2016–17 figure skating season
| 2016–17 figure skating season | |
|---|---|
| Date: | July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 |
| Previous: 2015–16 | |
| Next: 2017–18 | |
The 2016–17 figure skating season began on July 1, 2016, and ended on June 30, 2017. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2017 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final, and the Challenger Series.
Age eligibility
[edit]Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.[1]
| Level | Date of birth |
|---|---|
| Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles) | Born between July 1, 1997 & June 30, 2003 |
| Junior (males in pairs & ice dance) | Born between July 1, 1995 & June 30, 2003 |
| Senior (all disciplines) | Born before July 1, 2001 |
Changes
[edit]If skaters of different nationalities formed a team, the ISU required that they choose one country to represent. The date provided is the date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.
Partnership changes
[edit]| Date | Skaters | Disc. | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2016 |  Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley | Ice dance | Dissolved | [2] |
| Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley | Formed | |||
| July 13, 2016 |  Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang | Dissolved | [3] | |
| July 14, 2016 |  Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | Pairs | Formed | [4] |
| July 24, 2016 | Natasha Purich / Davin Portz | [5] | ||
| August 1, 2016 |  Emily Hayward / Hamish Gaman | [6] | ||
| August 10, 2016 | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage | Dissolved | [7] | |
| August 11, 2016 |  Justyna Plutowska / Jérémie Flemin | Ice dance | Formed | [8] |
 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Pairs | [9] | ||
| September 7, 2016 | Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette | Ice dance | Dissolved | [10] |
| November 17, 2016 |  Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat | Pairs | [11] | |
| December 25, 2016 |  Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács | Ice dance | Formed | [12] |
| January 10, 2017 |  Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Pairs | Dissolved | [13] |
| February 9, 2017 | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Formed | [14] | |
| February 22, 2017 | Mari Vartmann / Matti Landgraf | [15] | ||
| March 3, 2017 | Winter Deardorff / Max Settlage | [16] | ||
| April 15, 2017 |  Taylor Tran / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Ice dance | Dissolved | [17] |
| May 18, 2017 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | [18] |
Retirements
[edit]| Date | Skater(s) | Disc. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2016 | Federica Testa | Ice dance | [2] |
| July 12, 2016 |  Denis Margalik | Men | [19] |
| July 13, 2016 | Zhao Kai Pang | Ice dance | [3] |
| July 28, 2016 | Andrei Rogozine | Men | [20] |
| August 3, 2016 |  Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin | Ice dance | [21] |
| August 4, 2016 | Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant | [22] | |
| December 15, 2016 | Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam | [23] | |
| February 23, 2017 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | [24] | |
| March 31, 2017 | Evgeni Plushenko | Men | [25] |
| April 10, 2017 |  Mao Asada | Ladies | [26] |
| April 15, 2017 | Taylor Tran | Ice dance | [17] |
| April 23, 2017 | Kanako Murakami | Ladies | [27] |
| May 3, 2017 | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus | Ice dance | [28] |
| May 8, 2017 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | [29] | |
| May 18, 2017 | Ruslan Zhiganshin | [18] | |
| April 3, 2017 |  Lee Ho-jung | ||
| June 22, 2017 | Jeremy Abbott | Men | [30] |
Coaching changes
[edit]| Date | Skater(s) | Disc. | From | To | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2016 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Men | Alexander Ouriashev & Osadolo Irowa | Kori Ade | [31] |
| July 21, 2016 | Vincent Zhou | Tom Zakrajsek & Becky Calvin | Tammy Gambill | [32] | |
| August 10, 2016 | Courtney Hicks | Ladies | Jere Michael & Alex Chang | Todd Sand & John Nicks | [33] |
| August 23, 2016 | Hannah Miller | Rafael Arutunian | Tammy Gambill | [34] | |
| Mariah Bell | Kori Ade, Rohene Ward & Billy Schneider | Rafael Arutunian | [35] | ||
 Romain Ponsart | Men | Brian Joubert | |||
| August 25, 2016 |  Deniss Vasiļjevs | Alexei Urmanov & Ingrida Snieškienė | Stéphane Lambiel | [36] | |
| August 30, 2016 |  Brooklee Han | Ladies | Serhii Vaypan | Peter Cain & Darlene Cain | [37] |
| January 22, 2017 | Gracie Gold | Frank Carroll | Marina Zueva & Oleg Epstein | [38] | |
| April 4, 2017 | Adelina Sotnikova | Elena Vodorezova | Evgeni Plushenko | [39] | |
| April 28, 2017 | Elena Radionova | Inna Goncharenko | Elena Vodorezova | [40] |
International competitions
[edit]- Code key
- S – Senior event
- J – Junior event
- N – Novice event
- M – Men's singles
- L – Ladies' singles
- P – Pair skating
- D – Ice dance
- Color key
- Other competition
International medalists
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 European Championships |  Javier Fernández | Maxim Kovtun | Mikhail Kolyada | Details |
| Four Continents Championships | Nathan Chen | Yuzuru Hanyu | Shoma Uno | Details |
 World Junior Championships | Vincent Zhou | Dmitri Aliev | Alexander Samarin | Details |
 World Championships | Yuzuru Hanyu | Shoma Uno |  Jin Boyang | Details |
