Background
Joshi Helgesson was born in Tibro, Sweden.
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Joshi Helgesson
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In January 2012, Helgesson finished 10th in Sheffield, England at her first European Championships.
Career
Early career
Helgesson placed 4th at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her Grand Prix debut came at the start of the following season. She placed 9th at the 2009 Skate America and 11th at the 2009 Skate Canada International.
In April 2011, Helgesson made her senior International Skating Union Championship debut at the World Championships in Moscow.
After advancing past the preliminary round, she placed 16th in the short program and qualified for the final segment. Her 13th place in the free skate lifted her to 15th overall.
2012-2013 season
In the early part of the 2012-2013 season, Helgesson sustained a stress fracture of the fibula in her take-off leg but returned to the ice two weeks before the 2012 Cup of China, where she finished 7th. She placed 8th at her second General Practice event, the 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard, and 9th at the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia Trophy.
After taking silver at the Nordic Championships, she closed her season with gold medals at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial and Coupe du Printemps.
2013-2014 season
Helgesson started her season by winning the silver medal at the Denkova-Staviski Cup. After taking silver at the Swedish Championships, she placed 9th at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In March 2014, she travelled to Saitama, Japan to compete at her second World Championships.
She placed 15th in the short, 12th in the free, and 14th overall.
2014-2015 season
Helgesson started her season on the International Skating Union Challenger Series (CS), finishing 7th at the Lombardia Trophy and winning the silver medal at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy. She withdrew from both of her General Practice assignments, the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Rostelecom Cup, due to an injury.
Closing her season, she finished 14th at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China. 2015-2016 season
After starting her season with silver at the Lombardia Trophy, Helgesson competed at a pair of CS events, placing 7th at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and then taking the bronze medal at the 2015 Finlandia Trophy.
She finished 9th at both of her General Practice assignments, the 2015 Skate Canada International and 2015 Rostelecom Cup.
Achievements
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She is the 2014 Bavarian Open champion, 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and the 2013 and 2016 Swedish national champion. She won the 2013 Swedish national title ahead of her sister and went on to place 8th at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Helgesson won gold at the Bavarian Open and at the Nordic Championships. After winning silver at the Swedish Championships, Helgesson achieved a career-best 4th-place finish at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
