Background
Viveca Lindfors was born on 30 January 1999 in Helsinki.
Viveca Lindfors was born on 30 January 1999 in Helsinki.
She is a two-time Nordic medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2015) and the 2015 Finnish national bronze medalist. She placed eighth in her International Skating Union Championship debut at the 2016 European Championships. Lindfors started skating at the age of five, and is now coached by Virpi Horttana at Espoon Jäätaiturit figure skating club
Early career
Lindfors competed on the advanced novice level in the 2012-2013 season, winning silver at the Finnish Championships and bronze at the Triglav Trophy.
In 2013-2014, Lindfors moved up to the junior level 2014-2015 season
In October 2014, Lindfors debuted on the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing 18th in Zagreb, Croatia.
She spent the rest of the season competing on the senior level Appearing at her first International Skating Union Challenger Series (CS) event, she finished 10th at the Warsaw Cup in November.
She concluded her season at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial, where she finished 4th.
2015-2016 season
Starting her season on the JGP series, Lindfors placed 11th in Riga, Latvia and 9th in Toruń, Poland. She then competed at a pair of CS events, finishing 5th at the 2015 Finlandia Trophy and 4th at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy. As the Finnish lady with the highest season"s best, she was selected to compete at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.
She qualified for the free skate by placing 11th in the short program and finished 8th overall in her International Skating Union Championship debut.