Iida Karhunen

Iida Karhunen (born 5 April 2008) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2026 Finnish national champion, the 2026 Nordic champion, the 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, and the 56th Volvo Open Cup champion.

At the junior level, she is the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival champion and a three-time Finnish junior national champion (2023–25).

Karhunen represented Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Personal life Karhunen was born on 5 April 2008 in Lappeenranta, Finland.

She made her international debut at the 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup as an advanced novice skater, winning the silver medal. Karhunen was subsequently named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team. The following week, Karhunen won the 2026 Nordic Championships. Two days later, she placed seventeenth in the free skate segment and finished in sixteenth place overall, garnering personal best scores in both the short program and the free skate.

The following month, Karhunen competed at the 2026 World Championships in Prague where she placed fourteenth overall after finishing fourteenth in the short program and thirteenth in the free skate. She described her feelings after the Olympic season: "I’m relieved and happy. It was a little bit of a tough season. My highlight was, of course, the Olympics, but also Nationals, that I was able to perform well there under pressure." She also shared her future plans, "Next week I will rest a little bit, and then I will start working on my new program. I will probably try a new choreographer. I already have some plans, but you will see."

2026–2027 season In August, Karhunen announced that she was dealing with a foot injury that had begun to bother her at the World Championships in March, which had affected her summer training, and that her focus for the season would be on the 2027 World Championships as they would be held in Tampere, Finland.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026