ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). It is the final event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Since 2008, the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final has been held concurrently with the senior-level Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

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StatusActive
GenreJunior Grand Prix event
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1997–98 Junior Series Final
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GenreJunior Grand Prix event
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Inaugurated1997–98 Junior Series Final
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Mao Shimada of Japan currently holds the record for winning the most Junior Grand Prix Final titles in women's singles (with four). Three teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating (with two each): Julia Obertas and Dmytro Palamarchuk of Ukraine, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China, and Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China. Anastasia Mishina has also won two titles in pairs, but with two different partners. Two teams are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance: Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia and Anna Yanovskaya and Sergey Mozgov of Russia. Maxim Shabalin of Russia has also won two titles in ice dance, but with two different partners. No one skater holds the record in men's singles as there has been a unique champion each time the competition has been held.

History

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.[1]

Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before July 1 of the respective season, and if they have not yet turned 19 (for single skaters, and females in ice dance and pair skating) or 21 (for males in ice dance and pair skating).[1] Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.[2]

Timothy Goebel at the 2004 NHK Trophy
Julia Soldatova at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Timothy Goebel of the United States and Julia Soldatova of Russia, the men's and women's champions at the inaugural Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland

Switzerland hosted the very first Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the culminating event of the Junior Grand Prix series, in 1997 in Lausanne. Timothy Goebel of the United States won the men's event,[3] becoming the first skater in the world to successfully perform a quadruple Salchow jump in competition,[4] as well as the first American skater to land a quadruple jump of any kind in competition.[5] Julia Soldatova of Russia won the women's event, Julia Obertas and Dmytro Palamarchuk of Ukraine won the pairs event, and Federica Faiella and Luciano Milo of Italy won the ice dance event.[3]

At the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final, Miki Ando of Japan became the first woman to land a quadruple jump in competition (a quadruple Salchow). Beginning with the 2008–09 season, the Junior Grand Prix Final has been held concurrently with its senior-level complement, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.[6] China was scheduled to host the 2020 Junior Grand Prix Final in Beijing, but the ISU cancelled all scheduled Junior Grand Prix events for the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing increased travel and entry requirements between countries and potentially excessive sanitary and health care costs for those hosting competitions.[7]

