2011 Finlandia Trophy
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The 2011 Finlandia Trophy
Finlandia Trophy
The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition, held in Finland. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been included in every year...

was an international figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 competition
Figure skating competition
-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 for the 2011–2012 season
2011–2012 figure skating season
The 2011–2012 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships...

. It was the 16th edition of the annual event. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

 on the senior level.

The 2011 Finlandia Trophy was held from October 6–9, 2011 in the Valtti Areena in Vantaa
Vantaa
Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

.

Competitors

Country Men Ladies Ice dancing
Kira Geil
Kira Geil
Kira Geil is an ice dancer who currently represents Austria with Tobias Eisenbauer.In her early career, Geil represented Great Britain with Andrew Smykowski. She moved from Great Britain to Austria in 2009 and teamed up with Dmitri Matsjuk to represent Austria...

 / Tobias Eisenbauer
Tobias Eisenbauer
Tobias Eisenbauer is an Austrian ice dancer. With partner Kira Geil, he is the 2011 Austrian champion.- Results :* PR = Preliminary round- References :...

Vitali Luchanok
Tessa Virtue
Tessa Virtue
Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

 / Scott Moir
Scott Moir
Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

Jelena Glebova
Julian Lagus 
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari is a Finnish figure skater. He is a seven-time Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships...

 
Bela Papp 
Matthias Verslius 
Valtter Virtanen
Valtter Virtanen
Valtter Virtanen is a Finnish figure skater. He is a three time Finnish silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-External links:...

Alisa Mikonsaari 
Beata Papp 
Minna Parviainen 
Juulia Turkkila
Juulia Turkkila
Juulia Turkkila is an Finnish figure skater. She is the 2011 Finnish Junior champion.- Programs :-Results:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level...

Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm 
Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo
Tanja Kolbe
Tanja Kolbe
Tanja Kolbe is a German ice dancer. She currently competes with Stefano Caruso since 2010. The couple will represent Germany....

 / Stefano Caruso
Stefano Caruso
Stefano Caruso is an Italian ice dancer. He began skating at the age of nine, in ice dance from the start, and teamed up with Isabella Pajardi in 2000. They are the 2008 Italian junior national champions and placed 9th at the 2008 World Junior Championships. The duo slit up in 2010.Caruso teamed...

Paolo Bacchini
Paolo Bacchini
Paolo Bacchini is an Italian figure skater. He is a six-time Italian national silver medalist and a three-time national bronze medalist....

 
Paul Parkinson
Charlene Guignard
Charlene Guignard
Charlene Guignard is a French ice dancer who competes for Italy with Marco Fabbri since 2010. They are coached by Barbara Fusar-Poli.- Programs :- Results :-External links:...

 / Marco Fabbri
Marco Fabbri
Marco Fabbri is an Italian figure skater who has competed as a single skater and ice dancer. He was a novice national ice dancing champion with Stefania Berton but then concentrated on singles from 2001 to 2007. As a single skater, he is the 2004-2005 Italian national bronze medalist and the 2007...

Takahito Mura
Takahito Mura
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time Finlandia Trophy champion, 2010 Triglav Trophy champion, the 2009 Japanese bronze medalist, and and 2008 junior national champion.-Personal life:...

 
Akio Sasaki
Akio Sasaki
Akio Sasaki is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Ondrej Nepela Memorial gold medalist.He began skating at the Kanagawa Ice Rink with his brother.- Programs :- Competitive highlights : J. = Junior level...

Yuka Kono
Yuka Kono
is an Japanese figure skater. She won the silver medal at the 2010 Merano Cup.-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice-A level; J = Junior level-References:***...

Abzal Rakimgaliev
Abzal Rakimgaliev
Abzal Baurzhanovich Rakimgaliev is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2007 Kazakhstani national champion. He is the 2005 Warsaw Cup champion. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed 26th.- Competitive highlights :...

Maciej Cieplucha
Maciej Cieplucha
Maciej Cieplucha is a Polish figure skater. He is the 2010 Polish national champion and the 2005 junior national champion. He trains at Calalta Figure Skating Club in Calgary, AB since July, 2010. At the 2011 Finlandia Trophy, he won his first senior international medal, bronze.-Competitive...

Artem Borodulin
Artem Borodulin
Artem Igorevich Borodulin is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior silver medalist.- Career :Artem Borodulin began skating at age 5. He and his brother moved from Perm to Moscow in spring 2006. His younger brother, Sergei, is also a competitive figure skater.Borodulin broke his...

