Background
Viktoria Helgesson was born in Tibro, Sweden.
Viktoria Helgesson was born in Tibro, Sweden.
She placed fifth at three European Championships. Her bronze medal at 2011 Skate America is the first Grand Prix medal by a Swedish skater. Helgesson began skating at the age of three, following in the footsteps of her mother.
She is coached by her mother and Regina Jensen.
At the age of 12, she landed her first triple jump, a Salchow. Helgesson competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she came in 22nd.
She again competed at Junior Worlds, finishing 28th. In 2008, Helgesson made her European Championships and World Championships debut, and came in 18th at both events.
She improved upon her result at the 2009 European Championships, but failed to qualify for the free skate at that season"s Worlds, and was thus unable to qualify an Olympic berth for Sweden.
In 2010, Helgesson finished 11th at the Europeans. Two months later, she improved her personal best by 19 points to finish tenth at Worlds. She consequently received two Grand Prix assignments in the 2010-2011 season, the first of her career.
She finished 9th at the 2010 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Trophy and 6th at that season"s Skate America.
She medalled at two international events, the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2010 Merano Cup, and improved to 6th at the European Championships, the best finish by a Swedish figure skater since 1932. She was 17th at the 2011 World Championships.
In addition to Sweden, Helgesson also trained in Colorado and Boston. She began the 2011-2012 season at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, where she finished 5th.
Helgesson represented Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
She placed fifth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. In April 2015, she retired from competition.