Viktoria Helgesson

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Viktoria Helgesson

Helgesson at the 2013-14 Swedish Championships.
Personal information
Full name Viktoria Helgesson
Country represented Sweden
Born (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988
Tibro, Sweden
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach Regina Jensen, Christina Helgesson, A. Vedenin
Choreographer Catarina Lindgren
Former choreographer Susanne Seger
Skating club Tibro KK
Training locations Tibro, Skara, Lidköping, Chicago, Boston
Began skating 1991
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 161.79
2010 Worlds
Short program 58.80
2013 Skate America
Free skate 105.47
2010 Worlds

Viktoria Helgesson (born 13 September 1988) is a Swedish figure skater. She is a four-time (2008–2011) Nordic champion, 2011 Skate America bronze medalist, and six-time (2007–2011) Swedish national champion. Helgesson's 5th place at the 2012 and 2013 European Championships is the best result by a Swedish figure skater since 1932.[1] Her bronze medal at 2011 Skate America is the first Grand Prix medal by a Swedish skater.[2]

Career

Helgesson began skating at the age of three, following in the footsteps of her mother, a former competitive skater who competed at the European Championships.[3] She and her younger sister Joshi are both coached by their mother, Christina, as well as Regina Jensen.[4][5] At the age of 12, she landed her first triple jump.

Helgesson competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she came in 22nd. In 2007, she won the Swedish national title for the first time at the senior level. She again competed at Junior Worlds, finishing 28th.

In 2008, Helgesson made her European Championships and World Championships debut, and came in 18th at both events. She improved upon her result at the 2009 European Championships, but failed to qualify for the free skate at that season's Worlds, and was thus unable to qualify an Olympic berth for Sweden.

In 2010, Helgesson finished 11th at the Europeans. Two months later, she improved her personal best by 19 points to finish tenth at Worlds.[6] She consequently received two Grand Prix assignments in the 2010–11 season, the first of her career; she finished 9th at the 2010 NHK Trophy and 6th at that season's Skate America. She medalled at two international events, the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2010 Merano Cup, and improved to 6th at the Europeans, the best finish by a Swedish figure skater since 1932.[1] She was 17th at Worlds.

In addition to Sweden, Helgesson also trained in Colorado and Boston.[7][8] She began the 2011–12 season at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, where she finished 5th. In October 2011, Helgesson won the bronze medal at the 2011 Skate America, her first medal at a Grand Prix event, as well as the first by any Swedish skater.[2] She achieved a career-best European placement, 5th, at the 2012 and 2013 European Championships.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
[9]
  • Harem Cobra Goddess
    by Les Baxter
  • Harem Silks from Bombay
2012–2013
[10]
  • Poinciana
  • Spellbound Concerto
    by Miklos Rozsa
2011–2012
[11]
  • My Funny Valentine
    performed by Ahn Trio
  • Someone like you
    by Adele
2010–2011
[12]
2009–2010
[13]
  • Fuori Dal Mondo
    (from This Is England)
    by Ludovico Einaudi
2008–2009
[14]
  • One Moment in Time
  • Finale di un concerto interotto per violin
2007–2008
[15]
2006–2007
[16]
  • Assassin's Tango
  • Pasha
  • Assassin's Tango
2005–2006
[17]
  • Nothing Else Matters
    by Metallica
    performed by Apocalyptica
  • Paganini's Caprice
  • Despues De Ti Que
    by Christian Castro, Raul di Blasio
  • Paganini's Caprice
2004–2005
[18]
  • Etude in C Minor – Opus 25
    by Frédéric Chopin
  • Theme from Somewhere in Time
    by John Barry
  • Rhapsoday on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
  • Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66
    by Frédéric Chopin
2003–2004
[19]
  • Lawrence of Arabia
    by Maurice Jarre

Competitive highlights

Helgesson at the 2010 World Championships
Results[20]
International
Event 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Olympics TBD
Worlds 18th 27th 10th 17th 11th 14th
Europeans 18th 14th 11th 6th 5th 5th 14th
GP Bompard 5th 7th
GP NHK Trophy 9th
GP Rostelecom 8th
GP Skate America 6th 3rd 8th 8th
Challenge Cup 5th 1st 4th
Cup of Nice 3rd 8th
Finlandia 11th 9th
Golden Spin 5th
Karl Schäfer 5th
Merano Cup 5th 1st
Nebelhorn 2nd 5th 6th
Nordics 2nd J. 6th J. 6th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
NRW Trophy 10th 1st 3rd
Ondrej Nepela 4th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 22nd 28th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Bulgaria 4th
JGP Czech Rep. 12th
JGP Germany 17th
JGP Hungary 14th
JGP Slovakia 16th
Copenhagen 1st J. 5th J.
Gardena 4th J.
Golden Bear 4th J.
Mladost 5th J.
National
Swedish Champ. 1st J. 3rd J. 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Björn, Thomas (9 February 2011). "Viktoria Helgesson laddar inför the Nordics med nya skridskor" [Viktoria Helgesson gears up for the Nordics with new skates]. Swedish Figure Skating Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rutherford, Lynn (23 October 2011). "Czisny edges Kostner for first Skate America title". Icenetwork. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
  3. ↑ Mittan, Barry (18 March 2008). "Following in Her Mothers’ Footsteps". SkateToday. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
  4. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (26 April 2011). "The Helgesson sisters Viktoria and Joshi: Alike but Different". AbsoluteSkating. Retrieved 4 May 2011. 
  5. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (6 July 2012). "Sweden's Helgessons keep it all in the family". Icenetwork. 
  6. ↑ Kondakova, Anna (27 March 2010). "Asada recaptures World title". Golden Skate. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  7. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (23 October 2011). "Viktoria Helgesson: "Why not try something new"". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  8. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (20 January 2012). "Viktoria Helgesson "I know I have a great skating foundation now"". Absolute Skating. 
  9. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. 
  13. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. 
  14. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. 
  15. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. 
  16. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. 
  17. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. 
  18. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. 
  19. ↑ "Viktoria HELGESSON: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. 
  20. ↑ "Competition Results: Viktoria HELGESSON". International Skating Union. 

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