Helsinki Rockettes

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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 four World Championships titles (2008, 2010, 2011 and 2025) and are thirteen Finnish championship titles.

Country represented Finland
Formed1984
Home townHelsinki, Finland
CoachKaisa Arrateig
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Helsinki Rockettes
Team Helsinki Rockettes on the podium at the 2026 ISU Synchronized Skating World Championships.
Team information
Country represented Finland
Formed1984
Home townHelsinki, Finland
CoachKaisa Arrateig
Skating clubHelsingin Taitoluisteluklubi
LevelSenior
World standing1
ISU team best scores
Combined total239.56
2023 Worlds
Short program84.74
2019 French Cup
Free skate161.09
2023 Leon Lurje Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Synchronized skating
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 BudapestSynchronized skating
Gold medal – first place2010 Colorado SpringsSynchronized skating
Gold medal – first place2011 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
Gold medal – first place2025 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
Silver medal – second place2001 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
Silver medal – second place2005 GothenburgSynchronized skating
Silver medal – second place2016 BudapestSynchronized skating
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake PlacidSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2004 ZagrebSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2005 PragueSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2014 CourmayeurSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2019 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2022 HamiltonSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2024 ZagrebSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2026 SalzburgSynchronized skating
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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.[1][2]

History

The team was founded in 1984 under the name The Rockets, thus being the first synchronized skating team in Finland. The name of the team was changed to Rockettes in 1991, and then to Helsinki Rockettes in 2017.[3] The team's long-time coach Kaisa Arrateig (née Nieminen), with a skating background in Team Surprise, began working with Rockettes in 1997. Out of the 24 times that the World Championships have taken place, Helsinki Rockettes have represented Finland a total of 18 times (as 2025).

Programs

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Competition programs by season [4][2]
Season Short program Free skate program
2008–09 Jealousy Galadriel's Story
2009–10 Harem's Secret Catch Me If You Can
2010–11 Carnival of Brazil Heaven or Hell?
2011–12 Swinging Show at Speakeasy's Goddess of the Wind
2012–13 She-Devil Illusion
2013–14 Aloha Tahiti, Aloha Moho We Will Rock You
2014–15 La Fiesta The Story of a Bollywood Star
2015–16 Why? Journey to the Moon
2016–17 Mirror Mirror Valkyria
2017–18 Tiger Two Sides of Her
2018–19 Symphony of Passion Radio Waves
2019–20 Alarm Wounded Angel
2020–21 Loneliness Muse
2021–22 Femme Fatale Digital Twin
2022–23 Breathe Requiem
2023–24 Liberation Incantation
2024–25 Le Poème-Laponie Criminal
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Competitive results

Competitive results (2019–present)

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International[5]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25 25–26
World ChampionshipsCC3rd2nd3rd1st3rd
CS Britannia Cup2nd
CS Budapest Cup3rd
CS California Cup1st
CS French Cup1st1st
CS International Classic4th
CS Leon Lurje Trophy1st
CS Marie Lundmark Trophy1st1st2nd
CS Mozart Cup1st
CS Neuchâtel Trophy1st
French Cup1st1st1st
Hevelius Cup2nd
Riga Amber Cup1st2nd
Shanghai Trophy1st1st
National
Finnish Championships1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st
CS = Challenger Series; C = Cancelled
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Competitive results (2009–2019)

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International[5]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
World Championships1st1st4th3rd4th2nd5th3rd
Cup of Berlin1st1st2nd
Finlandia Cup2nd
Finlandia Trophy2nd4th4th1st5th1st4th
French Cup3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd3rd
Leon Lurje Trophy1st1st2nd
Lumière Cup2nd
Mozart Cup2nd2nd2nd
Neuchâtel Trophy1st
SynchroFest International3rd
Winter Universiade1st
National
Finnish Championships1st1st1st3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd2nd1st
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Competitive results (1999–2009)

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National
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
1st Finnish Championships
Qualifier		 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
2nd Finnish Championships
Qualifier		 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd
[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Finnish Championships 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd
[17] [18] [17] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
International
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
World Championships 4th 2nd DNQ DNQ 3rd 2nd 3rd DNQ 1st DNQ
Source [26] [27] [28] [29]
Cup of Berlin 1st 1st 1st
Source [30][31] [30][32] [30][33]
Finlandia Cup 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
Source [34] [35] [30] [30]
French Cup 5th 2nd 2nd
Source [36] [30] [30]
Neuchâtel Trophy 3rd
Source [30][37]
Prague Cup 2nd 1st 1st
Source [38] [39] [39]
Spring Cup 1st 1st
Source [40] [40]
DNQ = did not qualify
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