2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

Date:3 – 8 March

Season:2025–26

2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	3 – 8 March
Season:	2025–26
Location:	Tallinn, Estonia
Host:	Estonian Skating Union
Venue:	Tondiraba Ice Hall
Champions
Men's singles: Rio Nakata
Women's singles: Mao Shimada
Pairs: Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov
Ice dance: Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin
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The 2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held from 3 to 8 March at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2027 World Junior Championships. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Skaters were eligible for the 2026 World Junior Championships if they turned 13 years of age before 1 July 2025, and if they have not yet turned 19 (singles) or 21 (ice dancers and female pairs skaters) or 23 (male pairs skaters).

Based on the results of the 2025 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation could field between one and three entries per discipline.^[1]

Number of entries per discipline
Spots	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
3	Japan South Korea	Japan	Canada Georgia Ukraine	United States
2	Estonia Germany New Zealand Slovakia United States	Australia Estonia France Georgia South Korea Switzerland United States	China France Italy Switzerland United States	Canada France Germany Italy Ukraine

Changes to preliminary assignments

Member nations started announcing their entries in December 2025. The International Skating Union released the official list of entrants on 9 February 2026.^[2]

Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Notes	Ref.
19 February	Women	Anna Pezzetta	Amanda Ghezzo		^[3]
19 February	Ice dance	Jane Calhoun Mark Zheltyshev	Michelle Deych Ryan Hu	Visa/Passport issues (Zheltyshev)	^[4]^[5]
25 February	Men	Grayson Long	David Bondar	Injury	^[6]^[7]
25 February	Women	Eve Dubecq	Milana Mozeiko	Injury	^[8]
27 February		Arina Kalugina
1 March		Marie Bierwert
1 March	Men	Jakub Tykal	Tadeáš Václavík

Medal summary

Medalists

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Rio Nakata	Seo Min-kyu	Taiga Nishino
Women	Mao Shimada	Hana Bath	Mayuko Oka
Pairs	Ava Kemp Yohnatan Elizarov	Jazmine Desroches Kieran Thrasher	Hannah Herrera Ivan Khobta
Ice dance	Hana Maria Aboian Daniil Veselukhin	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc-Klaperman	Iryna Pidgaina Artem Koval

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Rio Nakata	Seo Min-kyu	Daiya Ebihara
Women	Mao Shimada	Mayuko Oka	Hana Bath
Pairs	Jazmine Desroches Kieran Thrasher	Ava Kemp Yohnatan Elizarov	Guo Rui Zhang Yiwen
Ice dance	Hana Maria Aboian Daniil Veselukhin	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc-Klaperman	Iryna Pidgaina Artem Koval

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Rio Nakata	Taiga Nishino	Seo Min-kyu
Women	Hana Bath	Mao Shimada	Sophia Shifrin
Pairs	Ava Kemp Yohnatan Elizarov	Hannah Herrera Ivan Khobta	Chen Yuxuan Dong Yinbo
Ice dance	Hana Maria Aboian Daniil Veselukhin	Iryna Pidgaina Artem Koval	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc-Klaperman

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	0	2	4
2	Canada	1	1	0	2
3	United States	1	0	0	1
4	Australia	0	1	0	1
France	0	1	0	1
South Korea	0	1	0	1
7	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)	4	4	4	12

Records and achievements

The following new record high scores were set during this competition.

