Kristiina Wegelius
| Kristiina Wegelius | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kristiina Marketta Wegelius |
| Alternative names | Kristiina Fitzpatrick[1] |
| Country represented | Finland |
| Born |
October 12, 1960 Helsinki, Finland |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Former coach | Carlo Fassi |
| Former skating club | Helsingin Taitoluiseteluklubi |
| Former training locations | Helsinki |
| Retired | 1983 |
Kristiina Marketta "Tintti"[2] Wegelius (born October 12, 1960)[1] is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She won medals at Skate Canada International, Skate America, and NHK Trophy, as well as four Finnish national titles. Wegelius placed tenth at the 1980 Winter Olympics, as high as sixth at the World Championships (1981, 1983), and as high as fourth at the European Championships (1979, 1980, 1981). She was coached by Carlo Fassi.[3]
After retiring from competition, Wegelius performed with Disney on Ice and became a skating coach and choreographer.[4] As of January 2009, she was living with her husband and daughter, Khayla (born c. 1998), in Quebec City, Canada.[4]
Results
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 |
| Olympics | 10th | ||||||||
| Worlds | 14th | 10th | 8th | 6th | 9th | 6th | |||
| Europeans | 7th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 6th | ||
| Skate America | 3rd | ||||||||
| Skate Canada | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||
| NHK Trophy | 1st | ||||||||
| Ennia Challenge | 3rd | ||||||||
| Richmond Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||
| Nordics | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Finnish Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Kristiina Wegelius". Sports Reference.
- ↑ "Kristiina Wegelius luovutti leikekirjansa Suomen Urheiluarkistoon" [Kristiina Wegelius gave a scrapbook to the Finnish Sports Archive] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. June 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Die Damen-Wahl". Der Spiegel (in German). December 10, 1979.
- 1 2 Saksa, Maija (January 11, 2009). "Mitä kuuluu Kristiina Wegelius?" [What happened to Kristiina Wegelius?] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016.
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