2006 Nordic Figure Skating Championships
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The 2006 Nordic Figure Skating Championships were the Nordic Figure Skating Championships
of the 2005–2006 season. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic Countries
. Skaters competed in four disciplines, ladies singles
, men's singles
, pair skating
, and ice dancing
, across three levels: senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice. Not every event was held at every level.
The 2006 Nordics were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from February 9th through 12th, 2006. This was the innagural year of the novice level competition.
Nordic Figure Skating Championships
The Nordic Championships are an annual invitational elite figure skating competition, open only to skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters compete in three levels: senior , junior, and novice...
of the 2005–2006 season. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic Countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
. Skaters competed in four disciplines, 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...
, men's 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...
, pair skating
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...
, 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....
, across three levels: senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice. Not every event was held at every level.
The 2006 Nordics were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from February 9th through 12th, 2006. This was the innagural year of the novice level competition.
Senior Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
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1 | 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... |
177.41 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Filip Stiller Filip Stiller Filip Stiller is a Swedish figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the gold medal three times at the Swedish Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-External links:*... |
168.80 | 2 | 1 | |
3 | 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... |
145.10 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Kalle Strid | 133.65 | 4 | 4 | |
5 | Mikko Minkkinen Mikko Minkkinen Mikko Minkkinen is a Finnish figure skater. He is the 2008 Finnish national champion and the 2002 Junior national champion. He placed 15th at the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2002 Nordic junior silver medalist and 2008 senior silver medalist.-Results:-Navigation:... |
130.84 | 5 | 5 | |
6 | Tommi Piiroinen | 124.52 | 6 | 7 | |
7 | Henry Rautiainen | 115.92 | 7 | 8 | |
8 | Michael Chrolenko Michael Chrolenko Michael Chrolenko is a Norwegian figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 Norwegian National Champion and the 2003-2005 Norwegian Junior National Champion. He has competed four times at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and once at the European Figure Skating Championships... |
115.16 | 8 | 6 | |
9 | Michael Felding | 94.34 | 9 | 9 |
Senior Ladies
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
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1 | Niina Laksola | 107.31 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Malin Haallberg-Leuf | 101.06 | 2 | 4 | |
3 | Elina Vesamäki | 101.00 | 4 | 2 | |
4 | Maria Taljegaard | 96.75 | 5 | 5 | |
5 | Henriikka Hietaniemi Henriikka Hietaniemi Henriikka Hietaniemi is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2009 Nordic bronze medalist and the 2005 Finnish junior silver medalist.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-References:... |
95.09 | 8 | 3 | |
6 | Matilda Rang | 92.24 | 3 | 7 | |
7 | Anna Heinonen | 91.81 | 6 | 6 | |
8 | Henna Hietala | 86.49 | 7 | 8 | |
9 | Natasha Lee Dann | 74.17 | 9 | 9 |
Senior Pairs
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Angelika Pylkina Angelika Pylkina Angelika Pylkina is a Swedish pairs figure skater. She competes with partner Niklas Hogner. They are the first Swedish pairs team to compete internationally since 1962. They twice placed 5th at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and have won three bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix... / Niklas Hogner Niklas Hogner Niklas Hogner is a Swedish figure skater. Until 2003, he competed as a singles skater, winning four Swedish junior national titles and competing at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.... |
118.68 | 1 | 1 |
Junior Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
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1 | 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 :... |
129.99 | 3 | 1 | |
2 | 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:... |
126.10 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Justus Strid Justus Strid Justus Strid is an Danish figure skater.-Results:... |
114.23 | 2 | 3 | |
4 | Samuli Tyyskâ Samuli Tyyskä Samuli Tyyskä is a Finnish figure skater. He is the two time Finnish junior national champion. He is the 2007 Nordic junior silver medalist and has competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.-Competitive highlights:... |
103.28 | 4 | 4 | |
5 | Otto-Eemeli Laamanen | 96.45 | 5 | 5 | |
