Autumn Classic International

The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.^[1] When an event is held as part of the Challenger Series, it must host at least three of the four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance) and representatives from at least ten different ISU member nations. The minimum number of entrants required for each discipline is eight skaters each in men's singles and women's singles, five teams in pair skating, and six teams in ice dance. Each ISU member nation is eligible to enter up to three skaters or teams per discipline in each competition, although Skate Canada may enter an unlimited number of entrants in their own event.^[2]

The inaugural edition of the Autumn Classic International coincided with the launch of the Challenger Series and was held in Barrie, Ontario. Ross Miner of the United States won the men's event, Gabrielle Daleman of Canada won the women's event, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada won the pairs event, and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dance event.^[3] The Autumn Classic International was a Challenger Series event in 2014, from 2016 to 2019, in 2021, and in 2023.^[4] No competition was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[5] and the event in 2021 was held without spectators or media present.^[6] The most recent iteration was held in 2023 in Montreal.^[4]

The 2023 Autumn Classic International champions (from left to right): Ilia Malinin of the United States (men's singles); Kaori Sakamoto of Japan (women's singles); Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada (pair skating); and Eva Pate and Logan Bye of the United States (ice dance)

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

The men's event at the 2021 Autumn Classic International was not part of the Challenger Series competition.^[7]

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Senior men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2014 CS	Barrie	Ross Miner	Nam Nguyen	Jeremy Ten	[3]
2015		Yuzuru Hanyu		Sean Rabbitt	[8]
2016 CS	Montreal		Misha Ge	Max Aaron	[9]
2017 CS		Javier Fernández	Yuzuru Hanyu	Keegan Messing	[10]
2018 CS	Oakville	Yuzuru Hanyu	Cha Jun-hwan	Roman Sadovsky	[11]
2019 CS			Kévin Aymoz	Keegan Messing	[12]
2020		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[5]
2021	Montreal	Conrad Orzel	Bennet Toman	Beres Clements	[13]
2022	No competition held				[4]
2023 CS	Montreal	Ilia Malinin	Kévin Aymoz	Stephen Gogolev	[14]

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Women's singles

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Senior women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2014 CS	Barrie	Gabrielle Daleman	Angela Wang	Julianne Séguin	[3]
2015		Elizabet Tursynbaeva	Haruka Imai	Angela Wang	[8]
2016 CS	Montreal	Mirai Nagasu	Alaine Chartrand	Elizabet Tursynbaeva	[9]
2017 CS		Kaetlyn Osmond	Mai Mihara		[10]
2018 CS	Oakville	Bradie Tennell	Evgenia Medvedeva	Maé-Bérénice Méité	[11]
2019 CS		Rika Kihira		Lim Eun-soo	[12]
2020		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[5]
2021 CS	Montreal	Marilena Kitromilis	You Young	Ji Seo-yeon	[13]
2022	No competition held				[4]
2023 CS	Montreal	Kaori Sakamoto	Kaiya Ruiter	Justine Miclette	[14]

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