25 Facts About Emmi Peltonen

Emmi Peltonen was born on 29 November 1999 and is a retired Finnish figure skater.

Emmi Peltonen is the 2017 FBMA Trophy champion, the 2020 Nordic silver medalist, and a three-time Finnish national champion.

Emmi Peltonen has finished within the top ten at three European Championships, and represented Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she finished twentieth.

Emmi Peltonen has two brothers, twins Aleksi and Jesper, and a sister, Nelli.

Emmi Peltonen's paternal grandfather, Esa Peltonen, is a former professional ice hockey player.

Emmi Peltonen received her first skates when she was two years old and began learning to skate in 2002.

Emmi Peltonen competed domestically for the United States as a child at the juvenile level until 2010.

Emmi Peltonen won the novice gold medal at the 2013 Nordic Championships.

Emmi Peltonen won the junior silver medal at the Finnish Championships and Nordic Championships, both times finishing second to Jenni Saarinen.

Emmi Peltonen placed fifteenth at her sole JGP assignment in Linz, Austria.

Emmi Peltonen then competed at several senior internationals, finishing twelfth at the CS Finlandia Trophy, fourteenth at the Volvo Open Cup, and sixth at the CS Warsaw Cup.

In December 2016, Emmi Peltonen won the senior gold medal at the Finnish Championships in Tampere, having outscored silver medalist Jenni Saarinen by eight points.

Emmi Peltonen was named in Finland's team to the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava.

Emmi Peltonen competed at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, but did not advance to the free skate, having placed twenty-ninth in the short program.

In January, Emmi Peltonen placed eleventh in the short program, eighth in the free skate, and ninth overall at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia; she was Finland's top lady at the event, finishing 11 points ahead of Lindfors.

On 24 January 2018, the Finnish Olympic Committee selected Emmi Peltonen to compete at the Olympics.

Emmi Peltonen began the new season at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy on home soil, finishing in fifth place, two ordinals below Lindfors, who won the bronze medal.

Emmi Peltonen then debuted on the Grand Prix series at the special 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki, where she placed ninth.

Emmi Peltonen won the silver medal at the Finnish Championships, finishing behind Lindfors.

Emmi Peltonen finished eighth at the 2019 European Championships, while Lindfors won the bronze medal.

However, Emmi Peltonen was given the spot following Lindors' withdrawal due to injury and placed twenty-eighth at the World Championships in Saitama.

Emmi Peltonen was fifth in the short program at the European Championships with a new personal best and described her "Caruso" program as her favourite to date.

Emmi Peltonen was scheduled to compete on the Grand Prix at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic.

Emmi Peltonen withdrew from her first two Challenger assignments, the Lombardia and Nebelhorn Trophies.

Emmi Peltonen finished seventh at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International in her first appearance of the year, and went on to finish seventh as well at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.