The 2008 Finlandia Trophy were the 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...

 competition for the 2008–2009 figure skating season

Figure skating season

The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July 1 of one year and goes until the end of June of the next. The seasons are referred to by the years they span...

. It was the 13th edition of the Finlandia Trophy to be held. The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating 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....

 held in Finland. Skaters competed in the disciplines of 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...

, 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....

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The 2008 Finlandia Trophy was held in the Valtti Areena between October 9 and October 12, 2008 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...

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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:...		208.24	1	3
2	Shaun Rogers Shaun Rogers (figure skater) Shaun Rogers is an American figure skater. He is the 2002 U.S. junior silver medalist and 2000 novice national champion. He is the 2009 Finlandia Trophy silver medalist and the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist...		201.14	3	2
3	Sergei Voronov Sergei Voronov Sergei Evgeneyvich Voronov is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2006 World Junior silver medalist and the 2008 & 2009 Russian National Champion...		200.52	5	1
4	Konstantin Menshov Konstantin Menshov - External links :*...		168.98	4	7
5	Peter Liebers Peter Liebers Peter Liebers is a German figure skater. He is the 2009 German national champion and 2002 German junior national champion. He placed 13th at the 2006 World Junior Championships. His older brother Martin Liebers competes internationally on the senior level...		168.19	7	4
6	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...		162.40	2	12
7	Karel Zelenka Karel Zelenka Karel Zelenka is an Czech-Italian figure skater. He is a five-time Italian national champion.-Biography:...		161.18	10	5
8	Andrei Lutai Andrei Lutai Andrei Vladimirovich Lutai is a Russian figure skater. He is a three-time Russian national medalist , and has placed as high as 5th at the European Championships and 10th at the World Championships.- Career:Andrei Lutai was born in Belgorod, in southern Russia...		157.68	13	6
9	Aleksandr Kazakov		154.24	9	9
10	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...		152.53	11	8
11	Alexei Bychenko Alexei Bychenko Alexei Bychenko is a Israeli figure skater. He formerly competed for Ukraine. He is the 2007 & 2008 Ukrainian silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-References:...		151.81	8	10
12	Vladimir Uspenski Vladimir Uspenski Vladimir Sergeyevich Uspenski is a Russian figure skater. He placed 4th at the 2009 Russian Figure Skating Championships. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Grand Prix event in Norway.He is the younger brother of Alexander Uspenski....		145.07	12	11
13	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:...		131.13	14	13
14	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:...		124.21	15	15
15	Thomas Paulson Thomas Paulson Thomas Paulson is a British figure skater. He is the 2005, 2006–2007 and 2008 British national silver medalist. Thomas has been a member of Team Skate GB, the British national squad, since 2002.-External links:*...		123.82	16	14
16	Alper Uçar Alper Uçar Alper Uçar is a Turkish figure skater who has competed as a single skater and ice dancer. As a single skater, he is the 2005 Turkish national champion and four-time junior national champion. He began competing with Jenette Maitz as an ice dancer in the 2009-2010 season...		90.84	17	16
WD	Kevin van der Perren Kevin van der Perren Kevin van der Perren is a Belgian figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2009 European bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix medalist, and a seven-time Belgian national champion...
WD	Luis Hernández Luis Hernández (figure skater) Luis Hernandez is a Mexican figure skater. He is the current Mexican National champion. He placed 17th at the 2007 Four Continents Championships. He previously competed at the United States Figure Skating Championships, placing 7th as a novice in 2002 and 11th as a junior in 2003...

