ABOUT ME
My name is Kiira. I once found myself wanting to be the world’s best skater. Such things happen without being able to say which day or year it was. It was somewhere between the skating school’s spring event and Lyon’s European Championships. In the spring event I was a butterfly. In Lyon I was 6th...
WELCOME
My site is finally up and running!
I've added some new photos and a special video to the gallery section. There's also this little thing called mood icon, where I'll be updating my moodwhenever I'm in a competition, so you'll be the first to know how I feel about my performance.
You might find interesting following the microblog section! I'm trying to upload photos there when ever I can, directly and realtime from my phone!
XOXO, KIIRA
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
A finnish fashion designer, Teemu Muurimäki, is the designer for Kiira's competition outfits.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
Kiira lives and trains in city of Tampere, which is the third biggest city in Finland with its 210.000 inhabitants.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
Besides skating Kiira also studies at the University of Tampere in the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
Kiira's sister was also a figure skater.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
Kiira is currently ranked 5th in the world standings, by the ISU.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
In her shows Kiira often uses music from finnish artists, but also from other nordic acts such as Björk, not to mention ABBA.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
When Kiira won her first medal in big games in 2007 European Championship, it was a total surprise for her.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
Kiira's short program "Over the rainbow" is coreographed by Shae-Lynn Bourne, a canadian ice dancing world champion.
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
-
BEAUTY IN DETAILS
Kiira's long time coaches are Maaret Siromaa and Susanna Haarala.
