Helsinki Rockettes skaters over the years

#1 Carita Halminen #2 Maaret Helintö #3 Inka Helle #4 Minna Inkinen #5 Maria Koponen #6 Jonna Kytöniemi #7 Kirsikka Lehtinen (C) #8 Anu Lensu #9 Sanna Malin #10 Taru Niiranen #11 Sabina Nyström #12 Kati Partanen #13 Virve Partanen #14 Tuija Parviainen #15 Sinamari Pietikäinen #16 Inga-Maria Ramstedt #17 Jan Recorbet #18 Ann-Marie Savander #19 Anu Sorvari #20 Maria Teppola #21 Terhi Vartiainen #22 Maiju Viherluoto #23 Toni Virhiä #24 Kirsi Vänttinen #25 Kirsi Koivunen #26 Larissa Hramov #27 Elina Kankkunen #28 Tiina Nieminen #29 Sirpa Haataja #30 Merja Harras #31 Mervi Höykinpuro #32 Anne Kankaanpää #33 Virpi Lindeberg #34 Taru Niskanen #35 Carita Riipinen #36 Heli Äystö (C) #37 Nina Nieminen #38 Riikka Ristola #39 Nina Touré #40 Päivi Herranen #41 Anne Kesänen #42 Annukka Leutonen #43 Ritva Mauriala #44 Hanna Miettinen #45 Mirjami Paakkanen (C) #46 Suvi Pasanen #47 Meri Pirhonen (A) #48 Heather Ranta #49 Jennifer Ranta #50 Mereta Saarinen #51 Pia Silola #52 Anna Vaalasranta (A) #53 Milla Vihavainen #54 Anu Väisälä #55 Marie Afonso (A) #56 Lotta Hackman #57 Katri Kuusniemi (A) #58 Mimmi Pakkala #59 Maria Partanen #60 Tiia Harju #61 Mari Lehtinen #62 Minna-Maarit Lukkari #63 Miia Mustonen #64 Anne Paakkunainen #65 Inkeri Rajakenttä #66 Mari Törmä #67 Sanna Vitikka #68 Elina Väänänen #69 Johanna Ihalainen #70 Eeva-Stiina Kuusniemi (A) #71 Katja Särkkä #72 Mia Dillemuth #73 Pauliina Heikkilä #74 Hannamari Heinonen #75 Varpu Lappalainen (A) #76 Milla Lehtonen #77 Elina Paasonen (C) #78 Minna-Liisa Raami #79 Pia Söderblom #80 Taina Tamminen #81 Janna Erpilä #82 Elina Hiltunen #83 Miia Koskinen #84 Laura Remes #85 Miia Ristola #86 Jonna Ståhlberg #87 Katariina Vironmäki #88 Saija Vittaniemi #89 Heidi Johansson #90 Milla Manninen #91 Henna Pelkola #92 Krista Salama #93 Eeva Kuitunen #94 Anna Kärkkäinen #95 Tytti Mäkelä #96 Inna Sareneva (C, A) #97 Anna Semerdjiev #98 Jonna Tallila #99 Salla Toivo #100 Laura Tolvi #101 Elina Aalto #102 Jenni Helenius #103 Anna Himberg #104 Tiina Huotari (A) #105 Hanna Korhonen #106 Sari Laakso #107 Marina Selenius #108 Kirsi Eskelinen #109 Anna Larmo #110 Emilia Lindfors #111 Laura Niinikoski #112 Emmi Pakkala #113 Jenni Carlson #114 Kirsi Koho #115 Saga Krantz #116 Johanna Rinne #117 Satu Tiittanen #118 Eeva Sunnari (C, A) #120 Juulia Erämo #121 Karolina Huhtala #122 Pauliina Jäkälä #123 Essi Kivistö #124 Elina Luotonen #125 Mia Manninen #126 Riikka Paasonen #127 Milja Sarkkinen #128 Kati Savolainen #129 Maria Tanskanen #130 Satu Keto-Oja #131 Annika Käär (A) #132 Anja Mahrenholz #133 Katri Mäkelä #134 Noora Ojala #135 Päivi Pääkkö #136 Taija Romppanen (C, A) #137 Tiia