 
Zhan Bush
Zhan Bush
Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2011 Russian bronze medalist.- Career :Bush began skating at age 8 in Chelyabinsk. He was coached by Larisa Yakovleva from 2004 until 2010. He finished 17th at the 2010 Russian Nationals. In spring 2010, he moved to Saint Petersburg...

 
Ivan Tretiakov
Ivan Tretiakov
Ivan Pavlovich Tretiakov is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist. He made his Grand Prix debut at the 2009 Cup of Russia. He was a member of the 2009-2010 Russian reserve team.- Programs :- Competitive highlights :...

Sofia Biryukova
Sofia Biryukova
- Career :Biryukova competed in the 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, winning a silver medal in Turkey. The following season, she began competing on the senior level internationally. She appeared at her first senior Grand Prix event, the 2010 Cup of Russia. Biryukova began the 2011–2012...

Kristina Gorshkova
Kristina Gorshkova
Kristina Valeryevna Gorshkova is a Russian ice dancer. She competes with Vitali Butikov. They are the 2008 World Junior bronze medalists.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 / Vitali Butikov
Vitali Butikov
Vitali Yuryevich Butikov is a Russian ice dancer. He competes with Kristina Gorshkova. They are the 2008 World Junior bronze medalists.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

Alexander Majorov
Alexander Majorov
Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2011 Nordic champion, 2011 World Junior bronze medalist and three-time Swedish national medalist.- Personal life :...

 
Adrian Schultheiss
Adrian Schultheiss
Adrian Alexander Konstantin Schultheiss is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2006 Swedish national champion, the 2004–2005 Swedish junior national champion, and the 2006 Nordic Champion. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which he did in 2005.-Career:Adrian...

Linnea Mellgren
Linnea Mellgren
Linnea Mellgren is a Swedish figure skater. She is a two-time Nordic silver medalist and the 2009 Swedish national silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:-External links:*...

 
Angelica Olsson
Crystal Kiang
Crystal Kiang
Crystal Kiang is a Taiwanese-American figure skater who competes internationally for Taiwan in ladies singles. She was ranked second by the Chinese Taipei Skating Union in 2010. , she is ranked #118 in the world by the International Skating Union.- Personal background :Kiang was born on April 12,...

Nadezhda Frolenkova
Nadezhda Frolenkova
Nadezhda Frolenkova is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Mikhail Kasalo. They are the 2011 Ukrainian silver medalists.-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level-References:...

 / Mikhail Kasalo
Mikhail Kasalo
Mikhail Kasalo is a Ukrainian ice dancer. He competes with Nadezhda Frolenkova. They are the 2011 Ukrainian silver medalists.-Competitive highlights:...

Louise Walden
Louise Walden
Louise Walden is a British ice dancer. She competes with Owen Edwards, with whom she teamed up in 2006. They are the 2010 British Gold Medalists and are 2011 British and Welsh ice dancing champions.Walden was born in Preston, England...

 / Owen Edwards
Douglas Razzano
Douglas Razzano
Douglas Razzano is an American figure skater. He is the 2004 Triglav Trophy champion on the junior level and is a three-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix. He placed 4th at the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix Final after coming in as the first alternate.-Competitive highlights:-External...

Madison Chock
Madison Chock
- External links :...

 / Evan Bates
Evan Bates
Evan Bates is an American ice dancer. With former partner Emily Samuelson, he is the 2009 U.S. silver medalist, the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, and the 2008 World Junior Champion. He currently skates with Madison Chock....

 
Maia Shibutani
Maia Shibutani
Maia Harumi Shibutani is an American ice dancer. She competes with her brother Alex Shibutani. They are the 2011 World bronze medalists, 2011 Four Continents silver medalists, 2009 World Junior silver medalists, 2011 U.S. national silver medalists, 2011 NHK Trophy champions and 2010 U.S...

 / Alex Shibutani
Alex Shibutani
Alex Hideo Shibutani is an American ice dancer. He competes with younger sister Maia Shibutani. They are the 2011 World bronze medalists, 2011 Four Continents silver medalists, 2009 World Junior silver medalists, 2011 U.S. national silver medalists, 2011 NHK Trophy champions and 2010 U.S...


Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Takahito Mura
Takahito Mura
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time Finlandia Trophy champion, 2010 Triglav Trophy champion, the 2009 Japanese bronze medalist, and and 2008 junior national champion.-Personal life:...

189.55 1 67.78 4 121.77
2 Douglas Razzano
Douglas Razzano
Douglas Razzano is an American figure skater. He is the 2004 Triglav Trophy champion on the junior level and is a three-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix. He placed 4th at the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix Final after coming in as the first alternate.-Competitive highlights:-External...

