Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari Explained

Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Fullname:	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Country:	Finland
Birth Date:	8 July 1983
Birth Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Height:	1.80NaN0
Coach:	Svetlana Kriukova
Formercoach:	Sirkka Kaipio Tiiu Valgemäe
Choreographer:	Mikko Ahti Alexei Veselievski
Skating Club:	Tikkurilan FSC
Combined Total:	170.88
Combined Date:	2009 Europeans
Sp Score:	66.64
Sp Date:	2009 Europeans
Fs Score:	104.24
Fs Date:	2009 Europeans

Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari (born 8 July 1983) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. He is a seven-time (2003–2007, 2009, 2010) Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2008 & 2009 Nordic champion.

Nurmenkari withdrew from the 2012 European Championships due to an ankle injury.

Personal life

Nurmenkari married former professional tennis player, Annina Ahti, on 9 August 2008. They have a son, Axel, who was born in August 2009.

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012	I Love the Way You Lie by Sunny Choi	Corteo (Cirque du Soleil) by Philippe Le Duc, Maria Bonzanigo Le Cheik Blanc by Nino Rota La pasarella di otto e mezzo by Nino Rota
2009–2010	Sarabande by G. F. Haendel performed by Maksim Mrvica	The Fall (from "Dark Passion Play") by Nightwish
2008–2009	Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman by Bryan Adams	The Fall (from "Dark Passion Play") by Nightwish
2006–2007	Classical Marakesh	Chaplin medley
2005–2006	Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima Moonlight Serenade	Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
2004–2005	Passion for Tango "Buenos Aires" by Carlos Garden, Julian Plaza performed by Sexteto Mayor	Once Upon a Time in Mexico by M. Rodriguez
2003–2004		Cyrano de Bergerac by Jean-Claude Petit performed by The Paris Opera Orchestra
2002–2003	Shark by Piazzola and Nicholson
2001–2002	The Song of the Volga Boatmen	Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev performed by the British Royal Orchestra
2000–2001	Yesterday by The Beatles	Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev