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Beata Papp
Beata Papp
	Papp at the 2010 World Junior Championships
Full name	Beata Linnea Papp
Born	22 April 1995 (age 29); Kuopio, Finland
Hometown	Burnaby
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Finland
Coach	Bruno Delmaestro, Kelly Champagne
Skating club	Kuopio FSC
Began skating	2000
Retired	October 24, 2015

Beata Leppilampi (née Papp (born 22 April 1995) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She placed 15th at the 2010 World Junior Championships and won two medals at the Finnish Championships.

Personal life

Beata Papp was born on 22 April 1995 in Kuopio, Finland and moved to Canada in the summer of 2007.^[1] She is the daughter of a figure skating coach, Ulla, and has three siblings who have competed in the sport—Bela, Bettina, and Benjam.^[1] Her American-born father is of Hungarian descent and had moved to Finland when he was five years old.^[2]

Career

Papp won the Finnish national junior title in the 2009–10 season and was assigned to the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. Ranked 20th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate where she placed 14th, pulling her up to 15th overall. The following season, she made her senior international debut, at the NRW Trophy in December 2010. She also competed on the senior level at the Finnish Championships, winning silver behind Kiira Korpi.^[3]

Papp debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in September 2011, finishing seventh in Brisbane, Australia and tenth in Innsbruck, Austria. She trained in Burnaby, British Columbia under Joanne McLeod until the end of the 2011–12 season.^[4] In the summer of 2012, she relocated to Toronto, Ontario, where she was coached by Brian Orser.^[5] After moving back to British Columbia, she joined Bruno Delmaestro and Kelly Champagne, who coach her in Coquitlam.^[1]

Papp announced her retirement from competitive skating on October 24, 2015.^[6]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2014–2015 ^[1]	Cinema Italiano by Peter Blanchette	Prince Igor by Henry Purcell
2012–2013 ^[7]	Slaughter on Tenth Avenue by Richard Rodgers	La cumparsita by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
2011–2012 ^[4]	Dance of the Seven Veils by Richard Strauss	The Painted Veil by Alexandre Desplat
2010–2011 ^[8]	Bésame Mucho by Consuelo Velázquez	Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra on Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
2009–2010 ^[9]	Mozart Meets Cuba by The Klazz Brothers and Cuba Percussion	Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra on Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[10]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
CS Autumn Classic						6th
CS Denkova-Staviski							11th
CS U.S. Classic						11th
Finlandia Trophy			4th	8th
Nordics		5th	4th
NRW Trophy		15th
Winter Universiade						17th
International: Junior^[10]
Junior Worlds	15th
JGP Australia			7th
JGP Austria			10th
JGP Turkey				13th
JGP U.S.				11th
Nordics	1st
National^[10]
Finnish Champ.	1st J	2nd	3rd	5th	6th	6th
J. = Junior level

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Beata PAPP: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.
^ Markula, Siri (18 December 2008). "Bela Papp". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 October 2020. Sukunimi Papp tulee isän suvulta, joka on alun perin Unkarista. Isä on amerikkalainen, mutta muutti Suomeen viisivuotiaana.
^ "Taitoluistelun lupausten tähtäimessä olympialaiset". Yle (in Finnish). 30 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Beata PAPP: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
^ Karttunen, Anu (5 October 2012). "Nostaako huippuvalmentaja Pappin kansainväliseen kärkeen?". Yle (in Finnish).
^ "Next chapter". 24 October 2015.
^ "Beata PAPP: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
^ "Beata PAPP: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010.
^ "Beata PAPP: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Competition Results: Beata PAPP". International Skating Union.