Record high scores
Date	Skater(s)	Event	Segment	Score	Ref.
4 March	Rio Nakata	Men	Short program	89.51	^[9]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	SP		FS
	Rio Nakata	Japan	268.47	1	89.51	1	176.96
	Seo Min-kyu	South Korea	243.91	2	86.33	3	157.58
	Taiga Nishino	Japan	241.23	4	81.14	2	160.09
4	Jacob Sanchez	United States	229.10	5	81.03	5	148.07
5	Choi Ha-bin	South Korea	224.36	9	75.78	4	148.58
6	Lucius Kazanecki	United States	219.36	11	74.89	7	144.47
7	Lee Jae-keun	South Korea	218.20	6	79.27	10	138.93
8	Yanhao Li	New Zealand	217.58	7	77.18	9	140.40
9	Daiya Ebihara	Japan	217.52	3	81.53	12	135.99
10	Denis Krouglov	Belgium	216.70	10	75.22	8	141.48
11	Genrikh Gartung	Germany	209.68	17	63.67	6	146.01
12	Yehor Kurtsev	Ukraine	208.45	13	70.05	11	138.40
13	Li Yu-Hsiang	Chinese Taipei	202.54	12	71.06	16	131.48
14	David Bondar	Canada	202.06	14	69.09	13	132.97
15	Ean Weiler	Switzerland	198.91	8	76.77	19	122.14
16	Nikita Sheiko	Israel	198.88	15	67.12	15	131.76
17	Hiro Kaewtathip	Thailand	194.38	20	61.93	14	132.45
18	Matias Lindfors	Finland	192.90	16	66.70	17	125.20
19	Li Jiarui	Hong Kong	187.81	19	62.38	18	125.43
20	Zhao Qihan	China	181.83	22	61.55	20	120.28
21	Leon Rojkov	Germany	169.14	24	60.68	21	108.46
22	Konstantin Supatashvili	Georgia	165.39	21	61.62	22	103.77
23	Matvii Yefymenko	Poland	159.98	18	62.89	24	97.09
24	Albin Samuelsson	Sweden	158.70	23	60.93	23	97.77
25	Matteo Marchioni	Italy	60.16	25	60.16	Did not advance to free skate
26	Luka Imedashvili	Lithuania	59.77	26	59.77
27	Jānis Znotiņš	Latvia	57.68	27	57.68
28	Lukáš Václavík	Slovakia	57.35	28	57.35
29	Maksym Petrychenko	Austria	55.66	29	55.66
30	Arin Yorke	Great Britain	54.51	30	54.51
31	Vladislav Churakov	Estonia	54.47	31	54.47
32	Mikayel Salazaryan	Armenia	54.05	32	54.05
33	Daniil Valanov	Norway	53.95	33	53.95
34	Dmitry Rudenko	Slovakia	52.96	34	52.96
35	Tadeáš Václavík	Czech Republic	52.73	35	52.73
36	André Zapata	Spain	52.55	36	52.55
37	Artur Smagulov	Kazakhstan	51.76	37	51.76
38	Deyan Mihaylov	Bulgaria	51.72	38	51.72
39	Furkan Emre İncel	Turkey	50.66	39	50.66
40	Ilya Nesterov	Estonia	47.90	40	47.90
41	Jean Médard	France	46.10	41	46.10
42	Aleksei Vlasenko	Hungary	45.93	42	45.93
43	Julio Potapenko	Australia	40.37	43	40.37

