1. Viktoria Helgesson was born on 13 September 1988 and is a retired Swedish figure skater.
14 Facts About Viktoria Helgesson
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Viktoria Helgesson is the 2011 Skate America bronze medalist, a five-time Nordic champion, and an eight-time Swedish national champion.
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Viktoria Helgesson has an older brother named Lukas and a father named Lenart.
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Viktoria Helgesson's sister-in-law is former Norwegian figure skater, Anne Line Gjersem, who married her brother in October 2022.
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In December 2017, Helgesson announced that she and her partner, Oscar, had welcomed a set of twins, Liam and Lexie.
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Viktoria Helgesson began skating at the age of three, following in the footsteps of her mother.
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Viktoria Helgesson is coached by her mother and Regina Jensen.
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Viktoria Helgesson competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she came in 22nd.
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In 2008, Viktoria Helgesson made her European Championships and World Championships debut, and came in 18th at both events.
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Viktoria Helgesson improved upon her result at the 2009 European Championships, but failed to qualify for the free skate at that season's Worlds, and was thus unable to qualify an Olympic berth for Sweden.
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In October 2011, Viktoria Helgesson won the bronze medal at the 2011 Skate America, her first medal at a Grand Prix event, as well as the first by any Swedish skater.
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Viktoria Helgesson achieved a career-best European placement, 5th, at the 2012 and 2013 European Championships.
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Viktoria Helgesson represented Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Viktoria Helgesson placed fifth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.