Kiira Korpi

Korpi in 2009

Personal information

Full name

Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi

Country represented

Finland

Born

26 September 1988 (age 28)
Tampere, Finland

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 6 ¹⁄₂ in)

Coach

Carlos Avila de Borba, Rafael Arutyunyan, Vera Arutyunyan, Nadia Kanaeva, Maaret Siromaa, Susanna Haarala

Choreographer

Shae-Lynn Bourne, Jeffrey Buttle, David Wilson, Nelli Petänen, Salome Brunner, Marwin Smith

Skating club

Tappara FSC

Training locations

Oberstdorf, Germany; Vierumäki and Tampere, Finland; Lake Arrowhead, California, United States

Began skating

1993

Retired

27 August 2015

ISU personal best scores

Combined total

177.19
2012 Rostelecom Cup

Short program

64.26
2010 Europeans

Free skate

115.64
2012 Rostelecom Cup

Medal record

Representing Finland
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
European Championships
	2012 Sheffield	Ladies' singles
	2007 Warsaw	Ladies' singles
	2011 Bern	Ladies' singles

Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (born 26 September 1988) is a Finnish figure skater. She is a three-time European medalist (bronze in 2007 and 2011, silver in 2012), the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champion, the 2012 Rostelecom Cup champion, a two-time Cup of China medalist, and a five-time Finnish national champion (2009, 2011–2013, 2015). She retired from competitive skating in August 2015.

Korpi was born in Tampere, Finland. Her father, Rauno Korpi, coached the Finnish women's hockey team to a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In Finland her nickname is Jääprinsessa (Ice Princess) due to her resemblance to Grace Kelly, the former Princess of Monaco. Writing for GoldenSkate.com in 2008, Barry Mittan described her as "widely regarded as the most beautiful woman in figure skating".

In addition to her native Finnish, Korpi also speaks Swedish, English, and German. She does pilates or Ashtanga yoga when she has time.

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