Background
Jenni Saarinen was born on 9 March 1999 in Espoo, Finland.
Jenni Saarinen was born on 9 March 1999 in Espoo, Finland.
She represented Finland at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 World Junior Championships. Saarinen started skating when she was about five years old. She began competing on the junior international level in autumn 2012 and was assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where she finished 14th.
She placed 13th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2014–2015 to present
Saarinen continued competing on the JGP series before making her senior international debut at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy, a Challenger Series (CS) event. In the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn she placed 8th in the short program, and 13th overall.
In the 2015–2016 season, Saarinen was assigned to the 2015 Tallinn Trophy, but withdrew before the short program
She won her first senior international medal at the 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup. 2013–2014 Saarinen made her International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut and won the junior title at the 2014 Finnish Championships. In November 2014, she won a bronze medal at the CS Volvo Open Cup. In December, she won the silver medal at the 2016 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, only 0.15 points behind the gold medal winner. She was 3rd in the short program, and won the free skating.