1999 Finnish Figure Skating Championships
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The Finnish Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating national championship
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 annually to determine the national champions of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Skaters compete at the senior and junior levels 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...

, women'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...

, pair skating
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, 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....

, although not all disciplines are included in the program every year due to the lack of competitors. Skaters compete across the levels of Junior and Senior.

The 1999 competition took place between December 11 and 13, 1998 in Joensuu
Joensuu
Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

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The event was used to help determine the Finnish team to the 1999 European Figure Skating Championships
1999 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1998-1999 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's...

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Men

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 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:...

1.5 1 1
2 Tero Hämäläinen 3.0 2 2
3 Pasi Honkanen 4.5 3 3

Ladies

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Sanna-Maija Wiksten 2.0 2 1
2 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...

3.5 1 3
3 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:...

4.0 4 2
4 Annukka Laukkanen 5.5 3 4
5 Pia Airaksinen 7.5 5 5
6 Miia Marttinen 9.5 7 6
7 Sara Lindroos 11.0 8 7
8 Laura Norström 11.0 6 8
9 Anna Potaseff 13.5 9 9

Ice dancing

Rank Name
1 Pia-Maria Gustafsson / Antti Grönlund
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