6 | Lasse Sääkslahti | 92.62 | 7 | 6 | |
7 | Erik Hannerstam | 88.57 | 9 | 7 | |
8 | Filip Nordman | 88.42 | 6 | 8 | |
9 | Otto Kumpulainen | 82.29 | 8 | 10 | |
10 | Jesper Kristiansen | 78.64 | 10 | 9 |
Junior Ladies
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenni Vähämaa Jenni Vähämaa Jenni Vähämaa is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2007 Finnish junior national champion and the 2006 & 2007 Nordic Junior Champion.-Career:... |
122.26 | 2 | 1 | |
2 | Laura Lepistö Laura Lepistö Laura Anneli Lepistö is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2010 World bronze medalist, the 2009 European Champion and 2008 & 2010 Finnish national champion.-Personal life:Lepistö was born in Espoo, Finland.... |
113.71 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | Amanda Nylander Amanda Nylander Amanda Nylander is a Swedish figure skater and currently resides in Älta. Her coach is Marie Olsson. Her twin sister Isabelle Nylander is also a figure skater.-Results:* J = Junior level-External links:... |
113.52 | 3 | 2 | |
4 | Isabelle Nylander Isabelle Nylander Isabelle Nylander is a Swedish figure skater and currently resides in Älta. Her coach is Marie Olsson. Her twin sister is Amanda Nylander, who is also a figure skater.-Results:-External links:... |
108.36 | 4 | 5 | |
5 | Stina Keränen | 106.51 | 5 | 4 | |
6 | Krista Suhonen | 100.65 | 6 | 7 | |
7 | Mia Brix Mia Brix Mia Brix is a Danish figure skater. She is the 2009 Danish national bronze medalist. She did not compete internationally in the 2007-2008 season.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round... |
97.46 | 8 | 6 | |
8 | 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:*... |
96.39 | 7 | 9 | |
9 | Melisa Lähdeoja | 95.04 | 9 | 8 | |
10 | Malin Eliasson | 89.80 | 10 | 10 | |
11 | Ann-Julie Arnesen | 84.11 | 12 | 11 | |
12 | Maria Lykke Kristensen | 77.58 | 11 | 14 | |
13 | Malin Taljegard | 74.32 | 13 | 15 | |
14 | Karina Sinding Johnson Karina Sinding Johnson Karina Sinding Johnson is a Danish figure skater. She is a three time Danish National Champion.... |
72.63 | 17 | 12 | |
15 | Erle Harstad Erle Harstad Erle Bjoland Harstad is a Norwegian figure skater. She is the 2008 and 2009 Norwegian national champion. She began skating at age six.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round... |
71.78 | 14 | 17 | |
16 | Louise Wessberg | 71.58 | 15 | 16 | |
17 | June Larsen | 69.94 | 18 | 13 | |
18 | Ingrid Rebekka Paulsen | 66.19 | 16 | 18 | |
19 | Audrey Freyja Clarke Audrey Freyja Clarke Audrey Freyja Clarke is an Icelandic figure skater. She is the 2008 Islandic National Champion. She placed 35th at the 2005-2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gdansk, Poland. She is the second skater, after Sigurlaug Arnadottir, to represent Iceland at an ISU event.-External links:*... |
50.90 | 19 | 19 | |
WD | Sara Twete Sara Twete Sara Twete is a Danish figure skater. She is the 2007 Danish junior national champion. She is a three time competitor at the Nordic Championships. Twete is coached by Henrik Walentin, who was a Danish national champion and competed at the World level.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior... |
Junior Ice Dancing
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | CD | OD | FD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anna Thomsen / Nikolaj Sørensen | 109.77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Rowan Musson / John Horne John Horne John Horne was a Scottish geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1900. He was a pupil of Ben Peach.... |
105.95 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
3 | Dorina Molnar / Mate Fejes | 98.95 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
4 | Sophie Vasbo / Benjamin Ebeling | 95.27 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Novice Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bela Papp | 93.66 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Esko Honkala | 90.51 | 3 | 2 | |
3 | Matthias Versluis | 83.49 | 2 | 4 | |
4 | Carl Bierich | 83.08 | 4 | 3 | |
5 | Sasha Palomäki Sasha Palomäki Sasha Palomäki is a Finnish ice dancer.Palomäki teamed up with Russian ice dancer Oksana Klimova in the summer of 2007. They are the 2009 and 2010 Finnish national champions. They split after the 2009-10 season.... |
78.59 | 5 | 5 | |
6 | Richard Lundberg | 73.43 | 6 | 6 | |
7 | Frederik Wittzell | 64.16 | 7 | 7 |
Novice Ladies
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
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1 | Nita Viiri | 91.17 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Kristin Gustavsson | 84.41 | 2 | 3 | |
3 | Joshi Helgesson Joshi Helgesson Joshi Helgesson is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2010 & 2011 Swedish silver medalist and 2007-2009 junior national champion. She is coached by her mother. Her older sister Viktoria is also a competitive skater.... |
82.03 | 3 | 2 | |
4 | Oona Lindahl | 77.12 | 4 | 6 | |
5 | Sabina Nilsson | 76.95 | 5 | 5 | |
6 | Daisy Nevalainen | 75.86 | 6 | 4 | |
7 | Michelle Tromborg-Nielsen | 71.10 | 8 | 7 | |
8 | Marthe Salo Fanoy | 64.26 | 11 | 8 | |
9 | Mia Lange | 63.25 | 9 | 9 | |
10 | Hilde Aaby | 62.69 | 10 | 11 | |
11 | Christina Hansson | 59.19 | 12 | 10 | |
12 | Signe Svane Magnussen | 59.15 | 7 | 12 |