Lombardia Trophy

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The Lombardia Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Italian Ice Sports Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio).[1] The competition debuted in 2008 in Sesto San Giovanni, and when the ISU launched the Challenger Series in 2014, the Lombardia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. The event is dedicated to the memory of Anna Grandolfi, the founder of Sesto Ice Skate, who died in 2015.

StatusActive
FrequencyAnnual
VenueIceLab Bergamo Palaghiaccio
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Lombardia Trophy
Logo of the Lombardia Trophy
StatusActive
GenreISU Challenger Series
FrequencyAnnual
VenueIceLab Bergamo Palaghiaccio
LocationBergamo
CountryItaly Italy
Inaugurated2008
Previous event
2025 Lombardia Trophy
Next event
2026 Lombardia Trophy
Organized byItalian Ice Sports Federation
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Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; and when the event is part of the Challenger Series, skaters earn ISU World Standing points based on their results. Shoma Uno of Japan currently holds the record for the most wins at the Lombardia Trophy titles in men's singles (with three), while Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii of Italy hold the record in pair skating (with four), and Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri, also of Italy, hold the record in ice dance (with eight).

History

The inaugural edition of the Lombardia Trophy was held in 2008 in Sesto San Giovanni. Originally, it only featured events in men's and women's singles. The Lombardia Trophy is dedicated in memory of Anna Grandolfi, who founded the Sesto Ice Skate skating club in 2001 and served as the club's president for fifteen years, before she died in 2015.[2] From 2013 to 2015, the competition was held in Sesto San Giovanni; since 2016, it has been held in Bergamo.[3]

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.[4] 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 are 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 the Italian Ice Sports Federation may enter an unlimited number of entrants in their own event.[5] The Lombardia Trophy was a Challenger Series event in 2014, from 2016 through 2019, and from 2021 through 2025.[3] No competition was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although it had already been left off the slate of competitions for the 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series.[6]

Senior medalists

Ilia Malinin at the 2024 World Championships
Rion Sumiyoshi at the 2024 Grand Prix de France
Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii at the 2024 World Championships
Eva Pate and Logan Bye at the 2023 Skate Canada International
The 2025 Lombardia Trophy champions: Ilia Malinin of the United States (men's singles); Rion Sumiyoshi of Japan (women's singles); Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii of Italy (pair skating); and Eva Pate and Logan Bye of the United States (ice dance)

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

The pairs events at the 2021, 2022, and 2025 competitions were not part of the Challenger Series.[17][18][21]

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Ice dance

Junior medalists

Men's singles

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Junior men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Sesto San Giovanni Canada Bennet Toman Canada Nicolas Nadeau Italy Alberto Vanz [9]
2013 France Kévin Aymoz Germany Alexander Bjelde Italy Matteo Rizzo [10]
2014 Italy Matteo Rizzo Czech Republic Petr Kotlařík [11]
2015 Czech Republic Petr Kotlařík Sweden Illya Solomin Italy Daniel Grassl [12]
2016 Bergamo Finland Roman Galay Czech Republic Petr Kotlařík Italy Adrien Bannister [13]
No junior-level competitions since 2016
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Women's singles

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Junior women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Sesto San Giovanni Canada Marianne Rioux Ouellet Canada Sandrine Martin Italy Victoria Manni [9]
2013 France Nadjma Mahamoud Australia Kailani Craine Germany Minami Hanashiro [10]
2014 Australia Kailani Craine South Korea Yoon Eun-su Italy Micol Cristini [11]
2015 South Korea Yun Sun-min Sweden Anastasia Schneider Switzerland Shaline Ruegger [12]
2016 Bergamo South Korea Kim Bo-young South Korea Lee Min-young Italy Lara Naki Gutmann [13]
No junior-level competitions since 2016
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Pairs

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Junior pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Sesto San Giovanni
  • United Kingdom
No other competitors [9]
2013
  • Germany
  • Julia Linckh
  • Konrad Hocker-Scholler
  • Germany
  • Katharina Lesser
  • Viktor Kremke
[10]
2014
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Eliza Smyth
  • Jordan Dodds
[11]
2015 No junior pairs competitors [12]
2016 Bergamo
  • Italy
  • Giulia Foresti
  • Leo Luca Sforza
  • Italy
No other competitors [13]
No junior-level competitions since 2016
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Records

Shoma Uno at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii at the 2024 World Championships
Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
From left to right: Shoma Uno of Japan won three Lombardia Trophy titles in men's singles; Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii of Italy have won four Lombardia Trophy titles in pair skating; and Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy have won eight Lombardia Trophy titles in ice dance.
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Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 3 2016–18 [22]
Women's singles
  • Italy
  • Sofia Curci
Pairs 4 2022–25 [23]
Ice dance 8 2016–19;
2021–24
[24]
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Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

Men's singles

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Total number of Lombardia Trophy medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan4419
2 United States3227
3 Italy2147
4 France2114
5 Great Britain1113
6 China1001
 Sweden1001
8 Russia0224
9 Georgia0112
10 Czech Republic0101
 Philippines0101
12 Australia0011
 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (13 entries)14141442
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Women's singles

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Total number of Lombardia Trophy medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy5229
2 Japan44311
3 Russia3205
4 United States2248
5 Georgia1001
6 South Korea0123
7 Czech Republic0112
 Poland0112
9 Germany0101
 Sweden0101
11 Austria0011
 France0011
Totals (12 entries)15151545
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Pairs

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Total number of Lombardia Trophy medals in pairs by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy85518
2 Russia2226
3 United States1001
4 Germany0112
5 Japan0101
 Lithuania0101
 Spain0101
8 Czech Republic0011
 France0011
 Hungary0011
Totals (10 entries)11111133
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Ice dance

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Total number of Lombardia Trophy medals in ice dance by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy91111
2 United States1225
3 Czech Republic0213
4 Canada0202
5 Great Britain0101
 Lithuania0101
 Russia0101
8 Spain0022
 Ukraine0022
10 Finland0011
 Georgia0011
Totals (11 entries)10101030
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Total medals

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Total number of Lombardia Trophy medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy2491245
2 Japan89421
3 United States76821
4 Russia57416
5 France2136
6 Great Britain1214
7 Georgia1124
8 Sweden1102
9 China1001
10 Czech Republic0437
11 Germany0213
12 Canada0202
 Lithuania0202
14 South Korea0123
 Spain0123
16 Poland0112
17 Philippines0101
18 Ukraine0022
19 Australia0011
 Austria0011
 Finland0011
 Hungary0011
 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (23 entries)505050150
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