Petri Kokko (figure skater)
Petri Kokko 
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| Full name | Petri Mikael Kokko | ||||||||||||||||||
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| birthday | February 21, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Helsinki | ||||||||||||||||||
| size | 178 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Susanna Rahkamo | ||||||||||||||||||
| society | Helsingfors Skridskoklubb | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Martin Skotnicky | ||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer | Werner Lipowski | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Petri Mikael Kokko (born February 21, 1966 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish figure skater who started in ice dancing .
biography
Together with his partner Susanna Rahkamo , Kokko took part in international competitions from 1986. They won the first medal at the European Championships in 1993 ; they took third place. They won their first world championship medal in third place at the 1994 World Cup . It was Finland's first medal in ice dancing.
In 1995 Kokko and Rahkamo became the first Finns to win the European Championship in Dortmund . They finished second at the World Cup . Her freestyle music was a medley by the Beatles (Yesterday, A hard day's night). Kokko and Rahkamo participated in two Olympic Games . In 1992 in Albertville they finished sixth and 1994 in Lillehammer fourth.
They trained in Oberstdorf with Martin Skotnický and the choreographer Werner Lipowski . In 1996 she was seen in the video clip of Beyond the invisible from the Enigma music project .
In 1995 Kokko ended his amateur career and switched to the professional camp. The ice dancing couple got married and has two children.
Today (as of 2012) Kokko works as a manager at Google in Germany, after previously working in marketing for Nike Finland.
Results
Ice dance
(with Susanna Rahkamo )
| Competition / year | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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| winter Olympics | 6th | 4th | ||||||||
| World championships | 20th | 20th | 13. | 6th | 7th | 5. | 4th | 3. | 2. | |
| European championships | 18th | 18th | 15th | 12. | 7th | 8th. | 6th | 3. | 4th | 1. |
| Finnish championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Petri Kokko in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kokko, Petri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kokko, Petri Mikael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |