2008 Finnish Figure Skating Championships

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The 2008 Finnish Figure Skating Championships took place between December 7 and 9, 2007 in Rauma. Skaters competed at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although not all disciplines are included in the program every year due to the lack of competitors. Skaters compete across the levels of senior and junior. The event was used to help determine the Finnish team to the 2008 European Championships. Following the event, the Europeans team was named as: Minkkinen for the men and Korpi, Lepistö, and Vähämaa for the ladies.

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The senior compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango and the junior compulsory dance was the Blues.

Competition note

Jenni Vähämaa did not compete because the Junior Grand Prix Final was being held the same weekend.

Senior results

Men

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1 Mikko Minkkinen KOOVE171.69261.441110.25
2 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari TTK166.97162.743104.23
3 Valtter Virtanen HSK160.03351.342108.69
4 Henry Rautiainen MTK117.39438.11479.28
5 Ossi Kanervo TTK96.53536.02560.51
6 Matias Piispanen TTK82.58634.57648.01

Ladies

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1 Laura Lepistö ESJT164.76259.021105.74
2 Kiira Korpi TAPPA164.40164.202100.20
3 Susanna Pöykiö OLK147.35356.00391.35
4 Henriikka Hietaniemi MTK117.32442.89574.43
5 Elina Vesamäki ESJT112.76635.11477.65
6 Melisa Lähdeoja RU99.41536.60662.81
WD Niina Laksola TAPPA

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTotal pointsCDODFD
1 Piia Juhamo / Niko Jääskeläinen HSK89.75115.32127.48146.95

Junior results

Men

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1 Bela Papp HL135.90149.18286.72
2 Samuli Tyyskä HL129.48341.61187.87
3 Otto-Eemeli Laamanen MTK123.60243.24380.36
4 Matthias Versluis ESJT119.27440.89478.38
5 Otto Kumpulainen JTL108.44632.01576.43
6 Lasse Sääkslahti JYTLS104.32533.12671.20
7 Filip Nordman HSK100.53930.10770.43
8 Jussiville Partanen TAPPA91.51731.43860.08
9 Martti Manner TTK87.761029.09958.67
10 Ville Väätäinen KUTA82.87830.261052.61

Ladies

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1 Alisa Mikonsaari LL113.59635.64177.95
2 Sofia Otala TTK108.67138.81469.86
3 Sera Väistö JOKA107.73336.21371.52
4 Minna Parviainen ETK106.911433.47273.44
5 Christa Bonde Jensen HL101.00935.07665.93
6 Meri Savolainen KOOVE100.201234.13566.07
7 Oona Lindahl ETK99.31236.53862.78
8 Maaret Turtinen OLK98.41435.94962.47
9 Annu Kostiainen TTLS97.74735.301062.44
10 Helena Stenbacka ETK97.131334.00763.13
11 Daisy Nevalainen HL96.80835.301161.50
12 Angelina Kälviäinen MTK93.201134.471258.73
13 Rosa-Maria Salonen LTL92.66535.831456.83
14 Heini Turtinen OLK90.281034.771555.51
15 Aino Poikonen JYTLS86.261531.651654.61
16 Lotta Jarkko TRT85.491827.851357.64
17 Milja Piittinen OLK83.531630.901752.63
18 Sofia Ahanen ESJT80.261728.661851.60

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTotal pointsCDODFD
1 Oxana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki HSK137.31126.36145.04165.91
2 Crista Grönroos / Eero Kivinen HSK100.06221.80232.73245.53

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