Team Unique

Team Unique is a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland, is one of the best synchronized skating teams in senior level. It is 2013 world champion, silver medalist in 2009 and 2025 and bronze medalist in 2023. Currently, they are ranked second in the world by the International Skating Union. The team won also the Challenger Series in 2020. The same year the team was chosen to represent Finland in the world championships, but due to Covid19, the competions were called off.

Team Unique
Team Unique at the 2013 Cup of Berlin.
Team information
Country represented	Finland
Formed	1993
Home town	Helsinki, Finland
Coach	Mirjami Penttinen
Skating club	Helsingfors Skridskoklubb
Level	Senior
World standing	2
ISU team best scores
Combined total	236.82 2020 Spring Cup
Short program	82.53 2019 French Cup
Free skate	164,60 2020 Spring Cup
Medal record Representing  Finland Synchronized skating World Championships 2013 Boston Synchronized skating 2009 Zagreb Synchronized skating 2025 Helsinki Synchronized skating 2023 Lake Placid Synchronized skating

Team Unique is currently Finnish champion. They have won the title also in 2013, 2016 2023 and 2025.

The team represents the figure skating club Helsingfors Skridskoklubb (HSK). It is also the home club to the junior team Team Mystique.

History

Team Unique was established in 1993 and has competed at the senior level since 1996.

Programs

^[1]

	Short program	Free program
2024–25	This Is Unique	He Had It Coming
2023–24	Let It Be	Lacrime d’Amore
2022–23	It ain’t over	Unbearable Lightness of Bein
2021–22	Merci	A star is born
2020–21	NOW.	Garden of Eden
2019–20	Bad QUE[2]	Betrayed[3]
2018–19	Muzic makez me...[4]	Insomnia[5]
2017–18	NocTUrne	Every Inch of You
2016–17	TU Goes Ramalama	Inside of us
2015–16	Peace of Mind	Empty Promises
2014–15	Free Your Mind	The Hunger Games
2013–14	Great Balls of Fire	Wild and Free
2012–13	TU Flow	"Living Proof" The Help (soundtrack)
2011–12	Hallelujah	Revenge
2010–11	All That Jazz	Phantom of the Opera
2009–10	Fortune-Tellers	La Strada
2008–09	W.O.M.A.N.	Story of Turandot

Competition results (2021–25)

National
Event	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	””	””	””	””	””	””	””
1st Finnish Championships Qualifier	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
2nd Finnish Championships Qualifier	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st
Finnish Championships	(not held)	4th	1st	3rd	1st
International
Event	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26	2026–27	2027–28	2028–29	2029–30	2030–31	2031–32
World Championships	(not held)	DNQ	3rd	4th	2nd
Budapest Cup				4th
Finlandia Trophy	(not held)	3rd	4th	3rd	(not held)
French Cup				2nd	3rd
Lumière Cup			1st
Marie Lundmark Trophy			2nd
Neuchâtel Trophy		3rd
Spring Cup			2nd
Santa Claus Cup					1st
U.S. Synchronized Skating International Classic					2nd
DNQ = did not qualify

Competition results (2008–20)

National
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20
1st Finnish Championships Qualifier	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st
	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]
2nd Finnish Championships Qualifier	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd
	[14]	[15]	[16]	[17]	[18]	[19]	[20]	[21]
Finnish Championships	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd
	[22]	[23]	[24]	[25]	[26]	[27]	[28]	[29]
International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20
World Championships	2nd	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1st	DNQ	DNQ	4th	DNQ	4th	DNQ	(not held)
	[30]				[31]
Cup of Berlin					1st		2nd
					[32]		[33]
Finlandia Trophy					1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd
					[34]	[35]	[36]	[37]
French Cup	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	4th
	[38]	[39]	[40]	[41]	[42]	[43]	[44]	[45]
New England Challenge Cup									1st
Leon Lurje Trophy						1st
						[46]
Mozart Cup				4th							4th
				[47]
Neuchâtel Trophy								3rd		2nd
								[48]
Prague Cup	2nd
Hevelius Cup												1st
Spring Cup												1st
Winter Universiade											1st
DNQ = did not qualify

Competition results (1998–2008)

National
Event	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08
1st Finnish Championships Qualifier						2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd
						[49]	[50]	[51]	[52]	[53]
2nd Finnish Championships Qualifier						3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd
							[54]	[55]	[56]	[57]
Finnish Championships	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd
	[58]	[58]	[59]	[58]	[60]	[61]	[62]	[63]	[64]	[65]
International
Event	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08
World Championships	(not held)	DNQ	DNQ	6th	4th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	5th	DNQ
				[66]	[67]				[68]
Cup of Berlin							3rd
							[69]
Finlandia Cup		4th		2nd		3rd				3rd
		[70]		[71]		[72]				[73]
French Cup	4th	2nd		1st	2nd		2nd	3rd	1st	2nd
	[74]	[38]		[38]	[38]		[38]	[38]	[38]	[38]
Prague Cup						2nd			2nd
						[75]			[76]
DNQ = did not qualify

Media appearances

Team Unique performed on the season one of the Finnish Dancing on Ice on 2 November 2013.^[77] They also appeared as background skaters in the December 2013 music video for "Selvästi päihtynyt" by Finnish pop singer Jenni Vartiainen.^[78]