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Date of birth: 08.07.1983 Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI
FIN
Place of birth: Helsinki
Height: 180 cm
Home town: Helsinki
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: tennis
Start sk. / Club: 1988 / Tikkurilan FSC
Coach: Tero Hämäläinen
Choreographer: Mikko Ahti, Alexei Vasilievski
Former Coach: Svetlana Kriukova, Sirkka Kaipio, Tiiu Valgemäe
Practice low season: 23 h / week at Tikkurila and Joensuu
Practice high season: 17 h / week at Vantaa
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2011/2012
I Love the Way You Lie by Sunny Choi
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2011/2012
Corteo (Cirque du Soleil) by Philippe Le Duc and Maria Bonzanigo
Le Cheik Blanc by Nino Rota
La pasarella di otto e mezzo by Nino Rota
Personal Best Total Score170.8822.01.2009 European Championships 2009
Personal Best Score Short Program66.6421.01.2009 European Championships 2009
Personal Best Score Free Skating104.2422.01.2009 European Championships 2009
 
05/06
 
06/07
 
07/08
 
08/09
 
09/10
 
10/11
 
11/12
 
12/13
Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
29.
23.
 
 
1.S
 
25.
23.
 
 
1.S
 
 
 
 
 
2.S
 
27.
14.
 
 
1.S
30.
24.
22.
 
 
1.S
 
 
 
 
 
3.S
 
13. (PR)
 
 
 
1.S
 
 
 
 
 
 
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
Coupe de Nice 2009 Nice 2009 12.
Finlandia Trophy 2010 Vantaa 2010 10.
Ice Challenge 2010 Graz 2010 9.
The Nordics 2011 Copenhagen 2011 4.
International CompetitionYearPlace
Nebelhorn Trophy 2011 Oberstdorf 2011 15.
Finlandia Trophy 2011 Vantaa 2011 16.
Ice Challenge 2011 Graz 2011 7.
NRW Trophy Singles Pairs 2011 Dortmund 2011 11.
Nurmenkari got married on August 9, 2008 to Annina Ahti, a former tennis player. Their son Axel was born in August 2009. Nurmenkari had to withdraw from the European Championships 2012 during the Preliminary Round as he injured his ankle.
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