Sormunen #138 Johanna Teivainen #139 Paula Valtimo #140 Tiina Aalto #141 Maarit Helander #142 Leena Leiniö #143 Leena Lempinen #144 Taru Loikas #145 Tiia Tupala (C, A) #146 Laura Lindfors #147 Nina Muukkonen #148 Saana Uusitalo #149 Heta Haikonen #150 Emmi Kivistö #151 Linnéa Lindh #152 Minna Peiponen #153 Maria Värtinen #154 Laura Anttila #155 Kristina Herbert (C) #156 Venla Kuuluvainen #157 Linda-Julia Niemi #158 Pia-Sofia Pokkinen #159 Ringa Rihtamo #160 Anne Siitonen #161 Lotta Christersson #162 Salla Kanninen #163 Laura Kiiski #164 Tiina Mäntylä #165 Tuuli Niinivaara #166 Katri Seppänen #167 Linnea Tamminen (C, A) #168 Jaana Karevuo #169 Henna Penttilä #170 Nadja Semi #171 Sanna-Mari Vaarna #172 Heidi Aahe (C) #173 Emilia Borgström #174 Minna Eloranta #175 Siiri Eskelinen #176 Sofia Lemström #177 Nina Soinio #178 Laura Spiridovitsh (A) #179 Vanessa Karkulahti #180 Anni Kröger (A) #181 Emmi Lehtinen #182 Melissa Nurmi (A) #183 Tiia Poikajärvi #184 Anni Sydänmaanlakka #185 Katarina Tötterman #186 Anna Vuorela (C) #187 Anna-Sofia Korpijaakko #188 Emma Mäkinen #189 Josefiina Niemi (C) #190 Tiina Niskanen #191 Tilda Tuominen #192 Nicole Blechingberg #193 Kaisa Kytölä #194 Iina Laukkanen #195 Jenna Peuralinna #196 Oona Pulkkinen #197 Lotta Sihvo #198 Oona Vaajoensuu #199 Sara Hellström #200 Kia Kopra #201 Emilia Rinne #202 Henriikka Samuelsson #203 Nona Vihma (C, A) #204 Laura-Maria Auranen #205 Eva Grönblad #206 Minna Hooli (A) #207 Johanna Smalén #208 Martina Timonen #209 Jannice-Celine Kähäri #210 Nathalie Arrakoski #211 Erika Jantunen #212 Nea Lahtinen #213 Roosa Latvala (A) #214 Rebecca Leppälahti (A) #215 Ditte Louhikoski #216 Emilia Närhi #217 Inka Pakarinen #218 Alisa Peltonen #219 Sara Rönkkönen #220 Heta Saukkola #221 Henriikka Säkkinen #222 Eveliina Tikkinen (C, ) #223 Petra Viitanen (C,A) #224 Ilona Hirvonen #225 Trine Kuusela #226 Elina Leppänen #227 Ella Vainiomäki #228 Sarah Vuoppola#229 Inka Korpio#230 Vilma Laaksonen#231 Melina Pennanen#232 Milja Suila#233 Henna Uotinen#234 Karita Auvinen #235 Lumi Hetta #236 Erika Kaarto #237 Petra Kaarto #238 Mette Nikkilä #239 Indra Sarkola #240 Fanny Soukola #241 Vega Vesa #242 Aava Levijärvi #243 Peppi Nyqvist #244 Ella Helgeson #245 Maria Keränen #246 Essi Kettunen #247 Linnea Lehtinen #248 Wilma Lindström #249 Roosa Siivikko #250 Saaga Koskimäki, #251 Joanna Kyber #252 Sara Nieminen #253 Viivi Reiman #254 Riina Töykkälä #255 Elsa Ekdahl #256 Minea Karp #257 Tyyne Kujala #258 Sofia Ollikainen #259 Vilma Arminen #260 Edith Hamström #261 Iiris Jaatinen #262 Nea Kuosma #263 Silja Lauri #264 Iida-Maria Nissilä #265 Pinja Pitkänen #266 Milena Rantala #267 Aliina Rautee #268 Fiona Wood

