2009 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2009 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held from 20 to 25 January 2009 at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland.

2009 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:20 January – 25
Season:2008–09
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Venue:Hartwall Areena
Champions
Men's singles:
France Brian Joubert
Ladies' singles:
Finland Laura Lepistö
Pairs:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:
Russia Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
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Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2008. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2009 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Based on the results of the 2008 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. The following countries earned more than the minimum.[1]

SpotsMenLadiesPairsDance
3  France
 Russia
 Sweden
 Finland
 Italy
 Germany
 Russia
 France
 Italy
 Russia
2  Belarus
 Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Georgia
 United Kingdom
 Hungary
 Russia
 Switzerland
 France
 United Kingdom
 Italy
 Poland
 Ukraine
 Azerbaijan
 United Kingdom
 Israel
 Ukraine

Competition notes

Brian Joubert won his third European title, as did Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy in the pairs event.[2][3][4] It was the first time at the top of the podium for Laura Lepistö and Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski.[2][4][5][6]

Lepistö became the first Finn to win the ladies' single title, and second overall after Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko's 1995 ice dancing title.[7] With Susanna Pöykiö winning bronze, it was also the first time Finns took two spots on the European podium.[7]

Results

Men

The men's podium. From left: Samuel Contesti (2nd), Brian Joubert (1st), Kevin van der Perren (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1Brian Joubert  France232.01186.902145.11
2Samuel Contesti  Italy220.92375.953144.97
3Kevin van der Perren  Belgium219.36475.804143.56
4Yannick Ponsero  France219.30967.451151.85
5Alban Préaubert  France212.22573.505138.72
6Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic207.98281.457126.53
7Andrei Lutai  Russia200.57867.756132.82
8Kristoffer Berntsson  Sweden186.15768.1910117.96
9Sergei Voronov  Russia184.96671.2913113.67
10Michal Březina  Czech Republic183.191759.358123.84
11Javier Fernández  Spain182.911265.7511117.16
12Jamal Othman  Switzerland178.792057.509121.29
13Artem Borodulin  Russia175.991561.7712114.22
14Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari  Finland170.881066.6419104.24
15Peter Liebers  Germany170.851462.1916108.66
16Igor Macypura  Slovakia169.761959.2014110.56
17Przemysław Domański  Poland165.241660.0318105.21
18Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden164.271166.452197.82
19Anton Kovalevski  Ukraine164.031363.3520100.68
20Clemens Brummer  Germany159.582253.4717106.11
21Gregor Urbas  Slovenia157.982449.2315108.75
22Alexander Majorov  Sweden152.031859.242392.79
23Boris Martinec  Croatia150.802154.802296.00
24Elliot Hilton  United Kingdom139.692351.152488.54
Did not advance to free skating
25Ruben Blommaert  Belgium2549.14
26Maxim Shipov  Israel2648.39
27Kutay Eryoldas  Turkey2748.19
28Damjan Ostojič  Bosnia and Herzegovina2847.09
29Viktor Pfeifer  Austria2945.65
30Georgi Kenchadze  Bulgaria3043.66
31Alexandr Kazakov  Belarus3142.70
32Dmitri Kagirov  Belarus3241.94
33Tomi Pulkkinen  Switzerland3341.84
34Zoltán Kelemen  Romania3441.74
35Tigran Vardanjan  Hungary3539.46
36Boyito Mulder  Netherlands3639.39
37Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania3736.96
38Beka Shankulashvili  Georgia3836.31
39Gegham Vardanyan  Armenia3933.37

