Team Unique

Team Unique
Team Unique of Finland free skate program at the 2026 ISU Synchronized Skating World Championships in Salzburg
Team information
Country represented Finland
Formed1993
Home townHelsinki, Finland
CoachMirjami Penttinen
Skating clubHelsingfors Skridskoklubb
LevelSenior
World standing2
ISU team best scores
Combined total237.44
2026 Britannia Cup
Short program83.22
2026 Hevelius Cup
Free skate164,60
2020 Spring Cup
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Synchronized skating
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 BostonSynchronized skating
Silver medal – second place2009 ZagrebSynchronized skating
Silver medal – second place2025 HelsinkiSynchronized skating
Bronze medal – third place2023 Lake PlacidSynchronized skating

Team Unique is a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland. The team are the 2013 World champions, two-time World silver medalists (2009, 2025) and World bronze medalists (2023) and four-time Finnish champions (2013, 2016, 2023, 2025). As of March 2026, the team is ranked first in the International Skating Union world standings.

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. The team has won four medals at the World level: gold in 2013, silver in 2009 and 2025, and bronze in 2023.

In spring 2026, the team also won the ISU Challenger Series, a title it previously secured in 2020. In 2020, the team was also selected to represent Finland in the World Championships, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was called off.

Team Unique won the Finnish champion titles in 2013, 2016, 2023 and 2025, and in 2026 the team won the season‑long SynchroTour in Finland.

Programs

Short program Free program
2025–26
  • Nothing Compares TU
  • Piaf
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 Being
2021–22
  • Merci
  • A star is born
2020–21
  • NOW.
  • Garden of Eden
2019–20
  • Bad QUE
  • Betrayed
2018–19
  • Muzic makez me...
  • Insomnia
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

Competitive highlights

Competition placements since the 2019-20 season 
Season 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
World Championships C C 3rd 4th 2nd 4th
Finnish Championships 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 1st 2nd
Britannia Cup 1st
(CS)
Budapest Cup 4th
(CS)
French Cup 2nd 3rd
(CS)
Hevelius Cup 1st 1st
Lumière Cup 1st
Marie Lundmark Trophy 3rd
(CS)		 3rd
(CS)
Neuchâtel Trophy 3rd
Santa Claus Cup 1st 1st
Spring Cup 1st
(CS)		 2nd
(CS)
US International Classic 2nd
(CS)
Leon Lurje Trophy 2nd
(CS)
Mozart Cup 4th
(CS)
Competition placements between the 2006-07 and 2018-19 season 
Season 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
World Championships 5th 2nd 1st 4th 4th
Finnish Championships 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd
Cup of Berlin 1st 2nd
Finlandia Cup 3rd 3rd
Finlandia Trophy 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd
French Cup 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th
Leon Lurje Trophy 1st
Mozart Cup 4th 4th
Neuchâtel Trophy 3rd 2nd
Prague Cup 2nd 2nd
Winter Universiade 1st

Competitive results 1998–99 to 2005–06

National
Event 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
1st Finnish Championships
Qualifier		 2nd 2nd 3rd
2nd Finnish Championships
Qualifier		 3rd 3rd 3rd
Finnish Championships 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd
International
Event 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
World Championships (not held) DNQ DNQ 6th 4th DNQ DNQ DNQ
Cup of Berlin 3rd
Finlandia Cup 4th 2nd 3rd
French Cup 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd
Prague Cup 2nd
DNQ = did not qualify

Media appearances

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

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