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	SP		FS
	Mao Shimada	Japan	208.91	1	71.90	2	137.01
	Hana Bath	Australia	205.39	3	66.95	1	138.44
	Mayuko Oka	Japan	197.17	2	69.77	4	127.40
4	Sophia Shifrin	Israel	193.80	4	65.38	3	128.42
5	Wang Yihan	China	185.37	6	63.44	6	121.93
6	Inga Gurgenidze	Georgia	182.60	5	64.28	10	118.32
7	Huh Ji-yu	South Korea	180.55	10	62.16	9	118.39
8	Valeriya Ezhova	Switzerland	179.17	7	62.65	12	116.52
9	Angela Shao	United States	178.93	9	62.24	11	116.69
10	Mei Okada	Japan	177.77	24	53.70	5	124.07
11	Leandra Tzimpoukakis	Switzerland	176.54	17	56.37	8	120.17
12	Sophie Joline von Felten	United States	176.10	8	62.62	14	113.48
13	Kim Yu-seong	South Korea	175.90	13	59.44	13	116.46
14	Elina Goidina	Estonia	175.76	20	54.44	7	121.32
15	Alica Lengyelová	Slovakia	168.30	12	61.14	17	107.16
16	Stefania Gladki	France	168.01	14	58.65	16	109.36
17	Maria Eliise Kaljuvere	Estonia	165.39	19	54.45	15	110.94
18	Anna Gerke	Germany	158.14	15	57.77	19	100.37
19	Jana Horčičková	Czech Republic	156.38	22	54.12	18	102.26
20	Amanda Ghezzo	Italy	155.14	16	57.00	20	98.14
21	Angel Delevaque	Netherlands	151.11	23	54.03	21	97.08
22	Venla Sinisalo	Finland	150.47	18	54.70	22	95.77
23	Ariel Guo	Hong Kong	146.23	21	54.27	23	91.96
24	Polina Dzsumanyijazova	Hungary	144.48	11	61.37	24	83.11
25	Hannah Frank	Austria	53.54	25	53.54	Did not advance to free skate
26	Milana Siniavskytė	Lithuania	52.33	26	52.33
27	Alice Smith	Great Britain	52.20	27	52.20
28	Megan Woodley	Canada	52.17	28	52.17
29	Leyla Çetin	Turkey	51.72	29	51.72
30	Ariadna Gupta Espada	Spain	51.66	30	51.66
31	Kira Baranovska	Latvia	51.13	31	51.13
32	Lilou Remeysen	Belgium	51.03	32	51.03
33	Tsai Yu-Feng	Chinese Taipei	49.73	33	49.73
34	Zhasmin Shlaga	Kyrgyzstan	48.56	34	48.56
35	Sofiia Rymshyna	Ukraine	48.47	35	48.47
36	Pernille With	Norway	48.43	36	48.43
37	Vasilisa Bogomolova	Cyprus	47.90	37	47.90
38	Renee Tsai	New Zealand	46.47	38	46.47
39	Ula Zadnikar	Slovenia	45.06	39	45.06
40	Krista Georgieva	Bulgaria	43.72	40	43.72
41	Nora Coppens	Sweden	43.07	41	43.07
42	Ketevan Makharadze	Georgia	42.30	42	42.30
43	Izabella Esaian	Armenia	41.59	43	41.59
44	Karina Sheina	Kazakhstan	40.06	44	40.06
45	Milana Mozeiko	France	39.82	45	39.82
46	Weronika Ferlin	Poland	38.47	46	38.47
47	Phattaratida Kaneshige	Thailand	38.29	47	38.29
48	Paula Kasnar	Croatia	37.54	48	37.54
49	Camille Vinther Poulsen	Denmark	36.22	49	36.22
50	Sienna Kaczmarczyk	Australia	35.94	50	35.94
WD	Ekaterina Balaganskaia	Serbia	Withdrew from competition

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	SP		FS
	Ava Kemp Yohnatan Elizarov	Canada	167.90	2	62.22	1	105.68
	Jazmine Desroches Kieran Thrasher	Canada	162.25	1	62.84	4	99.41
	Hannah Herrera Ivan Khobta	Ukraine	160.15	5	56.95	2	103.20
4	Chen Yuxuan Dong Yinbo	China	157.99	6	56.74	3	101.25
5	Olivia Flores Luke Wang	United States	149.99	4	57.96	5	92.03
6	Guo Rui Zhang Yiwen	China	146.83	3	58.34	9	88.49
7	Reagan Moss Jakub Galbavy	United States	144.50	7	53.25	6	91.25
8	Louise Ehrhard Matthis Pellegris	France	140.68	10	49.95	7	90.73
9	Julia Quattrocchi Étienne Lacasse	Canada	139.91	9	51.27	8	88.64
10	Polina Polman Gabriel Renoldi	Italy	136.72	11	49.56	10	87.16
11	Anita Mapelli Noah Quesada Grau	Spain	135.76	8	51.48	11	84.28
12	Laura Hečková Alex Války	Slovakia	129.63	14	47.14	12	82.49
13	Irina Napolitano Edoardo Comi	Italy	123.73	12	49.54	14	74.19
14	Romane Télémaque Lucas Coulon	France	121.64	15	46.07	13	75.57
15	Neamh Davison Daniel Borisov	Great Britain	118.80	13	47.44	16	71.36
16	Laura Gauch Linus Mager	Switzerland	118.58	16	44.42	15	74.16
17	Lily Wilberforce Mózes József Berei	Hungary	43.61	17	43.61	Did not advance to the free skate
18	Johanka Žilková Matyáš Rafael Becerra	Czech Republic	43.54	18	43.54	Did not advance to the free skate

