# 2009 European Figure Skating Championships

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 | France Russia Sweden | Finland Italy | Germany Russia | France Italy Russia |
| 2 | Belarus Belgium Czech Republic Germany Switzerland | Georgia United Kingdom Hungary Russia Switzerland | France United Kingdom Italy Poland Ukraine | Azerbaijan United Kingdom Israel Ukraine |

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

### Ladies

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

### Pairs

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

### Ice dancing

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