Susanna Rahkamo
Susanna Rahkamo 
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| Full name | Tuija Susanna Rahkamo | ||||||||||||||||||
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| birthday | February 25, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Helsinki | ||||||||||||||||||
| size | 160 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Petri Kokko | ||||||||||||||||||
| society | Helsingfors Skridskoklubb | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Martin Skotnicky | ||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer | Werner Lipowski | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tuija Susanna Rahkamo (born February 25, 1965 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish figure skater who started in ice dancing .
biography
Rahkamo is the daughter of the former Lord Mayor of Helsinki Kari Rahkamo .
Her partner Petri Kokko and she took part in international competitions since 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 she ended her amateur career and switched to professional life. The ice dancing couple got married and has two children.
In 2004 Rahkamo was elected President of the Finnish Figure Skating Federation.
Results
Ice dance
(with Petri Kokko )
| 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
- Susanna Rahkamo in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Rahkamo, Susanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |