo	Mixed relay	1:20:54.2	4+19	16
Jenny Ingman Katri Lylynperä Antti Repo Joonas Sarkkinen	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:12:28.6	5+10	19

Cross country skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Joona Joensuu	10km classical	32:24.3	25
Joonas Sarkkinen	10km classical	30:21.7	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katri Lylynperä	5km classical	16:18.9	14
Leena Nurmi	5km classical	16:34.6	18

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Joona Joensuu	Boys' sprint	1:46.44	10 Q	1:49.4	4	did not advance
Joonas Sarkkinen	Boys' sprint	1:47.75	19 Q	1:51.6	4	did not advance
Katri Lylynperä	Girls' sprint	2:01.21	10 Q	1:59.4	2 Q	1:57.8	2 Q	1:58.9	5
Leena Nurmi	Girls' sprint	2:01.57	12 Q	2:00.7	4 Q	2:03.3	5	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jenny Ingman Katri Lylynperä Antti Repo Joonas Sarkkinen	Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay	1:12:28.6	5+10	19

Figure skating

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tino Olenius	Singles	46.03	8	81.09	12	127.12	11

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eveliina Viljanen	Singles	29.73	16	71.37	10	101.10	12

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Boys'			Girls'			Ice Dance			Total
Athletes	Event	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Team 2 Yaroslav Paniot (UKR) Eveliina Viljanen (FIN) Maria Simonova/Dmitri Dragun (RUS)	Team Trophy	85.06	5	4	76.27	3	6	76.02	3	6	16
Team 5 Tino Olenius (FIN) Myrtel Saldeen Olofsson (SWE) Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov (RUS)	Team Trophy	82.50	6	3	64.16	7	2	84.55	1	8	13	6

Freestyle skiing

While formally listed to compete Wilma Löfgren was not registered in any events.

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Niki Lehikoinen	Boys' ski cross	56.15		Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lauri Kivari	Boys' ski half-pipe	75.50	4 Q	90.00

Ice hockey

Boys

Legend
Advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Legend
	Teams to Playoffs

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	+16	9
Canada	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	+13	8
Finland	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	–4	6
Austria	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	–27	0

January 13, 2012
10:15

Austria

0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 520

Game reference

Thomas Stroj

Goalies

Juuso Kannel

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Benjamin Hoppe

	0–1	30:22 – K. Kapanen (W. Hopponen)
	0–2	32:05 – W. Hopponen (M. Honkanen, K. Kapanen)
	0–3	44:40 – J. Kiviranta (E. Sopanen, J. Kannel) (SH) (ENG)

10 min

Penalties

2 min

8

Shots

44

January 15, 2012
13:30

Finland

4–3
(0–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 783

Game reference

Kaapo Kahkonen

Goalies

Maxim Tretyak

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Martin Smeibidlo

	0–1	3:32 – D. Sergeev (PP)
	0–2	14:56 – I. Nikolishin (E. Nasybullin, M. Lazarev) (PP2)
M. Honkanen (PS) – 25:04	1–2
K. Kapanen (J. Tuulola, E. Sopanen) (PP) – 27:08	2–2
W. Hopponen (K. Kapanen, M. Honkanen) (PP) – 29:33	3–2
K. Kapanen – 30:41	4–2
	4–3	35:31 – I. Nikolishin (M. Lazarev, E. Svechnikov)

22 min

Penalties

10 min

21

Shots

32

January 17, 2012
15:45

Finland

4–5
(1–0, 2–3, 1–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,824

Game reference

Juuso Kannel

Goalies

Edwin Minney

Referee:

Andris Ansons
Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Martin Smeibidlo

J. Kiviranta (W. Hopponen, J. Tuulola) – 12:16	1–0
	1–1	16:31 – A. Baughman (N. Schmaltz)
J. Tuulola (J. Kiviranta, M. Pitkanen) – 19:45	2–1
	2–2	23:10 – J. Glover (R. Bliss) (PP)
A. Kauppinen (W. Hopponen, A. Levanen) – 24:36	3–2
	3–3	27:47 – B. Clarke (K. Kerr)
	3–4	31:01 – N. Schmaltz (R. Bliss, J. Fiegl)
	3–5	32:15 – R. MacInnis (S. Gersich, N. Magyar)
K. Kapanen (M. Haapanen) – 41:45	4–5

10 min

Penalties

26 min

29

Shots

32

January 18, 2012
11:45

Canada

3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,261

Game reference

Keven Bouchard

Goalies

Kaapo Kahkonen

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Martin Smeibidlo

A. Brooks (R. Duke) – 15:11	1–0
	1–1	21:05 – J. Kiviranta (M. Pitkanen)
E. Cornel (R. Gropp, J. Hicketts) – 22:01	2–1
	2–2	36:42 – J. Kiviranta (M. Pitkanen, O. Nieminen)

E. Cornel

R. Gropp

R. Gardiner

Shootout

J. Kiviranta

K. Kapanen

M. Honkanen

6 min

Penalties

8 min

27

Shots

25

Semifinals

January 20, 2012
18:45

Canada

1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,426

Game reference

Keven Bouchard

Goalies

Kaapo Kahkonen

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Tilen Pahor

J. Carrick (R. Gardiner, E. Cornel) (PP) – 4:17	1–0
	1–1	11:29 – O. Nieminen (J. Kiviranta, M. Pitkanen)
	1–2	40:26 – E. Sopanen (O. Nieminen, M. Pitkanen) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

17

Shots

19

Gold medal game

January 22, 2012
12:15

Russia

1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 3,008

Game reference

Sergey Korobov

Goalies

Kaapo Kähkönen

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Daniel Persson

I. Zinovev - 8:35	1-0
	1–1	43:58 - W. Hopponen

Shootout

24 min

Penalties

26 min

28

Shots

25

Final rank:

Nordic combined

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Ilkka Herola	Boys' individual	130.2	4	0:29	26:05.2	26:34.2

Ski jumping

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Miika Ylipulli	Boys' individual	73.0m	124.5	72.5m	122.3	246.8	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jenny Rautionaho	Girls' individual	62.5m	96.3	63.5m	98.7	195.0	7

Team w/Nordic Combined

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	Total	Rank
Jenny Rautionaho Ilkka Herola Miika Ylipulli	Mixed Team	276.2	302.1	578.3	4

Speed skating

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Lasse Ahonen	Boys' 500 m	42.59	42.16	84.75	15
Tuomas Rahnasto	Boys' 500 m	41.59	41.21	82.80	12
	Boys' 3000 m			4:44.44	15
	Boys' Mass Start			LAP

Snowboarding

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Kalle Järvilehto	Boys' halfpipe	51.25	53.75	8 q	54.00	37.50	10	did not advance
Kalle Järvilehto	Boys' slopestyle	69.00	43.50	7 Q				32.00	56.00	11
Tuomas Pohjonen	Boys' halfpipe	47.25	45.00	12	did not advance
Tuomas Pohjonen	Boys' slopestyle	74.00	76.25	4 Q				80.25	46.50	7

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Hanna Ehtonen	Girls' halfpipe	18.75	21.75	13	did not advance
Hanna Ehtonen	Girls' slopestyle	DNS						did not advance
Emma Kanko	Girls' halfpipe	16.00	26.00	12	did not advance
Emma Kanko	Girls' slopestyle	55.00	27.75	10				did not advance

References

[1] Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games NOC Flag Bearers

[team-2] List of athletes – Finland

[1]

[2]

v t e Nations at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
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Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Mexico Peru United States
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Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Related	Teams of athletes from more than one NOC

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross country skiing

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Snowboarding

See also

References