2009 European Figure Skating Championships Explained

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.

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]

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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

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			232.01	1	86.90	2	145.11
2			220.92	3	75.95	3	144.97
3			219.36	4	75.80	4	143.56
4			219.30	9	67.45	1	151.85
5			212.22	5	73.50	5	138.72
6			207.98	2	81.45	7	126.53
7			200.57	8	67.75	6	132.82
8			186.15	7	68.19	10	117.96
9			184.96	6	71.29	13	113.67
10			183.19	17	59.35	8	123.84
11			182.91	12	65.75	11	117.16
12			178.79	20	57.50	9	121.29
13			175.99	15	61.77	12	114.22
14			170.88	10	66.64	19	104.24
15			170.85	14	62.19	16	108.66
16			169.76	19	59.20	14	110.56
17			165.24	16	60.03	18	105.21
18			164.27	11	66.45	21	97.82
19			164.03	13	63.35	20	100.68
20			159.58	22	53.47	17	106.11
21			157.98	24	49.23	15	108.75
22			152.03	18	59.24	23	92.79
23			150.80	21	54.80	22	96.00
24			139.69	23	51.15	24	88.54
Did not advance to free skating
25				25	49.14
26				26	48.39
27				27	48.19
28				28	47.09
29				29	45.65
30				30	43.66
31				31	42.70
32				32	41.94
33				33	41.84
34				34	41.74
35				35	39.46
36				36	39.39
37				37	36.96
38				38	36.31
39				39	33.37

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			167.32	1	56.62	2	110.70
2			165.42	3	51.36	1	114.06
3			156.31	2	56.06	3	100.25
4			143.99	11	45.08	4	98.91
5			139.01	7	47.60	6	91.41
6			137.05	5	48.62	8	88.43
7			136.98	12	44.06	5	92.92
8			134.47	14	43.32	7	91.15
9			131.42	4	50.00	12	81.42
10			130.85	9	46.26	10	84.59
11			130.20	6	48.00	11	82.20
12			128.36	13	43.68	9	84.68
13			124.07	16	42.84	13	81.23
14			120.61	10	45.24	17	75.37
15			119.61	17	42.24	15	77.37
16			118.97	18	41.94	16	77.03
17			118.39	24	37.24	14	81.15
18			114.95	15	43.28	18	71.67
19			111.52	8	46.48	20	65.04
20			104.92	22	39.00	19	65.92
21			104.44	21	40.36	21	64.08
22			103.28	19	40.72	22	62.56
23			101.70	20	40.44	23	61.26
24			96.64	23	38.48	24	58.16
did not advance to the free skating
25				25	37.20
26				26	36.04
27				27	35.40
28				28	35.18
29				29	34.66
30	Emma Hagieva			30	33.96
31				31	33.76
32				32	30.90
33				33	30.64
34				34	27.96
35				35	27.54
36				36	27.22
37				37	26.56
38				38	25.82
39				39	25.28
40				40	18.62
WD	Jenna Syken

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			199.07	2	66.64	1	132.43
2			182.77	3	65.38	2	117.39
3			182.07	1	69.62	4	112.45
4			171.34	4	56.20	3	115.14
5			147.84	5	52.42	5	95.42
6			135.33	8	45.50	6	89.83
7			129.78	10	44.28	7	85.50
8			129.67	9	45.20	8	84.47
9			129.06	7	45.90	10	83.16
10			127.71	12	43.88	9	83.83
11			127.47	6	47.98	11	79.49
12			120.62	11	43.98	13	76.64
13	Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti		118.52	15	41.42	12	77.10
14			117.00	13	42.38	14	74.62
15			114.96	14	41.94	15	73.02
16			112.20	16	39.50	16	72.70
17			108.09	18	36.78	17	71.31
18			103.97	17	38.14	18	65.83
19			97.21	19	36.76	19	60.45
WD				20	36.60
Did not advance to free skating
21				21	32.44

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1			196.91	1	37.43	1	62.17	1	97.31
2			186.17	2	36.03	2	59.03	4	91.11
3			185.20	3	34.89	3	57.71	3	92.60
4			184.84	4	34.38	4	57.56	2	92.90
5			172.67	7	32.58	6	54.38	5	85.71
6			168.03	6	33.21	5	56.18	7	78.64
7			160.62	9	30.45	9	50.07	6	80.10
8			156.43	12	29.04	10	49.97	9	77.42
9			156.00	11	29.94	11	49.65	10	76.41
10			155.57	15	27.24	8	50.17	8	78.16
11			155.56	10	30.16	7	51.65	11	73.75
12			146.00	14	28.40	15	45.75	12	71.85
13			145.01	13	28.77	13	46.08	13	70.16
14			139.03	19	24.22	16	45.70	14	69.11
15			138.46	17	26.10	14	46.02	19	66.34
16			138.10	18	24.52	17	45.48	15	68.10
17			137.87	16	26.66	19	44.00	16	67.21
18			134.98	20	23.75	18	44.56	17	66.67
19			131.23	21	23.56	20	43.37	20	64.30
20			128.73	22	22.99	22	39.18	18	66.56
21			122.19	23	22.88	23	37.90	21	61.41
22			120.61	24	21.43	21	39.29	22	59.89
23			110.85	25	20.91	24	34.38	23	55.56
WD			77.96	8	31.13	12	46.83
Did not advance to free dance
25			48.46	26	17.15	25	31.31
26			45.28	27	15.83	26	29.45
27			42.08	28	15.10	27	26.98
WD				5	33.53

External links

• Official site
  • Official competitors list

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 1527 Entries ISU Championships 2009 . 12 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024626/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1048 . 7 January 2009 . dead.
2. News: 2009 European Figure Skating Championships: Compulsory Dance and Pairs Short Program . Kondakova . Anna . 21 January 2009 . Goldenskate.com . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100125035147/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/euros_1.shtml . 25 January 2010 . dead.
3. News: 2009 European Figure Skating Championships: Men's Short and Pairs Long Programs . Kondakova . Anna . 22 January 2009 . Goldenskate.com . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100402033407/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/euros_2.shtml . 2 April 2010 . dead.
4. News: 2009 European Figure Skating Championships: Original Dance and Men's Long Program . Kondakova . Anna . 23 January 2009 . Goldenskate.com . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100122155345/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/euros_3.shtml . 22 January 2010 . dead.
5. News: 2009 European Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Short Program and Free Dance . Kondakova . Anna . 24 January 2009 . Goldenskate.com . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090603001902/http://goldenskate.com/articles/2008/euros_4.shtml . 3 June 2009 . dead.
6. News: 2009 European Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Long Program . Kondakova . Anna . 25 January 2009 . Goldenskate.com . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100123032446/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/euros_5.shtml . 23 January 2010 . dead.
7. News: Laura Lepistö wins European title in front of ecstatic home audience . 26 January 2009 . Helsingin Sanomat . 29 March 2011.