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Juho Pirinen (born 2 November 1995) is a Finnish ice dancer. With his current partner, Yuka Orihara, he is the 2019–20 Finnish national champion and a three-time Finnish national silver medalist (2021–24).
With former partner Monica Lindfors, he is the 2016–17 Finnish national junior champion and the 2017–18 Finnish national bronze medalist.
Personal life
Pirinen was born on November 2, 1995 in Lappeenranta, Finland. In addition to figure skating, he enjoys photography and hiking.
Career
= Early career
=Pirinen began figure skating in 2004. From 2007 to 2016, he competed as a singles skater and was a five-time Finnish junior national medalist, winning three silver medals and two bronze medals. He also competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he finished thirty-third.
Following the end of his singles skating career, Pirinen decided to team up with Monica Lindfors and compete in the ice dance discipline. Coached by former Italian ice dancer, Maurizio Margaglio, in Helsinki, the duo won the 2016–17 Finnish Junior Championships, finished nineteenth at the 2017 World Junior Championships, and won bronze at the 2017–18 Finnish Junior Championships on the senior level. Their partnership would dissolve following the 2017–18 figure skating season.
= Partnership with Orihara
=2019–20 season
In spring 2019, Pirinen's coach Maurizio Margaglio, contacted Canadian ice dance coaches, Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe, upon learning that their student, Japanese ice dancer, Yuka Orihara's previous partnership had recently dissolved. Margaglio requested that Orihara travel to Helsinki to have a try-out with Pirinen. Orihara agreed to this request and following a successful tryout, she soon moved to Finland to train with Pirinen.
Deciding to represent Finland, the duo made their international debut at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they finished eleventh. They then continued competing on the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup and seventh at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Orihara/Pirinen would also win bronze at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup and the 2019 Santa Claus Cup.
With top Finnish ice dancing team, Turkkila/Versluis not competing at the 2019–20 Finnish Championships, Orihara/Pirinen won the event by over forty points.
Selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, the duo came in eighteenth place. They then closed their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2020 Egna Dance Trophy.
2020–21 season
Although Orihara/Pirinen were assigned to make their Grand Prix series debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The duo would not compete for the rest of the season.
2021–22 season
Competing on the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series, Orihara/Pirinen finished fifteenth at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy and twelfth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They would follow it up with a fourth-place finish and a gold medal at the 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2021 NRW Trophy, respectively.
In December, Orihara/Pirinen won the silver medal at the 2021–22 Finnish Championships. They would end their season with another silver medal at the 2022 International Challenge Cup.
2022–23 season
Beginning their season on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, Orihara/Pirinen placed fourth at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial and sixth at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently finished fourth at the 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.
Debuting on the 2022–23 Grand Prix series, the duo finished eighth at the 2022 NHK Trophy and seventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.
In December, they won their second consecutive silver medal at the 2022–23 Finnish Championships. Orihara/Pirinen would then end their season by winning silver at the 2022 Bavarian Open and bronze at the 2022 International Challenge Cup.
2023–24 season
Orihara/Pirinen started the season by competing 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing sixth at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial and at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently took gold at the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup.
Going on to compete at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, Orihara/Pirinen finished sixth. They then won silver at the 2023–24 Finnish Championships. Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, the duo finished tenth.
With Finland having two berths for ice dance at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Orihara/Pirinen would make their World Championship debut in March, coming in sixteenth place.
2024–25 season
Orihara/Pirinen began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fourth at both the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy and the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, they finished sixth at the 2024 NHK Trophy and the 2024 Finlandia Trophy.
Programs
= Ice dance with Orihara
== Ice dance with Lindfors
=Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series
= With Orihara
== With Lindfors
== Men's singles
=JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Detailed results
= Ice dance with Yuka Orihara
=ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.
References
External links
Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen at the International Skating Union
Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen at SkatingScores.com
Monica Lindfors / Juho Pirinen at the International Skating Union
Monica Lindfors/Juho Pirinen at SkatingScores.com
Juho Pirinen on Instagram
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Juho Pirinen
- Yuka Orihara
- Pirinen
- 2024 Finlandia Trophy
- Monica Lindfors
- 2024 NHK Trophy
- 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
- 2024 World Figure Skating Championships
- 2015–16 ISU World Standings
- 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