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	RD		FD
	Hana Maria Aboian Daniil Veselukhin	United States	166.71	1	66.45	1	100.26
	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc-Klaperman	France	164.88	2	66.31	3	98.57
	Iryna Pidgaina Artem Koval	Ukraine	164.32	3	65.45	2	98.87
4	Layla Veillon Alexander Brandys	Canada	160.58	4	63.81	4	96.77
5	Dania Mouaden Théo Bigot	France	153.00	6	60.60	5	92.40
6	Arianna Soldati Nicholas Tagliabue	Italy	148.81	5	61.55	7	87.26
7	Zoe Bianchi Daniel Basile	Italy	147.51	8	57.94	6	89.57
8	Alexia Kruk Jan Eisenhaber	Germany	139.85	9	56.50	10	83.35
9	Diane Sznajder Jáchym Novák	Czech Republic	138.70	11	52.67	8	86.03
10	Anita Straub Andreas Straub	Austria	138.22	10	54.67	9	83.55
11	Jasmine Robertson Chase Rohner	United States	135.38	7	59.16	15	76.22
12	Tetiana Bielodonova Ivan Kachur	Ukraine	133.94	12	51.55	11	82.39
13	Seraina Tscharner Laurin Wiederkehr	Switzerland	129.98	17	49.21	12	80.77
14	Kaho Yamashita Yuto Nagata	Japan	127.56	15	50.13	13	77.43
15	Summer Homick Nicholas Buelow	Canada	126.22	16	49.38	14	76.84
16	Michelle Deych Ryan Hu	United States	125.87	13	50.78	16	75.09
17	Mimi Marler Davies Joseph Black	Great Britain	123.46	14	50.66	18	72.80
18	Yin Shanjie Yang Shirui	China	123.36	18	48.79	17	74.57
19	Xing Yuxuan Chau Han Wan	Hong Kong	119.25	20	47.09	19	72.16
20	Lara Sundberg Héctor González Elvira	Spain	115.65	19	47.54	20	68.11
21	Eniko Kobor Zoard Kobor	Germany	46.03	21	46.03	Did not advance to the free dance
22	Ksenia Šipunova Miron Korjagin	Estonia	45.88	22	45.88
23	Eva Rozhnova Platon Zubkov	Finland	45.41	23	45.41
24	Laura Balcerska David Diadchenko	Poland	43.48	24	43.48
25	Charlotte Chung Axel Mackenzie	Sweden	41.38	25	41.38
26	Villo Mira Szilagyi István Jaracs	Hungary	39.32	26	39.32
27	Julia Epps Blake Gilman	Israel	39.09	27	39.09
28	Anna O'Brien Drake Tong	Azerbaijan	38.79	28	38.79
29	Lucia Štefanovová Jacopo Boeris	Slovakia	38.47	29	38.47
30	Silvia Lutay Konstantin Tkachenko	Bulgaria	30.10	30	30.10

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2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

Changes to preliminary assignments

Medal summary

Medalists

Medals by country

Records and achievements

Results

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

References

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