Finland at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the Youth Olympic Games
Flag of Finland IOC code  FIN NOC Finnish Olympic Committee
At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	42 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Katri Lylynperä[1]
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 2	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 4

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Niki Lehikoinen	Freestyle Skiing	Boys' Ski Cross	21 Jan
01 ! Gold	Finland	Ice hockey	Boys' competition	22 Jan
02 ! Silver	Lauri Kivari	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	15 Jan
02 ! Silver	Ilkka Herola	Nordic combined	Individual	15 Jan

Alpine skiing

Boys

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

Girls

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

Mixed

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

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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	02 !
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
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Niki Lehikoinen	Boys' ski cross	56.15	01 !	Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lauri Kivari	Boys' ski half-pipe	75.50	4 Q	90.00	02 !

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 0–2 0–3	30:22 – K. Kapanen (W. Hopponen) 32:05 – W. Hopponen (M. Honkanen, K. Kapanen) 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
	M. Honkanen (PS) – 25:04 K. Kapanen (J. Tuulola, E. Sopanen) (PP) – 27:08 W. Hopponen (K. Kapanen, M. Honkanen) (PP) – 29:33 K. Kapanen – 30:41	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–3	3:32 – D. Sergeev (PP) 14:56 – I. Nikolishin (E. Nasybullin, M. Lazarev) (PP2) 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 J. Tuulola (J. Kiviranta, M. Pitkanen) – 19:45 A. Kauppinen (W. Hopponen, A. Levanen) – 24:36 K. Kapanen (M. Haapanen) – 41:45	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–4 3–5 4–5	16:31 – A. Baughman (N. Schmaltz) 23:10 – J. Glover (R. Bliss) (PP) 27:47 – B. Clarke (K. Kerr) 31:01 – N. Schmaltz (R. Bliss, J. Fiegl) 32:15 – R. MacInnis (S. Gersich, N. Magyar)
	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 E. Cornel (R. Gropp, J. Hicketts) – 22:01 E. Cornel R. Gropp R. Gardiner	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2	21:05 – J. Kiviranta (M. Pitkanen) 36:42 – J. Kiviranta (M. Pitkanen, O. Nieminen) 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 1–2	11:29 – O. Nieminen (J. Kiviranta, M. Pitkanen) 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 M. Lazarev I. Nikolishin	1-0 1–1	43:58 - W. Hopponen M. Honkanen K. Kapanen
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	28	Shots	25

Final rank: 01 !

Nordic combined

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Ilkka Herola	Boys' Individual	130.2	4	0:29	26:05.2	26:34.2	02 !

Ski jumping

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		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
		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
		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
	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
	Boys' slopestyle	74.00	76.25	4 Q				80.25	46.50	7

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		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
	Girls' slopestyle	DNS						Did not advance
Emma Kanko	Girls' halfpipe	16.00	26.00	12	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	55.00	27.75	10				Did not advance

See also

• Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

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