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2006 Finlandia Trophy
The 2006 Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Finland. It was held in Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ... on October 6–8, 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles. Results Men Ladies External links 2006 Finlandia Trophy results {{2006–07 in figure skating Finlandia Trophy Finlandia Trophy, 2006 Finlandia Trophy, 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo and Tampere. Its administrative center is the Tikkurila Districts of Vantaa, district. Vantaa is bordered by Helsinki, the Finnish capital, to the south; Espoo to the southwest; Nurmijärvi to the northwest; Kerava and Tuusula to the north; and Sipoo to the east. The city encompasses , of which is water. Vantaa's significant attractions include the Vantaa River (''Vantaanjoki''), which flows through the city and flows into the Gulf of Finland. The largest airport in Finland, and the main airport and airline hub of Greater Helsinki, the Helsinki Airport, is located in Vantaa. Companies with headquarters in Vantaa include Finnair, Finavia, R-kioski, Tikkurila Oyj, Veikkaus, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari (born 8 July 1983) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. He is a seven-time (2003–2007, 2009, 2010) Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships. He is the 2008 & 2009 Nordic champion. Nurmenkari withdrew from the 2012 European Championships due to an ankle injury. Personal life Nurmenkari married former professional tennis player, Annina Ahti, on 9 August 2008. They have a son, Axel, who was born in August 2009. Programs Competitive highlights ''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...'' References External links * Ari-Pekka Nurmenkariat Sportfolio Navigation {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurmenkari, Ari-Pekka Living people 1983 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxana Luca
Roxana Hartmann, née Luca (born 23 December 1982) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. She is a ten-time Romanian national champion and represented her country at two Olympics. She qualified for the free skate at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, four European Championships, and two World Junior Championships. Her best ISU Championship result was 15th, which she achieved at the 2002 Junior Worlds and 2005 Europeans. Career Luca made her senior international debut when she was 13 years old, placing 14th in her qualifying group at the 1996 European Championships. She competed on both the junior and senior levels until the end of the 2001–02 season. Her best result in five appearances at the World Junior Championships was 15th in 2002. Luca placed 23rd at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Muhhina
Jelena Muhhina (born 22 October 1988) is an Estonian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 Estonian national champion and placed 21st in the qualifying round at the 2006 World Championships. After missing the 2008 Estonian Championships due to injury, she did not return to competition. Muhhina is the elder sister of Sergei Muhhin, who also competed internationally in figure skating. Programs Competitive highlights ''JGP: Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...'' References External links * Estonian female single skaters Living people 1988 births Figure skaters from Tallinn Estonian people of Russian descent {{estonia-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niina Laksola
Niina is a Finnish feminine given name, the Finnish version of Nina; it is also used in Japanese to transliterate the name Nina. Niina may refer to the following notable people: * Niina Kelo (born 1980), Finnish pentathlete *Niina Koskela Niina Koskela (born 8 August 1971), married from 2004 to 2009 as Niina Sammalvuo, is a Finnish chess player. In 2006, she was the first Finnish woman to receive the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time winner of the Finnish ... (born 1971), Finnish chessplayer * Niina Ning Zhang, Chinese linguist * Niina Mäkinen (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey forward * Niina Malm (born 1982), Finnish politician * Niina Petrõkina (born 2004), Estonian figure skater * Niina Sarias (born 1984), Finnish snowboarder See also * Ayano Niina (born 1988), stage name of the Japanese voice actress {{given name Finnish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Archambault
Erica or ERICA may refer to: * Erica (given name) * ''Erica'' (plant), a flowering plant genus * Erica (chatbot), a service of Bank of America * ''Erica'' (video game), a 2019 FMV video game * ''Erica'' (spider), a jumping spider genus * Erica, Emmen, a village in Drenthe, the Netherlands * Erica, Victoria, a town in Australia **Erica railway station * ERICA: ** Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic, a meteorological system ** Embryo Ranking Intelligent Classification Algorithm, an AI tool for embryologists * HMS ''Erica'' (K50) (1940–1943), a British Royal Navy corvette * SS ''Erica'', an Italian steamship in service 1935-40 * ''Erica'', a 1970s public television program starring Erica Wilson See also *Frederica (other) Frederica or Fredrica may refer to: * Frederica (given name), including a list of notable people who bear the name * Frederica (novel), ''Frederica'' (novel), a romance novel by Georgette Heyer * Frederica, Delaware, Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Tertichnaya
