Laura Lepistö

Laura Lepistö
Full name	Laura Anneli Lepistö
nation	Finland
birthday	April 25, 1988
place of birth	Espoo
size	162 cm
Career
discipline	Single run
society	Espoo Jäätaiturit
Trainer	Virpi Horttana
choreographer	Maria McLean Miia Nirhamo
status	active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 1 × 1 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Turin 2010 Ladies  European figure skating championships bronze Zagreb 2008 Ladies gold Helsinki 2009 Ladies silver Tallinn 2010 Ladies
Personal best
Total points 187.97 Olympia 2010  Freestyle 126.61 Olympia 2010  Short program 64.30 World Cup 2010
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 0 0  Grand Prix competitions 0 0 2
last change: December 12, 2010

Laura Anneli Lepistö (born April 25, 1988 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish figure skater and the first Finnish European figure skating champion in the individual race of women in history.

Lepistö is the Finnish Champion of the Year 2008 and European Champion 2009. She was already third at the European Championships last year. At the 2010 European Championships , she won the silver medal. At the subsequent Olympic Games in Vancouver , she finished 6th as the best European. She is trained by Virpi Horttana. She started ice skating at the age of three. On March 25, 2012, she announced her retirement from competitive sports after having been unable to compete for two seasons due to injury.

Results

Competition / season	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10
winter Olympics						6th
World championships				8th.	6th	3.
European championships				3.	1.	2.
Junior World Championships		9.	7th
Finnish championships	1st J	4th	2.	1.	2.	1.
Skate Canada				7th		3.
Cup of China					3.
NHK Trophy				5.	5.	5.
Nebelhorn Trophy				3.	2.

• J = juniors

Web links

Commons : Laura Lepistö  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Laura Lepistö in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Laura Lepistö in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Homepage of Laura Lepistö (fin.)