Kristiina Wegelius

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]

Kristiina Wegelius
Personal information
Full nameKristiina Marketta Wegelius
Alternative namesKristiina Fitzpatrick[1]
Country representedFinland
Born (1960-10-12) October 12, 1960
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Former coachCarlo Fassi
Former skating clubHelsingin Taitoluiseteluklubi
Former training locationsHelsinki
Retired1983

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
Olympics10th
Worlds14th10th8th6th9th6th
Europeans7th6th4th4th4th6th6th
Skate America3rd
Skate Canada3rd2nd
NHK Trophy1st
Ennia Challenge3rd
Richmond Trophy2nd
Nordics3rd1st1st
National
Finnish Champ.1st1st1st1st

References
  1. "Kristiina Wegelius". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  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.
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