Kristiina Marketta "Tintti"[2] Wegelius (born 12 October 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]
Kristiina Wegelius | |
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Full name | Kristiina Marketta Wegelius |
Other names | Kristiina Fitzpatrick[1] |
Born | Helsinki, Finland | 12 October 1960
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Finland |
Retired | 1983 |
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 edit
International | |||||||||
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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 edit
- ^ a b "Kristiina Wegelius". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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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