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Beata Papp
Finnish figure skater

Beata Papp

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Finnish figure skater
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Gender
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Place of birth
Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Eastern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
Age
29 years
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Biography

Beata Papp (born 22 April 1995) is a Finnish figure skater. She placed 15th at the 2010 World Junior Championships and won two medals at the Finnish Championships.

Personal life

Beata Papp was born on 22 April 1995 in Kuopio, Finland and moved to Canada in the summer of 2007. She is the daughter of a figure skating coach, Ulla, and has three siblings who have competed in the sport — Bela, Bettina, and Benjam.

Career

Papp won the Finnish national junior title in the 2009–10 season and was assigned to the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. Ranked 20th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate where she placed 14th, pulling her up to 15th overall. The following season, she made her senior international debut, at the NRW Trophy in December 2010. She also competed on the senior level at the Finnish Championships, winning silver behind Kiira Korpi.

Papp debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in September 2011, finishing seventh in Brisbane, Australia and tenth in Innsbruck, Austria. She trained in Burnaby, British Columbia under Joanne McLeod until the end of the 2011–12 season. In the summer of 2012, she relocated to Toronto, Ontario, where she was coached by Brian Orser. After moving back to British Columbia, she joined Bruno Delmaestro and Kelly Champagne, who coach her in Coquitlam.

Papp announced her retirement from competitive skating on October 24, 2015.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2014–2015
  • Cinema Italiano
    by Peter Blanchette
  • Prince Igor
    by Henry Purcell
2012–2013
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
    by Richard Rodgers
  • La cumparsita
    by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
2011–2012
  • Dance of the Seven Veils
    by Richard Strauss
  • The Painted Veil
    by Alexandre Desplat
2010–2011
  • Bésame Mucho
    by Consuelo Velázquez
  • Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
    on Porgy and Bess
    by George Gershwin
2009–2010
  • Mozart Meets Cuba
    by The Klazz Brothers and Cuba Percussion
  • Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
    on Porgy and Bess
    by George Gershwin

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event2009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–16
CS Autumn Classic6th
CS U.S. Classic11th
Finlandia Trophy4th8th
Nordics1st J.5th4th
NRW Trophy15th
Universiade17th
Denkova-Staviski Cup11th
International
Junior Worlds15th
JGP Australia7th
JGP Austria10th
JGP Turkey13th
JGP United States11th
National
Finnish Champ.1st J.2nd3rd5th6th6th
J. = Junior level
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