1996 Finlandia Trophy

1996 Finlandia Trophy
Type:	Senior International
Date:	October 3 – 6
Season:	1996–97
Location:	Helsinki
Champions
Men's singles: Shepherd Clark
Ladies' singles: Maria Butyrskaya
Ice dancing: Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov
Previous: 1995 Finlandia Trophy
Next: 1997 Finlandia Trophy

The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Finland. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.

The 1997 competition was held in Helsinki, Finland on 3–6 October.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Shepherd Clark	United States
2	Szabolcs Vidrai	Hungary
3	Anthony Liu	Australia
4	Igor Sinyutin	Russia
5	Thierry Cerez	France
6	Robert Grzegorczyk	Poland
7	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia
8	Michael Tyllesen	Denmark
9	Stuart Bell	United Kingdom
10	Alexander Murashko	Belarus
11	Markus Leminen	Finland
12	Jeff Merica	United States
WD	Igor Pashkevich	Azerbaijan
WD	Cornel Gheorghe	Romania

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia
2	Julia Vorobieva	Azerbaijan
3	Elena Sokolova	Russia
4	Alisa Drei	Finland
5	Eva-Maria Fitze	Germany
6	Miriam Manzano	Australia
7	Laura Nordstrom	Finland
8	Jennifer Karl	United States
9	Elina Kettunen	Finland
10	Janine Bur	Switzerland
11	Olga Vassilieva	Estonia

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov	Russia
2	Ekaterina Svirina / Vladimir Leliukh	Russia
3	Iwona Filipowicz / Michal Szumski	Poland
4	Melissa Mohler / Michael Ostroff	Germany
5	Cheryl Demkowski / Greg Maddalone	United States
6	Maikki Uotila / Toni Mattila	Finland
7	Katri Kuusniemi / Jamie Walker	Finland
8	Bianka Szíjgyártó / Szilárd Tóth	Hungary

External links

• 1996 Finlandia Trophy results