Viktoria Helgesson (born 13 September 1988) is a retired Swedish figure skater. She is the 2011 Skate America bronze medalist, a five-time (2008–11, 2013) Nordic champion, and an eight-time (2007–12, 2014–15) Swedish national champion. She placed fifth at three European Championships. Her bronze medal at 2011 Skate America is the first Grand Prix medal by a Swedish skater.

She and her sister Joshi are the only siblings to finish together in the top 5 of a major championship as single skaters, a feat achieved during the 2015 European Championships.

Personal life Viktoria Helgesson was born in Tibro, Sweden. Her younger sister, Joshi Nero, and their mother, Christina, have also competed in figure skating at the European Championships. She also has an older brother named Lukas and a father named Lenart. Her sister-in-law is former Norwegian figure skater, Anne Line Gjersem, who married her brother in October 2022.

Following her retirement from competitive figure skating, she began coaching in Tibro alongside her sister.

In December 2017, Helgesson announced that she and her partner, Oscar, had welcomed a set of twins, Liam and Lexie. The couple would marry in June 2019.

Career Helgesson began skating at the age of three, following in the footsteps of her mother. She is coached by her mother and Regina Jensen. At the age of 12, she landed her first triple jump, a Salchow.

Helgesson competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she came in 22nd. In 2007, she won the Swedish national title for the first time at the senior level. She again competed at Junior Worlds, finishing 28th.

In 2008, Helgesson made her European Championships and World Championships debut, and came in 18th at both events. She improved upon her result at the 2009 European Championships, but failed to qualify for the free skate at that season's Worlds, and was thus unable to qualify an Olympic berth for Sweden.

In 2010, Helgesson finished 11th at the Europeans. Two months later, she improved her personal best by 19 points to finish tenth at Worlds. She consequently received two Grand Prix assignments in the 2010–11 season, the first of her career; she finished 9th at the 2010 NHK Trophy and 6th at that season's Skate America. She medalled at two international events, the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2010 Merano Cup, and improved to 6th at the European Championships, the best finish by a Swedish figure skater since 1932. She was 17th at the 2011 World Championships.

In addition to Sweden, Helgesson also trained in Colorado and Boston. She began the 2011–12 season at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, where she finished 5th. In October 2011, Helgesson won the bronze medal at the 2011 Skate America, her first medal at a Grand Prix event, as well as the first by any Swedish skater. She achieved a career-best European placement, 5th, at the 2012 and 2013 European Championships.

Helgesson represented Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She placed fifth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. In April 2015, she retired from competition.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2014–2015 This Woman's Work Sunset Boulevard Eye of the Tiger by Survivor 2013–2014 Mystery Waltz Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz Harem Cobra Goddess Harem Silks from Bombay 2012–2013 Poinciana Spellbound Concerto 2011–2012 My Funny Valentine Sunset Boulevard Someone like You 2010–2011 Fuori Dal Mondo

Nessun dorma The Drummer Sad Romance August Rhapsody 2009–2010 Fuori Dal Mondo One Moment in Time Finale di un concerto interotto per violin 2008–2009 Think of Me The Phantom of the Opera 2007–2008 The Rose Assassin's Tango Pasha Assassin's Tango 2006–2007 Nothing Else Matters 2005–2006 Paganini's Caprice Despues De Ti Que Paganini's Caprice 2004–2005 Lawrence of Arabia Etude in C Minor – Opus 25 Theme from Somewhere in Time Rhapsoday on a Theme of Paganini Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66 2003–2004 Riverdance

Competitive highlights

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

International Event 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 Olympics 27th Worlds 18th 27th 10th 17th 11th 14th Europeans 18th 14th 11th 6th 5th 5th 14th 5th Bompard 5th 7th Cup of China 7th NHK Trophy 9th Rostelecom 8th Skate America 6th 3rd 8th 8th Skate Canada 11th Lombardia 8th Nepela Trophy 4th 4th Challenge Cup 5th 1st 4th Cup of Nice 3rd 8th Finlandia 11th 9th Golden Spin 5th Karl Schäfer 5th Merano Cup 5th 1st Nebelhorn 2nd 5th 6th Nordics 2nd J. 6th J. 6th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd NRW Trophy 10th 1st 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 22nd 28th Austria 8th Bulgaria 4th Czech Rep. 12th Germany 17th Hungary 14th Slovakia 16th Copenhagen 1st J. 5th J. Gardena 4th J. Golden Bear 4th J. Mladost Trophy 5th J. National Swedish Champ. 1st J. 3rd J. 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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