Juha Valkama

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Born (1979-09-26) September 26, 1979 (age 46)
Turku, Finland
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
CountryFinland
Skating clubHSK Helsinki
Juha Valkama
Huot & Valkama in 2003.
Personal information
Born (1979-09-26) September 26, 1979 (age 46)
Turku, Finland
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFinland
Skating clubHSK Helsinki
Retired2004

Juha S. Valkama[1] (born September 26, 1979, in Turku)[2] is a Finnish former competitive ice dancer. He teamed up with Jessica Huot in 1999.[3][4] They are the 2002–04 Finnish national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 18th at the 2004 Europeans in Budapest, Hungary.

Valkama graduated from high school in Finland and then moved to Delaware in the United States.[4] He later graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4]

With Huot

Season Original dance Free dance
2003–04
[2][5]
  • Shout and Feel It
    (from Swing Kids)
    by C. Basie
  • This Business of Love
    (from The Mask)
  • Shout and Feel It
    (from Swing Kids)
    by C. Basie

  • Since I've Been Loving You
    by Jones
  • Rip It Up
    by Little Richard
2002–03
[3][6]
  • Galop from Moskva Cheriomushki
    by Dmitri Shostakovich
    The Residentie Orchestra The Hague
  • Waltz 2, Jazz Suite No. 2
    by Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Galop from Moskva Cheriomushki
    by Dmitri Shostakovich
    The Residentie Orchestra The Hague
2001–02
[7]
2000–01
[8]

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