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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 compete 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

, 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 1997 competition was held in Helsinki, Finland from 3-6 October.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Shepherd Clark Shepherd Clark Shepherd Walton Clark is an American former competitive figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. The next season, he won the Nebelhorn Trophy. He won the pewter medal at the 1998 United States Figure Skating Championships. Mr...
2	Szabolcs Vidrai Szabolcs Vidrai Szabolcs Vidrai is a Hungarian figure skater. His highest placement at the European Figure Skating Championships was 10th, in 1996, and his highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 10th, in 1998. He placed 13th at the 1998 Olympics.He currently works as a coach. He coached...
3	Anthony Liu Anthony Liu Anthony Liu is an Chinese-Australian figure skater. He originally represented China but became an Australian citizen in 1996. He is a seven time Australian national champion. He represented Australia at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 25th, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he...
4	Igor Siniutin
5	Thierry Cerez Thierry Cerez Thierry Cerez is a French figure skater. He is the 1995 World Junior silver medalist and is a five time medalist at the French Figure Skating Championships, winning the title in 1998...
6	Robert Grzegorczyk Robert Grzegorczyk Robert Grzegorczyk is a Polish figure skater. He is an eight-time Polish national champion.He started training at the age of seven, in Gdansk, at the age of 14 moved to Łódź. He retired from competitive skating following the 2000/2001 season. He has a degree as a sport teacher from the Academy of...
7	Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics Gold Medalist, 2002 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, and 2010 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and an eight-time...
8	Michael Tyllesen Michael Tyllesen Michael Tyllesen is a Danish figure skater. He represented Denmark at the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 13th and 9th, respectively...
9	Stuart Bell
10	Alexander Mourashko
11	Markus Leminen Markus Leminen Markus Peter Leminen is a Finnish former figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a six-time gold medalist at the Finnish Figure Skating Championships. He coaches at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.-Results:-External links:* -Navigation:...
12	Jeff Merica
WD	Igor Pashkevich Igor Pashkevich Igor Pashkevich is a retired competitive Russian/Azerbajani figure skater. He won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1990 for the Soviet Union. He later represented Russia at the European Championships, where he placed second in 1996...
WD	Cornel Gheorghe Cornel Gheorghe Cornel Gheorghe is a Romanian retired competitive figure skater who now works as a coach. As a skater, he competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st....

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Maria Butyrskaya Maria Butyrskaya Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya is a Russian figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion, becoming the oldest woman to win that title and the first Russian woman to become a World champion. She is a three-time European champion and in 2002, at age 29, became the oldest woman to win that title. She...
2	Julia Vorobieva Julia Vorobieva Julia Vorobieva is a figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union and Azerbaijan. She was a two-time Soviet national champion. She placed 7th at the 1991 European Figure Skating Championships and 10th at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships for the Soviet Union...
3	Elena Sokolova Elena Sokolova Elena Sergeevna Sokolova is a Russian figure skater. Sokolova is a three-time Russian national champion , a three-time European medalist and the 2003 World Silver Medalist. In the 2006 Olympic Games, she stumbled badly and only finished 14th. She redeemed herself in the 2006 World Championships...
4	Alisa Drei Alisa Drei Alisa Drei is a Finnish figure skater.Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently moved to Finland and received Finnish citizenship. She resided in Riihimäki, Finland and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen.Drei announced her retirement on December...
5	Eva-Maria Fitze Eva-Maria Fitze Eva-Maria Fitze is a German figure skater who has competed in both ladies' singles and pairs. Originally a singles skater, she became the youngest woman ever to win a gold at the German Figure Skating Championships when she accomplished the feat at age 14 in 1997...
6	Miriam Manzano Miriam Manzano Miriam Manzano is an Australian figure skater. She competed in ladies singles and is a six-time gold medalist at the Australian Figure Skating Championships.She began skating at age 12...
7	Laura Nordstrom
8	Jennifer Karl
9	Elina Kettunen Elina Kettunen Elina Kettunen is a Finnish retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2001 Finnish national champion. She placed 11th at the 2002 Winter Olympics.-Results:-External links:...
10	Janine Bur
11	Olga Vassilieva

Ice Dance

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Anna Semenovich Anna Semenovich Anna Grigorievna Semenovich is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer, a singer, actress and model.-Skating career:Early in her career, she skated with Maxim Kachanov. They competed at the 1994 Goodwill Games and placed 5th. She teamed up with Vladimir Fedorov in 1995. They won the Finlandia... / Vladimir Fedorov Vladimir Fedorov Vladimir Anatolyevich Fedorov or Fyodorov is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. He is the 1993 World bronze medalist with Anjelika Krylova.-Career:...
2	Ekaterina Svirina Ekaterina Svirina Ekaterina Svirina is a Russian ice dancer. She was the 1993 World Junior Champion with former partner Sergei Sakhnovski.-Navigation:... / Vladimir Lelukh
3	Iwona Filipowicz / Michal Szumski
4	Melissa Mohler / Michael Ostroff
5	Cheryl Demkowski / Greg Maddalone
6	Maikki Uotila Maikki Uotila Maikki Uotila-Kraatz is a Finnish ice dancer. She is a former Finnish national champion with Toni Mattila. She married Victor Kraatz on June 19, 2004. The two coach in Vancouver, where they are the ice dancing directors at the BC Centre of Excellence. She and Kraatz have one son, born September... / Toni Mattila
7	Katri Kuusniemi / Jamie Walker
8	Bianka Szíjgyártó / Szilárd Tóth Szilárd Tóth Szilárd Tóth is a Hungarian ice dancer. With partner Enikő Berkes, he placed 20th at the 1994 Winter Olympics and 23rd at the 1995 European Figure Skating Championships. When that partnership ended, he teamed up with Bianca Szijgyarto, with whom he placed 24th at the 1997 European...

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