A margarita is a cocktail consisting of Tequila, triple sec, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). The drink is generally served in a stepped-diameter variant of a cocktail glass or champagne coupe called a margarita glass. Origin The history of the margarita is one of folklore due to its numerous origin stories. According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, the margarita is related to the brandy daisy (''margarita'' is Spanish for "daisy"), remade with tequila instead of brandy. (Daisies are a family of cocktails that include a base spirit, liqueur, and citrus. A sidecar and gin daisy are other related drinks.) There is an account from 1936 of Iowa newspaper editor James Graham finding such a cocktail in Tijuana, years before any of the other margarita "creation myths". The ''Cafe Royal Cocktail Book'', published in the UK in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Glebova
Jelena Glebova (born 16 June 1989) is an Estonian former competitive figure skater. She won five senior international medals (three gold, two silver) and seven Estonian national titles. She finished as high as seventh at the European Championships (2014) and 13th at the World Championships (2012). Skating career Glebova started skating when she was five years old after watching her brother practice. She trained in Estonia with coach Irina Kononova from the age of 5 to 12, and then with Anna Levandi for ten years. Glebova appeared at her first World Junior Championships in 2004 and debuted at the European and World Championships in 2005. In 2006, she competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, finishing 28th. In 2007, she achieved her best World Junior result, sixth in Oberstdorf. In 2010, she placed 21st at the Vancouver Olympics. In 2011, Glebova moved from Estonia to Hackensack, New Jersey and began training with coaches Igor Krokavec and Craig Maurizi. She plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Drei
Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She finished in the top ten at seven European Championships. Life and career Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently moved to Finland and received Finnish citizenship. Drei began competing internationally for Finland in 1994. She resided in Riihimäki and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen. Drei announced her retirement on December 14, 2007 due to knee problems. She has a degree in sport psychology from a sports academy in Saint Petersburg. In February 2008, she began coaching young skaters in Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi .... Programs Competitive highlights References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Júlia Sebestyén
Júlia Sebestyén (; born 14 May 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skating, figure skater. She is the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, European Champion and 2002–2010 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships, Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title. She is also a four-time Hungarian Olympic team member, and was Hungary's flag-bearer at the 2010 Olympics. Personal life Júlia Sebestyén was born on 14 May 1981 in Miskolc, Hungary. Her full name in Hungarian is Gór-Sebestyén Júlia. Career Júlia Sebestyén began skating at the age of three, practicing on the outdoor ice rink in Tiszaújváros. When she was 13, she moved to Budapest where she had better training conditions. Her coach was András Száraz. Sebestyén began competing on the senior international level in 1995. She made her senior ISU Championship debut at the 1995 European Figure Skating C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Pöykiö
Susanna Pöykiö (born 22 February 1982) is a Finnish former figure skater. She is a two-time European medalist (silver in 2005, bronze in 2009) and a five-time (2000, 2002, 2005–2007) Finnish national champion. Career Pöykiö began skating at age three, following in the footsteps of her elder sister, Heidi. At the 2001 World Junior Championships, Pöykiö became the first Finnish ladies' singles skater to medal at an ISU Championships. Pöykiö withdrew from the 2003 Finnish Championships after the short program due to illness. An ankle injury kept her out of the 2004 Finnish Championships. At the 2005 Europeans, she became the first Finn to medal in ladies' singles at the European Championships. Pöykiö withdrew from the 2005 Skate Canada International due to bronchitis. She competed at the 2006 Olympics, placing 13th. She left her long-time coach Berit Kaijomaa at the end of the season and began training in her hometown Oulu with her sister Heidi as her coach. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Alvarado (figure Skater)
Adrian Alvarado (born August 2, 1983) is a Mexican figure skater. He is the 2005 Mexican national bronze medalist and is a four-time competitor at the Four Continents Championships. Alvarado is coached by Olga Markova and trains for part of the year in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million .... Il travaille maintenant comme entraîneur à la patinoire de Louviers (Glacéo) où il entraîne les patineurs artistiques ainsi que l'équipe de synchro. Competitive highlights * J = Junior level External links * Official Site of Adrian Alvarado Mexican male single skaters Sportspeople from Mexico City 1983 births Living people Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