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	Akiko Suzuki Akiko Suzuki is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2010 Japanese national silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2009 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Winter University Games Champion....		170.68	1	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....		153.80	2	3
3	Sarah Meier Sarah Meier (figure skater) Sarah Meier is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2011 European champion, 2007 & 2008 European silver medalist, the 2006–2007 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and an eight-time Swiss national champion.-Biography:-Early career:Sarah Meier first stepped on the ice at the age of two years...		152.97	4	2
4	Elene Gedevanishvili Elene Gedevanishvili Elene Gedevanishvili is a Georgian figure skater. She is the 2010 European bronze medalist, becoming the first skater from Georgia to medal at an ISU Championships.-Career:...		151.54	3	4
5	Susanna Pöykiö Susanna Pöykiö Susanna Pöykiö is a Finnish figure skater. She is a two-time European medalist, having won silver in 2005 and bronze in 2009. She is a five time Finnish national champion....		140.21	7	5
6	Jenna McCorkell Jenna McCorkell Jenna McCorkell is a British figure skater. She is the 2002–2004 & 2007–2010 British National Champion and a 2010 Olympian...		136.67	6	6
7	Karen Zhou		134.83	5	8
8	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:...		128.72	10	7
9	Katarina Gerboldt Katarina Gerboldt Katarina Alexandrovna Gerboldt is a Russian pair skater who competes with partner Alexander Enbert. Previously, she competed as a single skater and won the 2009 Russian ladies bronze medal.- Single skating :...		121.45	9	9
10	Katharina Häcker Katharina Häcker Katharina Häcker is a German figure skater. She is the 2002 German national champion and a two time Silver Medalist.Häcker had to sit out the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 seasons due to injury....		110.46	11	10
11	Danielle Kahle Danielle Kahle Danielle "Dani" Kahle is an American figure skater.In 2002, Danielle Kahle was the United States National Champion at the novice level.Kahle is coached by Frank Carroll and Cindy Bortz-Gould...		104.21	8	13
12	Irina Movchan Irina Movchan Irina Movchan is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is the 2008 and 2011 Ukrainian national champion and 2007 & 2010 silver medalist.- Programs :-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-References:...		96.30	12	12
13	Viviane Käser Viviane Käser Viviane Käser is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2002 & 2008 Swiss national silver medalist.-External links:...		92.31	13	11
WD	Ana Cecilia Cantu Ana Cecilia Cantu Ana Cecilia Cantu Felix is a Mexican figure skater from Monterrey, Mexico.She is a three time National champion and 2010-2011 silver medallist. She has represented Mexico in one Junior World Championship , and three World Championships...

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD Compulsory dances Compulsory dances, now called pattern dance in ice dancing, are a part of ice dancing and artistic roller skating in which all the couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to music of a specified tempo. One or more compulsory dances were usually skated as the first phase of ice dancing...	OD Original dance The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...	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	Sinead Kerr Sinead Kerr Sinead Houston Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions...  / John Kerr John Kerr (figure skater) John Alastair Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. He competes with his sister Sinead Kerr...		185.95	1	1	1
2	Anastasia Platonova Anastasia Platonova Anastasia Alexandrovna Platonova is a Russian ice dancer.Early in her career, Platonova competed with Dmitri Ponomarev. From 2003 to 2007, she competed with Andrei Maximishin. Together, they placed 6th at the 2005 World Junior Championships and 5th in 2006, and had some success on the Junior Grand...  / Alexander Grachev Alexander Grachev Alexander Pavlovich Grachev is a Russian ice dancer.From 1999 to 2006, Grachev competed with Elena Romanovskaya, with whom he won the 2004 World Junior title. In 2007, he teamed up with Anastasia Platonova. They were initially coached by Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva in Moscow. In the...		164.47	3	2	2
3	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:...		158.86	2	3	3
4	Caitlin Mallory Caitlin Mallory Caitlin Mallory is an American ice dancer who competes internationally for Estonia. She began competing internationally for Estonia in the 2008–2009 season with partner Kristjan Rand.-Career:...  / Kristjan Rand		149.20	5	5	4
5	Nadia Frolenkova / 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:...		139.27	6	6	5
6	Carolina Hermann Carolina Hermann Anna Carolina Hermann is a German ice dancer. She competes with her brother, Daniel Hermann. Together, the Hermanns are the 2009 German national champions and 2008 national bronze medalists.- Career :...  / Daniel Hermann Daniel Hermann Daniel Felix Hermann is a German ice dancer. He competes with his sister, Carolina Hermann. Together, the Hermanns are the 2009 German national champions and 2008 national bronze medalists.- Career :...		137.48	4	4	7
7	Oksana Klimova Oksana Klimova Oksana Klimova is a Russian ice dancer. She competed with Sasha Palomäki for Finland from 2007 to 2010. They are the 2009 & 2010 Finnish national champions. They teamed up in summer 2007.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level...  / 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....		128.33	7	7	6
8	Joanna Budner Joanna Budner Joanna Budner is a Polish ice dancer. With former partner Jan Mościcki, she is a three-time Polish national champion. Their partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season.-Competitive highlights:...  / Jan Mościcki Jan Moscicki Jan Mościcki is a Polish ice dancer. With former partner Joanna Budner, he is a three-time Polish national champion. Their partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season....		123.45	9	8	9
9	Penny Coomes Penny Coomes * *...  / Nicholas Buckland Nicholas Buckland * *...		120.12	8	9	8

External links

• Finlandia Trophy