Medalists

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne United States Timothy Goebel Bulgaria Ivan Dinev United States Matthew Savoie [3]
1998–99 United States Detroit France Vincent Restencourt Russia Ilia Klimkin Russia Alexei Vasilevski [8]
1999–2000 Poland Gdańsk China Gao Song Germany Stefan Lindemann Canada Fedor Andreev [9]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr China Ma Xiaodong Russia Sergei Dobrin Russia Stanislav Timchenko [10]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled Russia Stanislav Timchenko China Ma Xiaodong Belgium Kevin van der Perren [11]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague Russia Alexander Shubin Russia Sergei Dobrin United States Parker Pennington [12]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö United States Evan Lysacek Russia Andrei Griazev Canada Christopher Mabee [13]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki United States Dennis Phan Japan Yasuharu Nanri Russia Alexander Uspenski [14]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava Japan Takahiko Kozuka United States Austin Kanallakan United States Geoffrey Varner [15]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia United States Stephen Carriere United States Brandon Mroz Canada Kevin Reynolds [16]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk United States Adam Rippon United States Brandon Mroz United States Armin Mahbanoozadeh [17]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang France Florent Amodio United States Armin Mahbanoozadeh United States Richard Dornbush [6]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo Japan Yuzuru Hanyu China Song Nan United States Ross Miner [18]
2010–11 China Beijing United States Richard Dornbush China Yan Han Canada Andrei Rogozine [19]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City United States Jason Brown United States Joshua Farris [20]
2012–13 Russia Sochi Russia Maxim Kovtun United States Joshua Farris Japan Ryuju Hino [21]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka China Jin Boyang Russia Adian Pitkeev United States Nathan Chen [22]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona Japan Shoma Uno Japan Sōta Yamamoto Russia Alexander Petrov [23]
2015–16 United States Nathan Chen Russia Dmitri Aliev Japan Sōta Yamamoto [24]
2016–17 France Marseille Russia Dmitri Aliev Russia Alexander Samarin South Korea Cha Jun-hwan [25]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya United States Alexei Krasnozhon United States Camden Pulkinen Japan Mitsuki Sumoto [26]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver Canada Stephen Gogolev Russia Petr Gumennik Japan Koshiro Shimada [27]
2019–20 Italy Turin Japan Shun Sato Russia Andrei Mozalev Russia Daniil Samsonov [28]
2020–21 China Beijing Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [7]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [29]
2022–23 Italy Turin Italy Nikolaj Memola United States Lucas Broussard Japan Nozomu Yoshioka [30]
2023–24 China Beijing Japan Rio Nakata South Korea Kim Hyun-gyeom Slovakia Adam Hagara [31]
2024–25 France Grenoble United States Jacob Sanchez South Korea Seo Min-kyu Japan Rio Nakata [32]
2025–26 Japan Nagoya South Korea Seo Min-kyu Japan Rio Nakata United States Lucius Kazanecki [33]
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Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne Russia Julia Soldatova United States Amber Corwin Russia Elena Pingacheva [3]
1998–99 United States Detroit Russia Viktoria VolchkovaUnited States Sarah HughesRussia Daria Timoshenko [8]
1999–2000 Poland Gdańsk United States Deanna StellatoUnited States Jennifer KirkRussia Svetlana Bukareva[9]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr United States Ann Patrice McDonoughRussia Kristina OblasovaJapan Yukari Nakano[10]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled Japan Miki Ando Russia Ludmila Nelidina Japan Akiko Suzuki [11]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague Japan Yukina OtaItaly Carolina KostnerJapan Miki Ando[12]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö Japan Miki AndoSweden Lina JohanssonHungary Viktória Pavuk[13]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki Japan Mao AsadaSouth Korea Yuna KimUnited States Kimmie Meissner[14]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava South Korea Yuna KimJapan Aki SawadaChina Xu Binshu[15]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia United States Caroline ZhangUnited States Ashley WagnerUnited States Megan Oster[16]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk United States Mirai NagasuUnited States Rachael FlattJapan Yuki Nishino[17]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang United States Becky BereswillJapan Yukiko FujisawaUnited States Alexe Gilles[6]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo Japan Kanako MurakamiRussia Polina ShelepenUnited States Christina Gao[18]
2010–11 China Beijing Russia Adelina SotnikovaRussia Elizaveta TuktamyshevaChina Li Zijun[19]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City Russia Yulia LipnitskayaRussia Polina ShelepenRussia Polina Korobeynikova[20]
2012–13 Russia Sochi Russia Elena RadionovaUnited States Hannah MillerRussia Anna Pogorilaya[21]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka Russia Maria SotskovaRussia Serafima SakhanovichRussia Evgenia Medvedeva[22]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona Russia Evgenia MedvedevaJapan Wakaba Higuchi[23]
2015–16 Russia Polina TsurskayaRussia Maria SotskovaJapan Marin Honda[24]
2016–17 France Marseille Russia Alina ZagitovaRussia Anastasiia GubanovaJapan Kaori Sakamoto[25]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya Russia Alexandra TrusovaRussia Alena KostornaiaRussia Anastasia Tarakanova[26]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver Russia Alena KostornaiaRussia Alexandra TrusovaRussia Alena Kanysheva[27]
2019–20 Italy Turin Russia Kamila ValievaUnited States Alysa LiuRussia Daria Usacheva[28]
2020–21 China Beijing Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [7]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [29]
2022–23 Italy Turin Japan Mao Shimada South Korea Shin Ji-a South Korea Kim Chae-yeon [30]
2023–24 China Beijing Japan Rena Uezono [31]
2024–25 France Grenoble Japan Kaoruko Wada Japan Ami Nakai [32]
2025–26 Japan Nagoya South Korea Kim Yu-seong Japan Mei Okada [33]
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Pairs

Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov of Russia originally won the gold medal at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final, but were later disqualified due to a positive doping test from Larionov.[34]

