Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early career
o 2.2 2006-2009
o 2.3 2009-10
o 2.4 2010-2011
* 3 Programs
* 4 Competitive highlights
o 4.1 Post-2006
o 4.2 Pre-2006
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Personal life
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. She is "widely regarded as one of the most beautiful woman in figure skating."
In addition to her native Finnish, Korpi also knows Swedish, English, and German. She does pilates or katanga yoga when she has time.
Career
Early career
Korpi began skating at the age of five, following her older sister. She landed her first triple jump, a salchow, when she was 11 or 12.
Korpi enjoyed some success as a junior skater, twice winning the junior national title and medalling at three junior Grand Prix events, including a gold in 2004. She won the silver medal at the 2005 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, qualifying her for the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 13th; she then competed at the 2005 World Junior Championships, where she came in tenth, her best finish at the event.
The following season, Korpi remained on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, but placed 3rd at the 2006 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, 6th at the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships, and then went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 16th place. Although she had placed 3rd at Nationals, the Finnish skating federation had used the results of the European Championships to determine the Olympic team. Korpi, despite being barely out of juniors, qualified with her finish.
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