Finland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Finland at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.fi
in Lillehammer
Competitors	42 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Elli Pikkujamsa	Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Lauri Mannila	Cross-country skiing	Boys' cross-country cross	13 February
Bronze	Rebecca Immonen	Cross-country skiing	Girls' 5 km	18 February
Bronze	Henna Ikola	Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Rene Rinnekangas	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	19 February
Bronze	Riikka Honkanen	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	20 February
	Sampo Kankkunen

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sampo Kankkunen	Slalom	51.08	10	50.95	12	1:42.03	10
	Giant slalom	1:19.18	6	1:19.36	9	2:38.54	6
	Super-G	—				1:11.04	4
	Combined	1:12.27	3	41.93	9	1:54.20	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riikka Honkanen	Slalom	55.29	6	51.49	7	1:46.78	7
	Giant slalom	1:20.55	12	1:16.24	10	2:36.79	11

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Riikka Honkanen Sampo Kankkunen	Parallel mixed team	France (FRA) W 3 – 1	Austria (AUT) W 2+ – 2	Germany (GER) L 2 – 2+	Canada (CAN) W 3 – 1

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tuomas Harjula	Sprint	20:07.7	2	11
	Pursuit	30:44.5	4	7
Otto-Eemil Karvinen	Sprint	20:54.2	2	20
	Pursuit	32:51.7	6	26

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jenni Keranen	Sprint	19:30.3	1	13
	Pursuit	27:03.8	2	11
Saana Lahdelma	Sprint	20:56.5	4	32
	Pursuit	30:24.2	5	33

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jenni Keranen Tuomas Harjula	Single mixed relay	43:12.7	1+15	10
Jenni Keranen Saana Lahdelma Tuomas Harjula Otto-Eemil Karvinen	Mixed relay	did not finish

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Remi Lindholm	10 km freestyle	—						24:48.3	7
	Classical sprint	3:07.56	15 Q	3:02.32	3 q	3:03.08	5	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:11.06	7 Q	—		3:08.23	4 q	3:07.88	7
Lauri Mannila	10 km freestyle	—						25:27.7	12
	Classical sprint	2:56.12	1 Q	3:01.70	1 Q	2:55.79	3 q	3:00.96	5
	Cross-country cross	3:06.26	5 Q	—		3:08.33	2 Q	3:01.84

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Immonen	5 km freestyle	—						13:35.9
	Classical sprint	3:32.26	4 Q	3:30.55	1 Q	3:29.49	4	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:44.48	11 Q	—		3:34.97	3 q	3:37.38	7
Roosa Niemi	5 km freestyle	—						13:55.2	10
	Classical sprint	3:39.89	16 Q	3:36.54	3	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:48.64	17 Q	—		3:42.13	6	did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lauri Lankila	Boys' singles	30.65	15	61.43	15	92.08	15
Anni Järvenpää	Girls' singles	48.27	9	72.64	15	120.91	13

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Focus  Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov (UKR)  Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong (CHN)  Yuna Shiraiwa (JPN)  Lauri Lankila (FIN)	Team trophy	64.68 4	92.74 5	110.01 8	61.57 1	18	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Minja Lehikoinen	Girls' ski cross	47.58	10	13	8 Q	4 FB	8

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Joona Sipola	Boys' slopestyle	47.80	63.00	63.00	10
Anni Karava	Girls' slopestyle	59.60	61.20	61.20	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleks Haatanen	Boys' individual skills challenge	14	5 Q	11	5
Kiia Nousiainen	Girls' individual skills challenge	8	11	did not advance

Boys' tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

Roster

• Tobias Akerman
• Justus Annunen
• Konsta Hirvonen
• Jesperi Kotkaniemi
• Miska Kukkonen
• Rasmus Kupari
• Eetu Maki
• Kalle Matikainen
• Jesse Moilanen
• Arttu Nevasaari
• Niklas Nordgren
• Jasper Rannisto
• Uula Ruikka
• Santeri Salmela
• Samuel Salonen
• Toni Utunen
• Jimi Uusitalo

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9	Advance to semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9
3	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	21	9	+12	8
4	Finland	4	1	0	1	2	14	11	+3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	−37	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com

12 February 2016 14:00

Finland

11–0 (5–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Norway

Youth Hall Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Kristian Hovik	Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Danny Beresford Aleh Kliashcheunikau
	Moilanen (Maki, Salonen) – 05:53 1–0 Maki (Salonen, Kupari) – 08:38 2–0 Nordgren (Matikainen, Moilanen) –09:56 3–0 Nevasaari (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) – 11:02 4–0 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) (PP) – 12:59 5–0 Maki (Hirvonen) – 22:17 6–0 Nevasaari (Moilanen) – 25:24 7–0 Nordgren (Matikainen) (SH) – 35:28 8–0 Nordgren (Hirvonen, Rannisto) – 38:38 9–0 Kukkonen (Utunen, Nordgren) – 38:59 10–0 Nordgren (Ruikka) – 39:56 11–0
	12 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	36	Shots	3

