Competitor profiles
Helsinki International Ballet Competition 2009 received over 170 applications, but is able to take maximum 100 competitors.
The following dancers were chosen by the Selection Committee:
| JUNIORS |
| BRAZIL | Barbara Savoi Diniz |
| BULGARIA | Petya Koleva |
| CHINA | Jian Di |
| Yu Hiu Tung | |
| Junxiong Zhao | |
| FINLAND | Maria Baranova |
| Tuomas Haukka |
| HUNGARY | Gergely Leblanc |
| JAPAN | Asuka Ikeda |
| KOREA | Nuri Oh |
| RUSSIA | Polina Mitryashina |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Camille Bracher |
| UKRAINE | Ekateryna Nagula |
| USA | Jeffrey A. Cirio |
Meaghan Hinkis | |
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Steven Loch | |
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David Nava | |
Christopher Revels | |
Katherine Revels | |
Juliana Lin Richards | |
Susan Roberts | |
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Lonnie Weeks |
| SENIORS |
| ARMENIA | Avetik Karapetyan |
| Davit Vardanyan | |
| Arman Zazyan | |
| BELARUS | Filipava Nadzeya |
| Alena Shkatula | |
| BELGIUM | Jim de Block |
| CHINA | Yao Haijing |
| Yang Hu | |
| Jun Shuang Huang | |
| Guo Hong Yu | |
| Yulin Su | |
| He Xiaoyu | |
| Ming Jing Xie | |
| Hui Xin Zhang | |
| Zhang Wen Jun | |
| Yu Jia Wang | |
| CUBA | |
| Franco Demian Medina Duenas | |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Magda Matějková |
| Hana Švábenská | |
| ESTONIA | Maksim Chukaryov |
| Tiina Ojanen | |
| Teele Ude | |
| FINLAND | Emmi Pennanen |
| Pia Sundqvist | |
Emilia Vuorio | |
| FRANCE | Jonathan Chemelensky |
| Maxime Quiroga | |
| ITALY | Mattia Mantellato |
| JAPAN | Kazuki Ichihashi |
| KAZAKSTAN | Yerlan Andagulov |
| KIRGISTAN | Nurlan Konokbayev |
| LATVIA | Ulvi Azizov |
| MOLDOVA | Adriana Bernic |
| RUSSIA | Alexander Filimontsev |
| Ekaterina Ploshkina | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Lee Fennell |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Jeonill Yoon | |
| Jung Bin Song | |
| Seul Ki Park | |
| Young do Lee | |
| Young Jae Jung | |
| TAIWAN | Kuei-Hsien Chu |
| TURKEY | Yiğit Erhan |
| USA | Brooklyn Mack |
| Julie M. Niekrasz | |
| Sarah Nyfield | |
| Scott Spivey | |
| Amy Statton | |