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Pairs event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Natalie Vlandis
  • Jered Guzman
 [3]
1998–99 United States Detroit [8]
1999–2000 Poland Gdańsk [9]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr [10]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled [11]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague
  • Canada
 [12]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö [13]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki
  • United States
  • Brittany Vise
  • Nicholas Kole
  • United States
 [14]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava [15]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia
  • United States
  • Jessica Rose Paetsch
  • Jon Nuss
 [16]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk [35]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang [6]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo [18]
2010–11 China Beijing [19]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City [20]
2012–13 Russia Sochi [21]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka [22]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona [23]
2015–16 [24]
2016–17 France Marseille [25]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya [26]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver [27]
2019–20 Italy Turin [28]
2020–21 China Beijing Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [29]
2022–23 Italy Turin
  • United States
  • Cayla Smith
  • Andy Deng
 [30]
2023–24 China Beijing
  • Canada
  • Jazmine Desrochers
  • Kieran Thrasher
 [31]
2024–25 France Grenoble [32]
2025–26 Japan Nagoya
  • China
  • Guo Rui
  • Zhang Yiwen
  • China
  • Zhang Xuanqi
  • Feng Wenqiang
  • Canada
 [33]
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Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1997–98 Switzerland Lausanne [3]
1998–99 United States Detroit [8]
1999–2000 Poland Gdańsk
  • Ukraine
 [9]
2000–01 United Kingdom Ayr
  • Germany
  • Miriam Steinel
  • Vladimir Tsvetkov
 [10]
2001–02 Slovenia Bled [11]
2002–03 Netherlands The Hague [12]
2003–04 Sweden Malmö [13]
2004–05 Finland Helsinki [14]
2005–06 Czech Republic Ostrava [15]
2006–07 Bulgaria Sofia [16]
2007–08 Poland Gdańsk [17]
2008–09 South Korea Goyang [6]
2009–10 Japan Tokyo [18]
2010–11 China Beijing [19]
2011–12 Canada Quebec City [20]
2012–13 Russia Sochi [21]
2013–14 Japan Fukuoka [22]
2014–15 Spain Barcelona [23]
2015–16 [24]
2016–17 France Marseille [25]
2017–18 Japan Nagoya [26]
2018–19 Canada Vancouver [27]
2019–20 Italy Turin [28]
2020–21 China Beijing Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [7]
2021–22 Japan Osaka [29]
2022–23 Italy Turin [30]
2023–24 China Beijing [31]
2024–25 France Grenoble [32]
2025–26 Japan Nagoya
  • France
  • Ambre Perrier Gianesini
  • Samuel Blanc Klaperman
  • Ukraine
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval
 [33]
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Records

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Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Seasons Ref.
Men's singles N/a
Women's singles 4 2022–23,
2023–24,
2024–25,
2025–26		 [36]
Pairs [a] 2 2016–17,
2018–19		 [37][38]
1997–98,
1998–99		 [39]
2009–10,
2011–12		 [40]
2000–01,
2001–02		 [41]
Ice dance 2 2009–10,
2010–11		 [42]
[b] 2001–02,
2002–03		 [44][43]
2013–14,
2014–15		 [45]
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Cumulative medal count

Men's singles

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Total number of Junior Grand Prix Final medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States107926
2 Japan53614
3 Russia49518
4 China3407
5 France2002
6 South Korea1214
7 Canada1045
8 Italy1001
9 Bulgaria0101
 Germany0101
11 Belgium0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (12 entries)27272781
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Women's singles

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Total number of Junior Grand Prix Final medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia1211932
2 Japan931022
3 United States57416
4 South Korea1416
5 Italy0101
 Sweden0101
7 China0022
8 Hungary0011
Totals (8 entries)27272781
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Pairs

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Total number of Junior Grand Prix Final medals in pairs by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia9131234
2 China82313
3 Ukraine3003
4 Canada2338
5 Australia2002
6 United States16815
7 Japan1113
8 Georgia1001
9 Czech Republic0202
Totals (9 entries)27272781
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Ice dance

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Total number of Junior Grand Prix Final medals in ice dance by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia12111134
2 United States99624
3 Italy2136
4 Canada2103
5 Hungary1102
6 Georgia1001
7 France0202
8 Israel0101
 South Korea0101
10 Germany0044
11 Ukraine0022
12 Czech Republic0011
Totals (12 entries)27272781
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Total medals

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Total number of Junior Grand Prix Final medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia374437118
2 United States25292781
3 Japan1571739
4 China116522
5 Canada54716
6 Italy3238
7 Ukraine3025
8 South Korea27211
9 France2204
10 Australia2002
 Georgia2002
12 Hungary1113
13 Czech Republic0213
14 Germany0145
15 Bulgaria0101
 Israel0101
 Sweden0101
18 Belgium0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (19 entries)108108108324
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Anastasia Mishina won one title while partnered with Vladislav Mirzoev (2016–17),[37] and one with Aleksandr Galliamov (2018–19).[38]
  2. [b]
    Maxim Shabalin won one title while partnered with Elena Khalyavina (2001–02),[43] and one with Oksana Domnina (2002–03).[44]

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