ISU Junior Grand Prix Final

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The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final or JGP Final (titled the ISU Junior Series Final in the 1997–98 season) is the culmination of a series of junior-level competitions – the ISU Junior Grand Prix organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event. At the end of the series, the six highest-placing skaters from each discipline advance to the JGP Final.

History[edit]

The event was first held in early March 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland, following six qualifying competitions at the start of the season. Eight skaters qualified in each singles' discipline, in addition to six pairs and six ice dancing teams. In 1998, at the inaugural competition, Timothy Goebel landed the first quadruple Salchow jump in competition.

The JGP Final was shifted to December beginning in the 1999–2000 season. The number of pairs and dance qualifiers expanded to eight in the 2000–01 season.

At the JGP Final in 2002, Miki Ando became the first lady to land a quad in competition, performing a quad Salchow. In the 2008–09 season, the JGP Final was organized together with its senior-level complement, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, for the first time. Following the 2010–11 season, the International Skating Union reduced the number of qualifiers from eight to six in each discipline.

Medalists[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne United States Timothy Goebel Bulgaria Ivan Dinev United States Matthew Savoie
1998–99 United States Detroit France Vincent Restencourt Russia Ilia Klimkin Russia Alexei Vasilevski
1999–00 Poland Gdańsk China Gao Song Germany Stefan Lindemann Canada Fedor Andreev [1]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr China Ma Xiaodong Russia Sergei Dobrin Russia Stanislav Timchenko [2]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled Russia Stanislav Timchenko China Ma Xiaodong Belgium Kevin van der Perren [3]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague Russia Alexander Shubin Russia Sergei Dobrin United States Parker Pennington [4]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö United States Evan Lysacek Russia Andrei Griazev Canada Christopher Mabee [5]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki United States Dennis Phan Japan Yasuharu Nanri Russia Alexander Uspenski [6]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava Japan Takahiko Kozuka United States Austin Kanallakan United States Geoffry Varner [7]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia United States Stephen Carriere United States Brandon Mroz Canada Kevin Reynolds [8]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk United States Adam Rippon United States Brandon Mroz United States Armin Mahbanoozadeh [9]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang France Florent Amodio United States Armin Mahbanoozadeh United States Richard Dornbush [10]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo Japan Yuzuru Hanyu China Song Nan United States Ross Miner [11]
2010–11 China Beijing United States Richard Dornbush China Yan Han Canada Andrei Rogozine [12]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City United States Jason Brown China Yan Han United States Joshua Farris [13]
2012–13 Russia Sochi Russia Maxim Kovtun United States Joshua Farris Japan Ryuju Hino [14]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka China Jin Boyang Russia Adian Pitkeev United States Nathan Chen [15]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona Japan Shoma Uno Japan Sōta Yamamoto Russia Alexander Petrov [16]
2015–16 Spain Barcelona United States Nathan Chen Russia Dmitri Aliev Japan Sōta Yamamoto [17]
2016–17 France Marseille Russia Dmitri Aliev Russia Alexander Samarin South Korea Cha Jun-hwan [18]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya United States Alexei Krasnozhon United States Camden Pulkinen Japan Mitsuki Sumoto [19]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver Canada Stephen Gogolev Russia Petr Gumennik Japan Koshiro Shimada [20]
2019–20 Italy Turin Japan Shun Sato Russia Andrei Mozalev Russia Daniil Samsonov [21]
2020–21 China Beijing Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [23]
2022–23 Italy Turin Italy Nikolaj Memola United States Lucas Broussard Japan Nozomu Yoshioka [24]
2023–24 China Beijing Japan Rio Nakata South Korea Kim Hyun-gyeom Slovakia Adam Hagara [25]

Women's singles[edit]

Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne Russia Julia Soldatova United States Amber Corwin Russia Elena Pingacheva
1998–99 United States Detroit Russia Viktoria Volchkova United States Sarah Hughes Russia Daria Timoshenko
1999–00 Poland Gdańsk United States Deanna Stellato United States Jennifer Kirk Russia Svetlana Bukareva [1]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr United States Ann Patrice McDonough Russia Kristina Oblasova Japan Yukari Nakano [2]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled Japan Miki Ando Russia Ludmila Nelidina Japan Akiko Suzuki [3]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague Japan Yukina Ota Italy Carolina Kostner Japan Miki Ando [4]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö Japan Miki Ando Sweden Lina Johansson Hungary Viktória Pavuk [5]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki Japan Mao Asada South Korea Yuna Kim United States Kimmie Meissner [6]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava South Korea Yuna Kim Japan Aki Sawada China Xu Binshu [7]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia United States Caroline Zhang United States Ashley Wagner United States Megan Oster [8]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk United States Mirai Nagasu United States Rachael Flatt Japan Yuki Nishino [9]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang United States Becky Bereswill Japan Yukiko Fujisawa United States Alexe Gilles [10]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo Japan Kanako Murakami Russia Polina Shelepen United States Christina Gao [11]
2010–11 China Beijing Russia Adelina Sotnikova Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva China Li Zijun [12]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya Russia Polina Shelepen Russia Polina Korobeynikova [13]
2012–13 Russia Sochi Russia Elena Radionova United States Hannah Miller Russia Anna Pogorilaya [14]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka Russia Maria Sotskova Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Russia Evgenia Medvedeva [15]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona Russia Evgenia Medvedeva Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Japan Wakaba Higuchi [16]
2015–16 Spain Barcelona Russia Polina Tsurskaya Russia Maria Sotskova Japan Marin Honda [17]
2016–17 France Marseille Russia Alina Zagitova Russia Anastasiia Gubanova Japan Kaori Sakamoto [18]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya Russia Alexandra Trusova Russia Alena Kostornaia Russia Anastasia Tarakanova [19]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver Russia Alena Kostornaia Russia Alexandra Trusova Russia Alena Kanysheva [20]
2019–20 Italy Turin Russia Kamila Valieva United States Alysa Liu Russia Daria Usacheva [21]
2020–21 China Beijing Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [23]
2022–23 Italy Turin Japan Mao Shimada South Korea Shin Ji-a South Korea Kim Chae-yeon [24]
2023–24 China Beijing Japan Mao Shimada South Korea Shin Ji-a Japan Rena Uezono [25]

Pairs[edit]

Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne
  • Ukraine
1998–99 United States Detroit
1999–00 Poland Gdańsk [1]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr [2]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled [3]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague [4]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö [5]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki [6]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava [7]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia [8]
2007–08[a] Poland Gdańsk [9]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang [10]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo [11]
2010–11 China Beijing [12]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City [13]
2012–13 Russia Sochi [14]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka [15]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona [16]
2015–16 Spain Barcelona [17]
2016–17 France Marseille [18]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya [19]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver [20]
2019–20 Italy Turin [21]
2020–21 China Beijing Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [23]
2022–23 Italy Turin [24]
2023–24 China Beijing [25]
Note
  1. ^ The original winners, Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov from Russia, were later disqualified from the competition due to a positive doping sample from Larionov.

Ice dance[edit]

Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne
1998–99 United States Detroit
1999–00 Poland Gdańsk [1]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr [2]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled [3]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague [4]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö [5]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki [6]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava [7]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia [8]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk [9]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang [10]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo [11]
2010–11 China Beijing [12]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City [13]
2012–13 Russia Sochi [14]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka [15]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona [16]
2015–16 Spain Barcelona [17]
2016–17 France Marseille [18]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya [19]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver [20]
2019–20 Italy Turin [21]
2020–21 China Beijing Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [22]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [23]
2022–23 Italy Turin [24]
2023–24 China Beijing [25]

Medal tables[edit]

Cumulative medal count[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia374437118
2 United States23272676
3 Japan1351432
4 China95519
5 Canada54514
6 Ukraine3014
7 Italy2237
8 France2103
9 Australia2002
 Georgia2002
11 South Korea1528
12 Hungary1113
13 Czech Republic0213
14 Germany0134
15 Bulgaria0101
 Israel0101
 Sweden0101
18 Belgium0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (19 entries)100100100300

References[edit]

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