Rockettes (synchronized skating team)

Helsinki Rockettes are a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland, representing the figure skating club Helsingin Taitoluisteluklubi. They are one of the most successful teams in the world with three World Championships (2008, 2010 and 2011) and they are ten-time Finnish champions (across 19912012).

Helsinki Rockettes
Team information
Country represented Finland
Formed1984
Home townHelsinki, Finland
CoachKaisa Arrateig
Skating clubHelsingin Taitoluisteluklubi
LevelSenior
World standing1
Season's bests4 (201415)
3 (201314)
4 (201213)
4 (201112)
1 (201011)
1 (200910)
5 (200809)
2 (200708)
7 (200607)
3 (200506)
ISU team best scores
Combined total223.90
2010 Worlds
Short program83.46
2010 Cup of Berlin
Free skate145.68
2014 Worlds
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Synchronized skating
World Championships
2008 BudapestSynchronized skating
2010 Colorado SpringsSynchronized skating
2011 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
2001 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
2005 GothenburgSynchronized skating
2016 BudapestSynchronized skating
2023 Lake PlacidSynchronized skating
2004 ZagrebSynchronized skating
2006 PragueSynchronized skating
2014 CourmayeurSynchronized skating
2019 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
2022 HamiltonSynchronized skating

Helsinki Rockettes claimed their first World Championships medal, silver, in 2001. They won another silver medal as well as two bronze medals before capturing their first World title in 2008. They won their second World title in 2010, with Team Finland 2 Marigold IceUnity placing second. The pattern was repeated the following year in their hometown Helsinki in April 2011 when Rockettes became World champions for the third time.

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