Nella Pelkonen

Nella Julia Pelkonen (born 13 April 2005 in Tampere) is a retired Finnish figure skater. She is the 2023 Nordic champion and 2023–24 Finnish national champion.

Personal life Pelkonen was born on 13 April, 2005, in Tampere, Finland. In addition to figure skating, she also enjoys baking. From there, Pelkonen was coached by Järvinen and Christina Wendelin.

Pelkonen debuted as an advanced novice skater at the 2019 Coupe du Printemps, where she won the bronze medal.

She would start the season with a fourth-place finish on the junior level at the 2019 Open d'Andorra. Pelkonen subsequently went on to win the 2019–20 Finnish Junior Championships. Because of this result, she was selected to represent Finland at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.

At the Youth Olympics, Pelkonen finished sixteenth in the ladies' singles event and fourth in the mixed team competition as a part of the Team Determination.

She would then close the season with an eighteenth-place finish at the 2020 Nordic Junior Championships. Although, she did not compete for the duration of the 2020–21 figure skating season.

Pelkonen started the season by competing at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she placed seventh in the short program but won the free skate, moving up to fourth place overall. At the 2024 Finlandia Trophy in late November, Pelkonen finished the event in eleventh place.

Pelkonen would ultimately withdraw from the 2025 Finnish Championships.

2025–26 season Pelkonen made her return to competition at the 2026 Finnish Championships, where she finished in seventh place.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026 179.31|2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 62.60| 34.02|2024 European Championships 28.58|2024 European Championships 120.58|2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 62.00|2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 58.53|2023 CS Finlandia Trophy

Senior level