Joshi Helgesson

Joshi Helgesson

Helgesson at the 2013-14 Swedish Championships.
Personal information
Country represented Sweden
Born 7 June 1993
Tibro, Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Regina Jensen, Christina Helgesson, A. Vedenin
Choreographer Catarina Lindgren
Former choreographer Susanne Seger
Skating club Tibro KK
Training locations Tibro
Began skating 1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 169.07
2015 Europeans
Short program 59.55
2015 Europeans
Free skate 109.52
2015 Europeans

Joshi Helgesson (born 7 June 1993) is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2014 Bavarian Open champion, 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and the 2013 Swedish national champion.

Personal life

Joshi Helgesson was born in Tibro, Sweden.[1] Her elder sister, Viktoria, is also a competitive skater, and their mother, Christina, is their coach.[2][3]

Career

Helgesson finished 4th at the 2009 World Junior Championships. In the 2009–10 season, she debuted on the senior Grand Prix series. She made her senior World debut at the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, where she finished 15th, and her European Championships debut in 2012, finishing 10th.

In the early part of the 2012–13 season, Helgesson sustained a stress fracture of the fibula in her take-off leg but returned to the ice two weeks before the 2012 Cup of China.[4] She won the 2013 Swedish national title ahead of her sister.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[1]
2013–2014
[5]		 Cirque du Soleil:
  • Mystere
  • Taiko
2012–2013
[6][4]		 Cirque du Soleil:
  • Mystere
  • Taiko
  • Burlesque
  • Express
  • Blues in Night
    by Quincy Jones
  • Show Me How You Burlesque
2011–2012
[7]
2010–2011
[8]
  • Sarabande
  • Palladio
    by Karl Jenkins
  • Feeling Good
  • Palladio
    by Karl Jenkins
2009–2010
[9]
2008–2009
[10]
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Somewhere in Time
  • The Godfather
2007–2008
[11]
  • Arabian selections
  • Pasha
    by Vanessa-Mae
  • Shik Shak Shok
    by Arabic Hakim Belly Dancing

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[12]
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Worlds 15th 14th 14th
Europeans 10th 8th 9th 4th
GP Bompard 9th
GP Cup of China 7th 7th
GP Rostelecom WD
GP Skate America 9th 4th 10th WD
GP Skate Canada 11th
CS Lombardia 6th
CS Nepela Trophy 2nd
Bavarian Open 1st
Challenge Cup 4th J. 2nd
Cup of Nice 3rd J. 10th
DS Cup 2nd
Finlandia 14th
Golden Spin 2nd
Hellmut Seibt 1st
Merano Cup 3rd
Mont Blanc 2nd
Nebelhorn 18th 4th 3rd
Nordics 3rd N. 4th J. 1st J. 1st J. 3rd 6th 2nd 2nd 1st
NRW Trophy 5th 9th
Printemps 1st
Triglav Trophy 4th N. 2nd
International: Junior or Novice[12]
Junior Worlds 7th 4th 9th 9th
JGP Estonia 7th
JGP Hungary 9th
JGP Italy 7th
JGP South Africa 9th
JGP USA 6th
EYOF 2nd J.
Copenhagen 2nd N.
National[12]
Swedish Champ. 1st J. 1st J. 1st J. 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd
WD = Withdrew; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Joshi HELGESSON: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (26 April 2011). "The Helgesson sisters Viktoria and Joshi: Alike but Different". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (6 July 2012). "Sweden's Helgessons keep it all in the family". Icenetwork.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jangbro, Eva Maria (13 December 2012). "Joshi Helgesson - the firebird from Sweden". Absolute Skating.
  5. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009.
  11. ↑ "Joshi HELGESSON: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Competition Results: Joshi HELGESSON". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Joshi Helgesson at Wikimedia Commons