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.

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2

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

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

Results Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Brian Joubert 232.01 1 86.90 2 145.11 2 Samuel Contesti 220.92 3 75.95 3 144.97 3 Kevin van der Perren 219.36 4 75.80 4 143.56 4 Yannick Ponsero 219.30 9 67.45 1 151.85 5 Alban Préaubert 212.22 5 73.50 5 138.72 6 Tomáš Verner 207.98 2 81.45 7 126.53 7 Andrei Lutai 200.57 8 67.75 6 132.82 8 Kristoffer Berntsson 186.15 7 68.19 10 117.96 9 Sergei Voronov 184.96 6 71.29 13 113.67 10 Michal Březina 183.19 17 59.35 8 123.84 11 Javier Fernández 182.91 12 65.75 11 117.16 12 Jamal Othman 178.79 20 57.50 9 121.29 13 Artem Borodulin 175.99 15 61.77 12 114.22 14 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari 170.88 10 66.64 19 104.24 15 Peter Liebers 170.85 14 62.19 16 108.66 16 Igor Macypura 169.76 19 59.20 14 110.56 17 Przemysław Domański 165.24 16 60.03 18 105.21 18 Adrian Schultheiss 164.27 11 66.45 21 97.82 19 Anton Kovalevski 164.03 13 63.35 20 100.68 20 Clemens Brummer 159.58 22 53.47 17 106.11 21 Gregor Urbas 157.98 24 49.23 15 108.75 22 Alexander Majorov 152.03 18 59.24 23 92.79 23 Boris Martinec 150.80 21 54.80 22 96.00 24 Elliot Hilton 139.69 23 51.15 24 88.54 Did not advance to free skating 25 Ruben Blommaert 25 49.14 26 Maxim Shipov 26 48.39 27 Kutay Eryoldas 27 48.19 28 Damjan Ostojič 28 47.09 29 Viktor Pfeifer 29 45.65 30 Georgi Kenchadze 30 43.66 31 Alexandr Kazakov 31 42.70 32 Dmitri Kagirov 32 41.94 33 Tomi Pulkkinen 33 41.84 34 Zoltán Kelemen 34 41.74 35 Tigran Vardanjan 35 39.46 36 Boyito Mulder 36 39.39 37 Saulius Ambrulevičius 37 36.96 38 Beka Shankulashvili 38 36.31 39 Gegham Vardanyan 39 33.37

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Laura Lepistö 167.32 1 56.62 2 110.70 2 Carolina Kostner 165.42 3 51.36 1 114.06 3 Susanna Pöykiö 156.31 2 56.06 3 100.25 4 Alena Leonova 143.99 11 45.08 4 98.91 5 Kiira Korpi 139.01 7 47.60 6 91.41 6 Katarina Gerboldt 137.05 5 48.62 8 88.43 7 Annette Dytrt 136.98 12 44.06 5 92.92 8 Júlia Sebestyén 134.47 14 43.32 7 91.15 9 Jenna McCorkell 131.42 4 50.00 12 81.42 10 Tuğba Karademir 130.85 9 46.26 10 84.59 11 Ivana Reitmayerová 130.20 6 48.00 11 82.20 12 Jelena Glebova 128.36 13 43.68 9 84.68 13 Candice Didier 124.07 16 42.84 13 81.23 14 Nella Simaová 120.61 10 45.24 17 75.37 15 Francesca Rio 119.61 17 42.24 15 77.37 16 Stefania Berton 118.97 18 41.94 16 77.03 17 Viktoria Helgesson 118.39 24 37.24 14 81.15 18 Teodora Poštič 114.95 15 43.28 18 71.67 19 Irina Movchan 111.52 8 46.48 20 65.04 20 Kerstin Frank 104.92 22 39.00 19 65.92 21 Karly Robertson 104.44 21 40.36 21 64.08 22 Manouk Gijsman 103.28 19 40.72 22 62.56 23 Sonia Lafuente 101.70 20 40.44 23 61.26 24 Isabelle Pieman 96.64 23 38.48 24 58.16 did not advance to the free skating 25 Elene Gedevanishvili 25 37.20 26 Nicole Graf 26 36.04 27 Roxana Luca 27 35.40 28 Noemie Silberer 28 35.18 29 Erle Harstad 29 34.66 30 Emma Hagieva 30 33.96 31 Katherine Hadford 31 33.76 32 Žanna Pugača 32 30.90 33 Sonia Radeva 33 30.64 34 Mirna Libric 34 27.96 35 Karina Johnson 35 27.54 36 Beatričė Rožinskaitė 36 27.22 37 Julia Sheremet 37 26.56 38 Clara Peters 38 25.82 39 Maria Papasotiriou 39 25.28 40 Ani Vardanyan 40 18.62 WD Jenna Syken