13 February 2016 20:00

United States

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 890

Game reference
	Todd Scott	Goalies	Jimi Uusitalo	Referee: Alex DiPietro Linesmen: Clement Goncalves Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 02:36 – Salonen (Maki) Wise (DeBoer, Krygier) – 08:39 1–1 Walsh (Emberson) – 13:10 2–1 Krygier (MacKinnon) – 20:25 3–1 Weiss (PS) – 42:12 4–1
	4.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	24	Shots	22

15 February 2016 17:00

Canada

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 950

Game reference
	Alexis Gravel	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Danny Beresford Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	Dudas (Focht) (PP) – 01:46 1–0 Roberts (McShane, Burzan) – 02:20 2–0 2–1 12:03 – Utunen (Kotkaniemi) (PP2) Burzan – 16:03 3–1 Groulx (SH) – 30:50 4–1 T. Smith (PP) – 38:52 5–1
	20.5 min	Penalties	9 min
	28	Shots	25

16 February 2016 17:00

Finland

1–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Russia

Kristins Hall Attendance: 653

Game reference
	Jimi Uusitalo	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Niclas Lundgaard Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	0–1 02:11 – Svechnikov (Khovanov) Kotkaniemi (Utunen, Nevasaari) – 26:26 1–1
	Salonen Kotkaniemi Maki Nevasaari Nevasaari Ruikka	Shootout	Khovanov Svechnikov Zhabreyev Khovanov Denezhkin Khovanov
	9 min	Penalties	9 min
	21	Shots	16

Semifinals

19 February 2016 17:00

Canada

4–3 GWS (0–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,472

Game reference
	Alexis Gravel	Goalies	Jimi Uusitalo	Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Clement Goncalves Aleh Kliashcheunikau
	0–1 14:53 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren) (PP2) 0–2 15:30 – Moilanen (Nordgren, Utunen) (PP2) Focht (Groulx, Merkley) (SH) – 18:59 1–2 MacDonald (Merkley, Burzan) – 21:22 2–2 2–3 39:10 – Kotkaniemi (Rannisto, Nordgren) Groulx (Merkley, Focht) (PP) – 41:32 3–3
	Groulx MacDonald Merkley	Shootout	Nordgren Nevasaari
	23.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	21	Shots	29

Bronze medal game

20 February 2016 20:00

Russia

6–2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,652

Game reference
	Amir Miftakhov	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	0–1 00:30 – Kupari (Nevasaari) Zhuravlyov (Denisenko, Zhabreyev) (PP) – 08:28 1–1 Nizhnikov (Babintsev, Denisenko) – 16:00 2–1 2–2 24:15 – Kotkaniemi (Akerman) (PP) Sokolov (Zhilyakov) – 28:45 3–2 Denisenko (Zhilyakov, Zhabreyev) – 29:43 4–2 Kotkov (Khovanov) – 30:16 5–2 Khovanov (Kotkov) (EA) – 42:21 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	19	Shots	20

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Wille Karhumaa	Normal hill/5 km	92.5	112.7	9	1:16	14:27.1	8

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andreas Alamommo	Boys' normal hill	91.0	112.4	8	90.0	109.1	6	221.5	6

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ville Mustonen	Boys' halfpipe	56.00	30.75	24.75	56.00	10
Rene Rinnekangas	Boys' halfpipe	36.25	62.00	39.00	62.00	8
Henna Ikola	Girls' halfpipe	62.25	60.75	23.75	62.25	7
Elli Pikkujamsa	Girls' halfpipe	59.50	53.00	47.25	59.50	8

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Ville Mustonen	Boys' slopestyle	30.00	27.75	30.00	21
Rene Rinnekangas	Boys' slopestyle	70.00	87.75	87.75
Henna Ikola	Girls' slopestyle	38.00	79.00	79.00
Elli Pikkujamsa	Girls' slopestyle	82.25	81.25	82.25

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position
Caterina Carpano (ITA)  Minja Lehikoinen (FIN)  Yoshiki Takahara (JPN)  Tobias Knollseisen (ITA)	Team snowboard ski cross	3	did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jaakko Hautamaki	500 m	39.55	26	39.79	26	79.35	26
	1500 m	—				2:02.62	26
	Mass start	—				5:56.65	20
Samuli Suomalainen	500 m	37.11	3	37.06	5	74.17	4
	1500 m	—				1:57.36	18
	Mass start	—				5:55.01	17

Mixed team sprint

Athletes	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Team 5  Erika Lindgren (SWE)  Isabelle Van Elst (NED)  Yevgeny Bolgov (BLR)  Samuli Suomalainen (FIN)	Mixed team sprint	2:16.73	11
Team 13  Sofya Napolskikh (RUS)  Elena Samkova (RUS)  Jaakko Hautamaki (FIN)  Kim Min-seok (KOR)	Mixed team sprint	1:58.97	5

See also

• Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics