Matthias Versluis(born 18 July 1994) is a Finnishfigure skater.Competing inice dancingwithJuulia Turkkila,he is the2023 Europeanbronze medalist, a two-timeGrand Prix of Espoobronze medalist,2023 CS Finlandia Trophygold medalist, and a four-timeFinnish nationalchampion (2019, 2022–24).
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| Born | 18 July 1994 Genolier, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Ice dance(since 2016) Men's singles(2006–16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Juulia Turkkila(since 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Maurizio Margaglio Neil Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Helsingin Luistelijat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a single skater, he is the 2014Finnish national championand competed in the final segment at twoISU Championships.
Personal life
editVersluis was born on 18 July 1994 inGenolier,Switzerland,[1]to a Finnish mother and Dutch father.[2]He moved to Finland with his family when he was six months old.[2]As of 2018, he was studyingphysiotherapy[3]at theArcada University of Applied Sciences.[4]
Career
editEarly career
editVersluis began learning to skate in 2002.[1]Tiiu Valgemäe coached him early in his career.[5]In 2008, he debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prixseries, coached by Virpi Horttana, Sara Lindroos, and Arja Veijola.[5]He competed at the2012and2013 World Junior Championships,qualifying for the free skate at both events.[6]
In December 2013, Versluis won the senior men's title at the2014 Finnish Championships.[7]He was selected to compete at the2014 European Championshipsbut withdrew due to a knee injury, sustained in training on 9 January 2014.[8]His coaches were Virpi Horttana, Kati Perokorpi, and Henna Hietala.[9]By 2015, he was being coached by Stefan Zins.[10]
On 1 April 2016, the Finnish Figure Skating Association reported that Versluis had teamed up withJuulia Turkkilato compete inice dancing.[11]
2016–2017 season: Debut of Turkkila/Versluis
editMaking their international debut, Turkkila/Versluis placed sixth at theNRW Trophyin November 2016. Later that month, they finished 13th at their firstISU Challenger Seriesassignment, the2016 CS Tallinn Trophy.In December, they took the silver medal behindTörn/Partanenat the2017 Finnish Championships.In February, they represented Finland at the2017 Winter Universiade,finishing eighth.[12]
2017–2018 season
editTurkkila/Versluis competed at a pair of Challenger Series competitions – placing tenth at the2017 CS Lombardia Trophy,and fifteenth at the2017 CS Finlandia Trophy– and then finished thirteenth at theInternational Cup of Nice.In November, they won bronze at theIce Challengein Austria. In December, they repeated as national silver medalists, again finishing second to Törn/Partanen.[12]
2018–2019 season: First national title and Worlds debut
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Turkkila/Versluis began their season with three Challenger Series events – they finished sixth at the2018 CS Lombardia Trophy,seventh at the2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy,and sixth at the2018 CS Finlandia Trophy.In October, the duo won silver at theMinsk-Arena Ice Star.In November, they debuted on theGrand Prixseries, placing sixth at the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki,and then took bronze at theWarsaw Cup.The following month, they became the Finnish national champions and were selected to compete at the2019 European ChampionshipsinMinsk,Belarus, where they placed eleventh. They then competed at their firstWorld Championships,placing sixteenth.[12]
2019–2020 season
editTurkkila sustained a neck injury in a practice session at the2019 CS Lombardia Trophy,compelling the team to withdraw from the competition. They subsequently also withdrew from the2019 CS Finlandia Trophyand the2019 Rostelecom Cup,theirGrand Prixassignment for the year.[13]They were assigned to compete at theWorld ChampionshipsinMontreal,but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[14]
2020–2021 season
editReturning to competition for the first time in two years, Turkkila/Versluis represented Finland at the2021 World ChampionshipsinStockholm,placing twenty-first after a fluke error on the rotational lift.[15]
2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics
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Turkkila/Versluis began the Olympic season at the2021 CS Lombardia Trophy,where they placed sixth.[16]They were assigned to the2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy,seeing toqualifya place for Finland at the2022 Winter Olympics.They placed first in both programs, setting three new personal bests to take both their firstChallengergold and the first of four available dance spots.[17] At theirthird Challenger event of the season,the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy,Turkkila/Versluis came sixth, notably managing fourth place in the free dance.[12] They competed at the 2021 Cup of Nice, also known as Trophée Métropole Nice, where they won gold, before going on to make theirGrand Prixappearance at the2021 Internationaux de France,where they finished in seventh.[18]
After winning their second Finnish national title, Turkkila/Versluis were named to theFinnish Olympic team.Turkkila had a mild case ofCOVID-19in late December and recovered, but because she continued to test positive, the team was unable to participate in the2022 European Championships.
Making their appearance at theBeijingOlympicsdance event,Turkkila/Versluis were the first Finnish ice dancers to appear in the Winter Olympics sinceRahkamo/Kokkoin1994.They placed sixteenth in the rhythm dance, qualifying for the free dance.[19]They moved up one place in the free dance, finishing fifteenth.[20]
Turkkila and Versluis concluded the season at the2022 World Championships,held inMontpellier.They finished twelfth.[12]
2022–2023 season: Grand Prix and European medals
editTurkkila/Versluis won the bronze medal at the2022 CS Finlandia Trophybefore taking the gold medal at the 2022Cup of Nice.[12]They were considered medal contenders going into theGrand Prix,but placed eighth in the rhythm dance after Turkkila fell during the twizzle sequence. They were fifth in the free dance, rising to seventh overall.[21]Their second event was the2022 Grand Prix of Espoo,held on home ice in Finland instead of theRostelecom Cupas a result of theRusso-Ukrainian War.They finished fourth in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 75.06, 1.16 points behind third-place AmericansCarreira/Ponomarenko.[22]In the free dance, they rose to third overall with another new personal best (116.73), taking the bronze medal with a total score of 191.79. They were the lone Finnish medalists at the Finnish Grand Prix event and the first Finnish dance team to ever medal in the Grand Prix. Turkkila said that the result "gives us a lot of confidence. We know what we are capable of, and we want to achieve more. This is just the beginning."[23][24]
After winning their third Finnish national title, Turkkila/Versluis were their country's primary medal hope at a homeEuropean Championships,hosted, like the Grand Prix, inEspoo.This was their first appearance at the European Championships since 2019. They finished third in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 77.56, 0.23 points ahead of fourth-place Lithuanian teamReed/Ambrulevičius.[25][26]In the free dance, Turkkila/Versluis set new personal bests in that segment and overall, and won the bronze medal. This was the first European medal for a Finnish dance team sinceRahkamo/Kokko's gold in1995.Versluis called it "absolutely amazing," especially in light of their previous absences.[27][28]
Turkkila/Versluis concluded the season at the2023 World ChampionshipsinSaitama,where they finished ninth, the first time since1995that a Finnish team placed in the top ten. Turkkila commented that "in August, you couldn't have imagined that there would be a season like this. All expectations have been exceeded."[29]
2023–2024 season
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Beginning the season at the2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy,Turkkila/Versluis won the bronze medal.[12]Competing next on home ice at the2023 CS Finlandia Trophy,they won the rhythm dance.[30]Second in the free dance, they remain in first place overall, becoming the first Finnish dance team to win the gold medal at the Finlandia Trophy. The duo noted that theEspoo Metro Areenahad been the site of many milestones in their careers, including national singles championships, making it a place of "many meanings."[31]With Finland again hosting on theGrand Prixin the same venue, they won another bronze medal at the2023 Grand Prix of Espoo.[32]Turkkila/Versluis went on to finish fourth at the2023 NHK Trophy,which they said they considered a strong result given that they were competing on consecutive weekends. Turkkila said they were "overall very happy" with the first half of the season.[33]
After claiming their fourth national gold medal, Turkkila/Versluis sought to defend their podium place at the2024 European Championships.They came sixth in both segments, placing sixth overall. They received a deduction of an extra element in the free dance, which they said they would research for future performances to understand the error.[34]They then finished the season at the2024 World Championships,coming tenth. Turkkila praised the crowd at theMontrealevent as "amazing," while admitting that "result wise, we could have done even a bit better this season, especially at Europeans. But the field is big and competitive."[35]
2024–2025 season
editTurkkila/Versluis began the season by competing on the2024–25 ISU Challenger Series,winning bronze at the2024 CS Budapest Trophyand finishing fourth at the2024 CS Nepela Memorial.Going on to compete on the2024–25 Grand Prixseries, the team won bronze at the2024 Finlandia Trophy.[12]
Programs
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Ice dancing with Turkkila
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| 2017–2018 [42] |
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Single skating
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| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2013–2014 [9] |
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| 2009–2010 [45] |
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Competitive highlights
edit- GP – Event of theISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of theISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of theISU Challenger Series
Ice dance with Juulia Turkkila
edit| Season | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| Winter Olympics | 15th | ||||||||
| World Championships | 16th | C | 21st | 12th | 9th | 10th | |||
| European Championships | 11th | 3rd | 6th | ||||||
| Finnish Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| GPCup of China | 5th | ||||||||
| GPFinland | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
| GPFrance | 7th | 7th | |||||||
| GPNHK Trophy | 4th | ||||||||
| CSBudapest Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||
| CSFinlandia Trophy | 15th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | ||||
| CSLombardia Trophy | 10th | 6th | 6th | ||||||
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 1st | 3rd | |||||||
| CSNepela Memorial | 7th | 4th | |||||||
| CSTallinn Trophy | 13th | ||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 11th | 6th | 3rd | ||||||
| Egna Dance Trophy | 5th | 1st | |||||||
| Ice Challenge | 3rd | ||||||||
| Ice Star | 2nd | ||||||||
| NRW Trophy | 6th | ||||||||
| Open d'Andorra | 5th | ||||||||
| Swiss Open | 1st | ||||||||
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 13th | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| Warsaw Cup | 3rd | ||||||||
| Winter Universiade | 8th | 4th |
Single skating
edit| International[6] | ||||||||||
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| Event | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
| CSFinlandia | 14th | 12th | 10th | 11th | ||||||
| CSGolden Spin | 20th | |||||||||
| CSNepela Trophy | 6th | |||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 7th | |||||||||
| Golden Bear | 1st | |||||||||
| Lombardia Trophy | 4th | |||||||||
| Nordics | 5th | 8th | 4th | |||||||
| NRW Trophy | 23rd | 7th | 16th | |||||||
| Coupe du Printemps | 5th | |||||||||
| Sofia Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 13th | |||||||||
| International: Junior[6] | ||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 21st | 19th | ||||||||
| JGPAustria | 13th | |||||||||
| JGPBelarus | 9th | |||||||||
| JGPCzech Rep. | 20th | |||||||||
| JGPEstonia | 12th | |||||||||
| JGPGermany | 11th | |||||||||
| JGPLatvia | 17th | |||||||||
| JGPPoland | 9th | |||||||||
| JGPGreat Britain | 11th | |||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 7th | |||||||||
| Cup of Nice | 14th | |||||||||
| EYOF | 4th | |||||||||
| Gardena | 5th | |||||||||
| Nordics | 3rd | 5th | ||||||||
| NRW Trophy | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||||
| National[6] | ||||||||||
| Finnish Champ. | 3rd J | 4th J | 2nd J | 5th J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 3rd |
Detailed results
editIce dance with Juulia Turkkila
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| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 198.21 | 2023 European Championships |
| Rhythm dance | TSS | 78.31 | 2024 Finlandia Trophy |
| TES | 44.30 | 2024 Finlandia Trophy | |
| PCS | 34.01 | 2024 Finlandia Trophy | |
| Free dance | TSS | 120.65 | 2023 European Championships |
| TES | 68.09 | 2023 European Championships | |
| PCS | 52.56 | 2023 European Championships |
| 2024–2025 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 22–24, 2024 | 2024 Cup of China | 4 77.80 |
5 114.77 |
5 192.57 |
| November 15–17, 2024 | 2024 Finlandia Trophy | 3 78.31 |
2 118.29 |
3 196.60 |
| October 25–27, 2024 | 2024 CS Nepela Memorial | 3 76.31 |
5 109.73 |
4 186.04 |
| October 11–13, 2024 | 2024 CS Budapest Trophy | 3 72.34 |
2 116.67 |
3 189.01 |
| 2023–2024 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 9 75.89 |
10 116.45 |
10 192.34 |
| January 8–14, 2024 | 2024 European Championships | 6 76.36 |
6 115.72 |
6 192.08 |
| December 10–14, 2023 | 2024 Finnish Championships | 1 80.84 |
1 124.57 |
1 205.41 |
| November 24–26, 2023 | 2023 NHK Trophy | 4 74.66 |
4 116.35 |
4 191.01 |
| November 17–19, 2023 | 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo | 3 77.65 |
3 118.15 |
3 195.80 |
| October 26–29, 2023 | 2023 Swiss Open | 1 73.04 |
1 122.93 |
1 195.97 |
| October 4–8, 2023 | 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy | 1 75.76 |
2 117.97 |
1 193.73 |
| September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 3 69.68 |
3 113.95 |
3 183.63 |
| 2022–23 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 20–26, 2023 | 2023 World Championships | 8 76.97 |
9 116.57 |
9 193.54 |
| January 23–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 3 77.56 |
3 120.65 |
3 198.21 |
| December 16–18, 2022 | 2023 Finnish Championships | 1 79.74 |
1 121.80 |
1 201.54 |
| November 25–27, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo | 4 75.06 |
3 116.73 |
3 191.79 |
| November 4–6, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix de France | 8 63.85 |
5 108.63 |
7 172.48 |
| October 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 1 71.17 |
1 112.66 |
1 183.83 |
| October 5–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 3 74.35 |
3 111.95 |
3 186.30 |
| 2021–22 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 21–27, 2022 | 2022 World Championships | 12 71.88 |
12 104.07 |
12 175.95 |
| February 12–14, 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics | 16 68.23 |
15 105.65 |
15 173.88 |
| December 17–19, 2021 | 2022 Finnish Championships | 1 75.93 |
1 120.78 |
1 196.71 |
| November 19–21, 2021 | 2021 Internationaux de France | 7 64.62 |
5 106.40 |
7 171.02 |
| October 20–24, 2021 | 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 1 71.43 |
1 109.51 |
1 180.94 |
| October 7–10, 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | 8 71.92 |
4 113.27 |
6 185.19 |
| September 21–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 70.92 |
1 110.27 |
1 181.19 |
| September 10–12, 2021 | 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy | 7 67.26 |
5 103.97 |
6 171.23 |
| 2020–21 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 22–28, 2021 | 2021 World Championships | 21 64.59 |
– | 21 64.59 |
| 2019–20 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 7–9, 2020 | 2020 Egna Dance Trophy | 2 73.65 |
1 109.23 |
1 182.88 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 18–24, 2019 | 2019 World Championships | 18 66.01 |
16 102.11 |
16 168.12 |
| March 6–9, 2019 | 2019 Winter Universiade | 4 63.80 |
4 107.42 |
4 171.22 |
| February 5–10, 2019 | 2019 Bavarian Open | 1 72.30 |
4 94.30 |
3 166.60 |
| January 21–27, 2019 | 2019 European Championships | 10 67.18 |
12 101.16 |
11 168.34 |
| December 15–16, 2018 | 2019 Finnish Championships | 1 68.79 |
1 103.91 |
1 172.70 |
| November 23–25, 2018 | 2018 Warsaw Cup | 3 63.75 |
3 101.16 |
3 164.91 |
| November 2–4, 2018 | 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki | 6 63.06 |
6 97.56 |
6 160.62 |
| October 18–21, 2018 | 2018 Ice Star | 3 60.39 |
2 99.12 |
2 159.51 |
| October 4–7, 2018 | 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy | 6 62.46 |
6 101.03 |
6 163.49 |
| September 19–22, 2018 | 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 6 60.61 |
7 90.05 |
7 150.66 |
| September 12–16, 2018 | 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy | 5 57.92 |
6 86.52 |
6 144.44 |
| 2017–18 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 2–4, 2018 | 2018 Egna Dance Trophy | 5 55.51 |
6 78.04 |
5 133.55 |
| January 26–31, 2018 | 2018 Bavarian Open | 6 53.28 |
6 86.05 |
6 139.33 |
| December 16–17, 2017 | 2018 Finnish Championships | 2 54.93 |
2 87.65 |
2 142.58 |
| November 22–26, 2017 | 2017 Open d'Andorra | 8 47.83 |
3 84.92 |
5 132.75 |
| November 9–12, 2017 | 2017 Ice Challenge | 4 51.35 |
3 83.44 |
3 134.79 |
| October 11–15, 2017 | 2017 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 12 52.08 |
14 75.64 |
13 127.72 |
| October 6–8, 2017 | 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy | 16 46.00 |
16 75.66 |
15 121.66 |
| September 14–17, 2017 | 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy | 10 49.14 |
9 71.30 |
10 120.44 |
| 2016–17 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 14–19, 2016 | 2017 Bavarian Open | 11 49.86 |
11 80.74 |
11 130.60 |
| February 1–5, 2016 | 2017 Winter Universiade | 8 50.60 |
9 79.52 |
8 130.12 |
| December 15–18, 2016 | 2017 Finnish Championships | 2 48.42 |
2 72.47 |
2 120.89 |
| November 19–27, 2016 | 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy | 14 50.55 |
12 77.84 |
13 128.39 |
| November 4–6, 2016 | 2016 NRW Trophy | 8 48.57 |
6 71.43 |
6 120.00 |
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