189.43 5 63.00 1 126.43
3 Maciej Cieplucha
Maciej Cieplucha
Maciej Cieplucha is a Polish figure skater. He is the 2010 Polish national champion and the 2005 junior national champion. He trains at Calalta Figure Skating Club in Calgary, AB since July, 2010. At the 2011 Finlandia Trophy, he won his first senior international medal, bronze.-Competitive...

184.35 8 59.80 3 124.55
4 Alexander Majorov
Alexander Majorov
Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2011 Nordic champion, 2011 World Junior bronze medalist and three-time Swedish national medalist.- Personal life :...

183.81 3 64.27 5 119.54
5 Adrian Schultheiss
Adrian Schultheiss
Adrian Alexander Konstantin Schultheiss is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2006 Swedish national champion, the 2004–2005 Swedish junior national champion, and the 2006 Nordic Champion. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which he did in 2005.-Career:Adrian...

182.39 10 56.95 2 125.44
6 Ivan Tretiakov
Ivan Tretiakov
Ivan Pavlovich Tretiakov is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist. He made his Grand Prix debut at the 2009 Cup of Russia. He was a member of the 2009-2010 Russian reserve team.- Programs :- Competitive highlights :...

180.27 4 63.00 7 117.27
7 Paul Parkinson 179.30 6 62.42 8 116.88
8 Zhan Bush
Zhan Bush
Zhan Viacheslavovich Bush is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2011 Russian bronze medalist.- Career :Bush began skating at age 8 in Chelyabinsk. He was coached by Larisa Yakovleva from 2004 until 2010. He finished 17th at the 2010 Russian Nationals. In spring 2010, he moved to Saint Petersburg...

179.00 7 60.10 6 118.90
9 Paolo Bacchini
Paolo Bacchini
Paolo Bacchini is an Italian figure skater. He is a six-time Italian national silver medalist and a three-time national bronze medalist....

173.97 2 65.75 11 108.22
10 Artem Borodulin
Artem Borodulin
Artem Igorevich Borodulin is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior silver medalist.- Career :Artem Borodulin began skating at age 5. He and his brother moved from Perm to Moscow in spring 2006. His younger brother, Sergei, is also a competitive figure skater.Borodulin broke his...

173.12 9 58.76 10 114.36
11 Akio Sasaki
Akio Sasaki
Akio Sasaki is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Ondrej Nepela Memorial gold medalist.He began skating at the Kanagawa Ice Rink with his brother.- Programs :- Competitive highlights : J. = Junior level...

167.80 12 52.97 9 114.83
12 Abzal Rakimgaliev
Abzal Rakimgaliev
Abzal Baurzhanovich Rakimgaliev is a Kazakhstani figure skater. He is the 2007 Kazakhstani national champion. He is the 2005 Warsaw Cup champion. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed 26th.- Competitive highlights :...

160.05 11 55.38 12 104.67
13 Julian Lagus 146.36 13 48.57 13 97.79
14 Matthias Verslius 136.05 17 42.45 14 93.60
15 Bela Papp 135.84 15 46.00 16 89.84
16 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari is a Finnish figure skater. He is a seven-time Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships...

131.80 16 45.14 17 86.66
17 Vitali Luchanok 129.76 18 38.50 15 91.26
18 Valtter Virtanen
Valtter Virtanen
Valtter Virtanen is a Finnish figure skater. He is a three time Finnish silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-External links:...

125.98 14 47.39 18 78.59

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Sofia Biryukova
Sofia Biryukova
- Career :Biryukova competed in the 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, winning a silver medal in Turkey. The following season, she began competing on the senior level internationally. She appeared at her first senior Grand Prix event, the 2010 Cup of Russia. Biryukova began the 2011–2012...

159.59 1 58.12 1 101.47
2 Jelena Glebova 143.74 2 56.52 2 87.22
3 Alisa Mikonsaari 125.66 3 44.38 3 81.28
4 Beata Papp 121.66 6 41.94 4 79.72
5 Minna Parviainen 118.36 5 42.56 5 75.80
6 Juulia Turkkila
Juulia Turkkila
Juulia Turkkila is an Finnish figure skater. She is the 2011 Finnish Junior champion.- Programs :-Results:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level...

113.66 4 43.08 7 70.58
7 Linnea Mellgren
Linnea Mellgren
Linnea Mellgren is a Swedish figure skater. She is a two-time Nordic silver medalist and the 2009 Swedish national silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:-External links:*...