Ladies

The ladies podium. From left: Carolina Kostner (2nd), Laura Lepistö (1st), Susanna Pöykiö (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1Laura Lepistö  Finland167.32156.622110.70
2Carolina Kostner  Italy165.42351.361114.06
3Susanna Pöykiö  Finland156.31256.063100.25
4Alena Leonova  Russia143.991145.08498.91
5Kiira Korpi  Finland139.01747.60691.41
6Katarina Gerboldt  Russia137.05548.62888.43
7Annette Dytrt  Germany136.981244.06592.92
8Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary134.471443.32791.15
9Jenna McCorkell  United Kingdom131.42450.001281.42
10Tuğba Karademir  Turkey130.85946.261084.59
11Ivana Reitmayerová  Slovakia130.20648.001182.20
12Jelena Glebova  Estonia128.361343.68984.68
13Candice Didier  France124.071642.841381.23
14Nella Simaová  Czech Republic120.611045.241775.37
15Francesca Rio  Italy119.611742.241577.37
16Stefania Berton  Italy118.971841.941677.03
17Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden118.392437.241481.15
18Teodora Poštič  Slovenia114.951543.281871.67
19Irina Movchan  Ukraine111.52846.482065.04
20Kerstin Frank  Austria104.922239.001965.92
21Karly Robertson  United Kingdom104.442140.362164.08
22Manouk Gijsman  Netherlands103.281940.722262.56
23Sonia Lafuente  Spain101.702040.442361.26
24Isabelle Pieman  Belgium96.642338.482458.16
did not advance to the free skating
25Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia2537.20
26Nicole Graf  Switzerland2636.04
27Roxana Luca  Romania2735.40
28Noemie Silberer  Switzerland2835.18
29Erle Harstad  Norway2934.66
30Emma Hagieva  Azerbaijan3033.96
31Katherine Hadford  Hungary3133.76
32Zanna Pugaca  Latvia3230.90
33Sonia Radeva  Bulgaria3330.64
34Mirna Libric  Croatia3427.96
35Karina Johnson  Denmark3527.54
36Beatričė Rožinskaitė  Lithuania3627.22
37Julia Sheremet  Belarus3726.56
38Clara Peters  Ireland3825.82
39Maria Papasotiriou  Greece3925.28
40Ani Vardanyan  Armenia4018.62
WDJenna Syken  Israel

Pairs

The pairs podium. From left: Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy  Germany199.07266.641132.43
2Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov  Russia182.77365.382117.39
3Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov  Russia182.07169.624112.45
4Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov  Ukraine171.34456.203115.14
5Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze  Russia147.84552.42595.42
6Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon  Italy135.33845.50689.83
7Erica Risseeuw / Robert Paxton  United Kingdom129.781044.28785.50
8Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende  Germany129.67945.20884.47
9Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia  France129.06745.901083.16
10Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur  France127.711243.88983.83
11Stacey Kemp / David King  United Kingdom127.47647.981179.49
12Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz  Switzerland120.621143.981376.64
13Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti  Italy118.521541.421277.10
14Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov  Estonia117.001342.381474.62
15Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński  Poland114.961441.941573.02
16Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta  Poland112.201639.501672.70
17Jessica Crenshaw / Chad Tsagris  Greece108.091836.781771.31
18Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan  Ukraine103.971738.141865.83
19Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák  Slovakia97.211936.761960.45
WDEkaterina Sokolova / Fedor Sokolov  Israel2036.60
Did not advance to free skating
21Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski  Bulgaria2132.44

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali (2nd), Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (1st), Sinead Kerr / John Kerr (3rd).
RankNameNationTotal pointsCDODFD
1Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski  Russia196.91137.43162.17197.31
2Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali  Italy186.17236.03259.03491.11
3Sinead Kerr / John Kerr  United Kingdom185.20334.89357.71392.60
4Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  France184.84434.38457.56292.90
5Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy172.67732.58654.38585.71
6Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost  France168.03633.21556.18778.64
7Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo  Ukraine160.62930.45950.07680.10
8Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer  Russia156.431229.041049.97977.42
9Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin  Azerbaijan156.001129.941149.651076.41
10Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas  Lithuania155.571527.24850.17878.16
11Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski  Israel155.561030.16751.651173.75
12Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann  Germany146.001428.401545.751271.85
13Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev  Ukraine145.011328.771346.081370.16
14Caitlin Mallory / Kristian Rand  Estonia139.031924.221645.701469.11
15Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk  Austria138.461726.101446.021966.34
16Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso  Italy138.101824.521745.481568.10
17Kamila Hájková / David Vincour  Czech Republic137.871626.661944.001667.21
18Christina Chitwood / Mark Hanretty  United Kingdom134.982023.751844.561766.67
19Terra Findlay / Benoît Richaud  France131.232123.562043.372064.30
20Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki  Poland128.732222.992239.181866.56
21Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter  Switzerland122.192322.882337.902161.41
22Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki  Finland120.612421.432139.292259.89
23Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov  Belarus110.852520.912434.382355.56
WDNóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin  Hungary77.96831.131246.83
Did not advance to free dance
25Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin  Bulgaria48.462617.152531.31
26Christa Goulakos / Bradley Yaeger  Greece45.282715.832629.45
27Nadine Ahmed / Bruce Porter  Azerbaijan42.082815.102726.98
WDOksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin  Russia533.53

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