Milestones

1980s: Birth of Finnish synchronized skating and Rockettes

1989: First international competition in Laval, Canada.
Early 1980s: Jane Erkko introduces “precision skating” to Finland; first known as ryhmäkuviointi.
April 1984: First exhibition with 10 clubs; HTK’s two teams finish 2nd and 3rd.
Autumn 1984: Rockettes founded (originally “Hopeaparaati”); debut at HTK’s Christmas show.
1985–86: Name of sport in Finnish changes to muodostelmaluistelu; first national final win.
Late 1980s: Three consecutive senior national titles (1988–1990); birth of junior “sister” team.

1990–1995: National titles & international expansion

1991: First official Finnish Championships; Rockets crowned junior champions; soon renamed Rockettes.
1992: Return to senior level; Pia Linnonmaa becomes head coach; first victory over US champions.
1994–95: First major North American competitions; silver at Finnish Championships.

1995–2000: World stage breakthrough

1995–96: Debut at first ISU World Challenge Cup in Boston; 5th place.
1998: Kaisa Nieminen (currently Arrateig) becomes head coach; Finnish Championship title regained.
1999: Historic World Cup bronze in Gothenburg – Finland’s first major international synchro medal.
2000: 4th at inaugural official ISU World Championships in Minneapolis.

2000–2007: Podiums & near misses

2000–01: Finnish Champions; gold at North American International; World silver in Helsinki.
2003–04: Return to World podium with bronze in Zagreb.
2004–05: 20th anniversary; World silver in Gothenburg with national record score.
2005–06: World bronze in Prague; 100th competition milestone.
2006–07: First season under new 16-skater limit; unbeaten internationally but narrowly miss Finnish title.

2007–2008: World Champion for the first time

2007–08: Wins at Berlin, Prague, Finnish Championships; World Championship gold in Budapest – seven competitions, seven victories.

2008–2011: World titles and hat tricks

2008–09: Invited to Presidential Independence Day Reception; high-profile performances (TV, European Championships opening); The Story of Galadriel becomes a fan-favorite program.
2010: Second World Championship gold in Colorado Springs, USA.
2011: Rockettes, together with the junior and novice teams of the Helsinki Figure Skating Club, win the Finnish Championship titles in their respective divisions, making their club the first and only one to claim all three synchronized skating golds in the same year. This remarkable hat trick is repeated in 2020 and 2022.
2011: Winning the third World Championship gold at the Helsinki home event.

2012–2025: On and off the podium

2012–15: Fourth place at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden (2012) and Hamilton, Canada (2015), silver in Courmayeur, Italy in 2014.
2015–16: The collaboration with Reija Wäre in creating choreography begins. Winning silver in World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In the same year, Finland’s first official synchronized and figure skating alumni association, Rockettes Alumni ry, was established.
2017–19: World Championship bronze again on home ice in 2019, Placing 5th in Colorado Springs, USA, in 2017, and winning again World Championship bronze on home ice in 2019.

2020–2025: Towards the fourth world title

2019–20: The ISU Challenger Series was introduced for synchronized skating. No winner was declared in the series due to the COVID pandemic.
2020 & 2021: World Championships in Lake Placid, USA, and Zagreb, Croatia, were cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
2021-22: Bronze at the World Championships in Hamilton, Canada.
2022–23: Dominant victory in the ISU Challenger Series, finishing over 15 points ahead of the next team. Silver at the World Championships in Lake Placid, USA.
2023-24: 40th anniversary celebrations, bronze at the World Championships Zagreb, Croatia.
2024-25: Fourth World Championship title on home ice in Helsinki. In February, a performance at Stockholm’s newly reopened Avicii Arena in front of a sold-out crowd of 14,000 at Swedish band Kite’s concert.