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 199.07 2 66.64 1 132.43 2 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov 182.77 3 65.38 2 117.39 3 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 182.07 1 69.62 4 112.45 4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 171.34 4 56.20 3 115.14 5 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 147.84 5 52.42 5 95.42 6 Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon 135.33 8 45.50 6 89.83 7 Erica Risseeuw / Robert Paxton 129.78 10 44.28 7 85.50 8 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende 129.67 9 45.20 8 84.47 9 Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia 129.06 7 45.90 10 83.16 10 Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur 127.71 12 43.88 9 83.83 11 Stacey Kemp / David King 127.47 6 47.98 11 79.49 12 Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz 120.62 11 43.98 13 76.64 13 Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti 118.52 15 41.42 12 77.10 14 Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov 117.00 13 42.38 14 74.62 15 Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński 114.96 14 41.94 15 73.02 16 Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta 112.20 16 39.50 16 72.70 17 Jessica Crenshaw / Chad Tsagris 108.09 18 36.78 17 71.31 18 Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan 103.97 17 38.14 18 65.83 19 Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák 97.21 19 36.76 19 60.45 WD Ekaterina Sokolova / Fedor Sokolov 20 36.60 Did not advance to free skating 21 Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski 21 32.44

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 196.91 1 37.43 1 62.17 1 97.31 2 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 186.17 2 36.03 2 59.03 4 91.11 3 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 185.20 3 34.89 3 57.71 3 92.60 4 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 184.84 4 34.38 4 57.56 2 92.90 5 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 172.67 7 32.58 6 54.38 5 85.71 6 Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost 168.03 6 33.21 5 56.18 7 78.64 7 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo 160.62 9 30.45 9 50.07 6 80.10 8 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer 156.43 12 29.04 10 49.97 9 77.42 9 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin 156.00 11 29.94 11 49.65 10 76.41 10 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas 155.57 15 27.24 8 50.17 8 78.16 11 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski 155.56 10 30.16 7 51.65 11 73.75 12 Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann 146.00 14 28.40 15 45.75 12 71.85 13 Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev 145.01 13 28.77 13 46.08 13 70.16 14 Caitlin Mallory / Kristian Rand 139.03 19 24.22 16 45.70 14 69.11 15 Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk 138.46 17 26.10 14 46.02 19 66.34 16 Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso 138.10 18 24.52 17 45.48 15 68.10 17 Kamila Hájková / David Vincour 137.87 16 26.66 19 44.00 16 67.21 18 Christina Chitwood / Mark Hanretty 134.98 20 23.75 18 44.56 17 66.67 19 Terra Findlay / Benoît Richaud 131.23 21 23.56 20 43.37 20 64.30 20 Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki 128.73 22 22.99 22 39.18 18 66.56 21 Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter 122.19 23 22.88 23 37.90 21 61.41 22 Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki 120.61 24 21.43 21 39.29 22 59.89 23 Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov 110.85 25 20.91 24 34.38 23 55.56 WD Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin 77.96 8 31.13 12 46.83 Did not advance to free dance 25 Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin 48.46 26 17.15 25 31.31 26 Christa Goulakos / Bradley Yaeger 45.28 27 15.83 26 29.45 27 Nadine Ahmed / Bruce Porter 42.08 28 15.10 27 26.98 WD Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 5 33.53

References

External links

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Official competitors list