112.32 7 40.50 6 71.82
8 Yuka Kono
Yuka Kono
is an Japanese figure skater. She won the silver medal at the 2010 Merano Cup.-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice-A level; J = Junior level-References:***...

103.44 8 37.92 8 65.52
9 Angelica Olsson 100.24 9 36.18 9 64.06
10 Crystal Kiang
Crystal Kiang
Crystal Kiang is a Taiwanese-American figure skater who competes internationally for Taiwan in ladies singles. She was ranked second by the Chinese Taipei Skating Union in 2010. , she is ranked #118 in the world by the International Skating Union.- Personal background :Kiang was born on April 12,...

85.92 10 32.24 10 53.68

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points SD
Short dance
The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...

FD
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

1 Tessa Virtue
Tessa Virtue
Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

 / Scott Moir
Scott Moir
Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

170.33 1 68.74 1 101.59
2 Maia Shibutani
Maia Shibutani
Maia Harumi Shibutani is an American ice dancer. She competes with her brother Alex Shibutani. They are the 2011 World bronze medalists, 2011 Four Continents silver medalists, 2009 World Junior silver medalists, 2011 U.S. national silver medalists, 2011 NHK Trophy champions and 2010 U.S...

 / Alex Shibutani
Alex Shibutani
Alex Hideo Shibutani is an American ice dancer. He competes with younger sister Maia Shibutani. They are the 2011 World bronze medalists, 2011 Four Continents silver medalists, 2009 World Junior silver medalists, 2011 U.S. national silver medalists, 2011 NHK Trophy champions and 2010 U.S...

151.08 2 58.45 2 92.63
3 Madison Chock
Madison Chock
- External links :...

 / Evan Bates
Evan Bates
Evan Bates is an American ice dancer. With former partner Emily Samuelson, he is the 2009 U.S. silver medalist, the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, and the 2008 World Junior Champion. He currently skates with Madison Chock....

136.88 3 53.91 3 82.97
4 Charlene Guignard
Charlene Guignard
Charlene Guignard is a French ice dancer who competes for Italy with Marco Fabbri since 2010. They are coached by Barbara Fusar-Poli.- Programs :- Results :-External links:...

 / Marco Fabbri
Marco Fabbri
Marco Fabbri is an Italian figure skater who has competed as a single skater and ice dancer. He was a novice national ice dancing champion with Stefania Berton but then concentrated on singles from 2001 to 2007. As a single skater, he is the 2004-2005 Italian national bronze medalist and the 2007...

127.64 4 51.05 4 76.59
5 Kristina Gorshkova
Kristina Gorshkova
Kristina Valeryevna Gorshkova is a Russian ice dancer. She competes with Vitali Butikov. They are the 2008 World Junior bronze medalists.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 / Vitali Butikov
Vitali Butikov
Vitali Yuryevich Butikov is a Russian ice dancer. He competes with Kristina Gorshkova. They are the 2008 World Junior bronze medalists.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

123.69 5 49.68 5 74.01
6 Tanja Kolbe
Tanja Kolbe
Tanja Kolbe is a German ice dancer. She currently competes with Stefano Caruso since 2010. The couple will represent Germany....

 / Stefano Caruso
Stefano Caruso
Stefano Caruso is an Italian ice dancer. He began skating at the age of nine, in ice dance from the start, and teamed up with Isabella Pajardi in 2000. They are the 2008 Italian junior national champions and placed 9th at the 2008 World Junior Championships. The duo slit up in 2010.Caruso teamed...

111.91 6 43.71 6 68.20
7 Nadezhda Frolenkova
Nadezhda Frolenkova
Nadezhda Frolenkova is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Mikhail Kasalo. They are the 2011 Ukrainian silver medalists.-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level-References:...

 / Mikhail Kasalo
Mikhail Kasalo
Mikhail Kasalo is a Ukrainian ice dancer. He competes with Nadezhda Frolenkova. They are the 2011 Ukrainian silver medalists.-Competitive highlights:...

103.39 8 38.91 7 64.48
8 Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm 103.24 7 40.31 9 62.93
9 Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo 101.54 9 37.22 8 64.32
WD Kira Geil
Kira Geil
Kira Geil is an ice dancer who currently represents Austria with Tobias Eisenbauer.In her early career, Geil represented Great Britain with Andrew Smykowski. She moved from Great Britain to Austria in 2009 and teamed up with Dmitri Matsjuk to represent Austria...

 / Tobias Eisenbauer
Tobias Eisenbauer
Tobias Eisenbauer is an Austrian ice dancer. With partner Kira Geil, he is the 2011 Austrian champion.- Results :* PR = Preliminary round- References :...

10 36.62

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