Julia Toiviainen

Position:
Alpine
Height:
5-7
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Hyvinkaa, Finland
High School:
Ounasvaara
Prev School:
Finish National Team/Westminster

At Westminster College—Toiviainen attended Westminster College for four seasons, skiing on the RMISA and NCAA circuit for three, in 2020-22 and she did not ski in 2023. In those three seasons, she finished 36 of 39 races, all in the top 20 with 29 in the top 10 and 18 in the top five, including 12 podium appearances and five race wins. Her 2021 season was outstanding when she finished all 12 races, all in the top six with 11 top five finishes that included eight podium appearances and four race wins, three in GS and one slalom. She was named the National Skier of the Year by the Ski Coaches Association and the RMISA MVP in giant slalom. In 2022, she finished 12 of 14 races with seven in the top 10 and four in the top five, all of which were podium appearances with one race win, taking home the RMISA Individual Championship in the GS. She earned two first-team All-America honors, both in 2021 when she finished fourth in the GS and third in the slalom at the NCAA Championships.

Prior To College—She has been a member of the Finnish National Team and coached by Mikael Kurki. She won the Finnish National Championship in the GS race in 2020 whiel also taking second in slalom that season. She took second at the Finnish National Championships in GS in 2019 and at the Austrian National Championships in 2019. She also has two top 10 GS finishes at the US National Championships, taking fourth in 2021 in Aspen and 10th in 2022 in Sugarloaf. She has five world cup starts to her credit, all in slalom from 2016-20, and 15 continental cup race starts on the European Cup and North American Cup circuits, with a best finish of sixth in a slalom race at Copper Moutnain in 2021. In all in FIS races dating back to 2015, she has 224 top 30 finishes including 165 top 10 finishes with 70 podium appearances, which includes 23 race wins in seven different seasons.

High School—She graduated from Ounasvaara High School in Northern Finland that specialized in sports in 2018.

In the Classroom—She graduated from Westminster College and was selected as the school’s Arts & Sciences Outstanding Student of the Year for Comupter Sciences in 2023.

Personal—Full name is Julia Katarina Toivianen and her birthday is July 1 and she was born in Finland. Her parents are Jyri and Janika Toiviainen and she has one sister, Janni. She enjoys golf and would like to work in the financial industry with a technology focus after her skiing career is over.