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
Richmond Trophy				2nd
Nordics	3rd	1st	1st
National
Finnish Champ.			1st				1st	1st	1st

References

1. "Kristiina Wegelius". Sports Reference.
2. "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.
3. "Die Damen-Wahl". Der Spiegel (in German). December 10, 1979.
4. 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.

External links

• skatabase