Tallinn Trophy

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Tallinn Trophy
Logo of the Tallinn Trophy
StatusActive
GenreISU Challenger Series
FrequencyAnnual
VenueTondiraba Ice Hall
LocationTallinn
CountryEstonia Estonia
Inaugurated2011
Previous event2025 Tallinn Trophy
Organized byEstonian Skating Union

The Tallinn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted in Tallinn, Estonia, by the Estonian Skating Union (Estonian: Eesti Uisuliit). It debuted in 2002 as a regional competition before expanding as an international event in 2011 and joining the ISU Challenger Series in 2015. 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.

Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia holds the record for winning the most Tallinn Trophy titles in men's singles (with three), while Stanislava Konstantinova of Russia and Josefin Taljegård of Sweden are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (with two each). No one team holds the record in pair skating or ice dance, as there have been unique champions each time the event has been held.

Sarkis Hayrapetyan at the 2011 World Championships
Sarkis Hayrapetyan of Armenia, the men's champion at the 2011 Tallinn Trophy

The Tallinn Trophy debuted in 2002. In the beginning, it was exclusively a regional competition.[1] It debuted as an international skating competition in 2011; Sarkis Hayrapetyan of Armenia won the men's event, Yulia Starikova of Russia won the women's event, and Irina Štork and Taavi Rand of Estonia won the ice dance event.[2]

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.[3] 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 the Estonian Skating Union may enter an unlimited number of entrants to their own event. Each skater or team is limited to participating in at most three Challenger Series events each season.[4]

The Tallinn Trophy was a Challenger Series event from 2015 through 2018, and again in 2024.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Tallinn Trophy was held exclusively for skaters in Estonia.[6]

Senior medalists

Aleksandr Selevko at the 2024 World Championships
Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck at the 2025 World Championships
The 2025 Tallinn Trophy champions: Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia (men's singles); and Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck of Spain (ice dance)
Not pictured: Olivia Lisko of Finland (women's singles)

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011 Armenia Sarkis Hayrapetyan Armenia Slavik Hayrapetyan Latvia Girts Jekabsons [2]
2012 Estonia Viktor Romanenkov Estonia Daniel Albert Naurits Estonia Samuel Koppel [7]
2013 No men's competition [8]
2014 Israel Alexei Bychenko Israel Daniel Samohin Armenia Slavik Hayrapetyan [9]
2015 CS United States Max Aaron Russia Dmitri Aliev Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs [10]
2016 CS Russia Roman Savosin Russia Anton Shulepov United States Andrew Torgashev [11]
2017 CS Russia Dmitri Aliev United States Alexei Krasnozhon Ukraine Yaroslav Paniot [12]
2018 CS Russia Maxim Kovtun United States Vincent Zhou Russia Anton Shulepov [13]
2019 Estonia Mihhail Selevko Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Bulgaria Nicky-Leo Obreykov [14]
2020 Estonia Aleksandr Selevko No other competitors [6]
2021 Finland Valtter Virtanen Armenia Slavik Hayrapetyan [15]
2022 France Samy Hammi Ukraine Hlib Smotrov Ukraine Kyrylo Marsak [16]
2023 Israel Lev Vinokur Kazakhstan Rakhat Bralin [17]
2024 CS United States Jacob Sanchez United States Daniel Martynov Canada Roman Sadovsky [18]
2025 CS Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Italy Matteo Rizzo Estonia Arlet Levandi [19]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011 Russia Yulia Starikova Estonia Helery Hälvin Latvia Stasija Rage [2]
2012 Estonia Elke Langerbaur Estonia Svetlana Issakova Estonia Helery Hälvin [7]
2013 Estonia Helery Hälvin Finland Oona Lindhal Finland Tuuli Lipiäinen [8]
2014 Latvia Angelina Kučvaļska Armenia Anastasiya Galustyan Finland Liubov Efimenko [9]
2015 CS Russia Maria Sotskova Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva United States Tyler Pierce [10]
2016 CS Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Serafima Sakhanovich United States Bradie Tennell [11]
2017 CS Russia Alisa Fedichkina Germany Nicole Schott [12]
2018 CS Russia Serafima Sakhanovich United States Ting Cui Finland Viveca Lindfors [13]
2019 Russia Ksenia Tsibinova Russia Anastasiia Guliakova Austria Olga Mikutina [14]
2020 Estonia Nataly Langerbaur No other competitors [6]
2021 Sweden Josefin Taljegård Latvia Angelīna Kučvaļska Finland Olivia Lisko [15]
2022 Estonia Kristina Škuleta-Gromova [16]
2023 Italy Sarina Joos Sweden Josefin Taljegård Estonia Kristina Lisovskaja [17]
2024 CS Belgium Nina Pinzarrone Kazakhstan Sofia Samodelkina Canada Sara-Maude Dupuis [18]
2025 CS Finland Olivia Lisko United States Sarah Everhardt United States Alina Bonillo [19]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011–14 No pairs competitions
2015 CS
  • Germany
[10]
2016 CS [11]
2017 CS [12]
2018 CS [13]
2019–25 No pairs competitions

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011
  • Estonia
  • Hanna-Maria Tammo
  • Geido Kapp
No other competitors [2]
2012–13 No ice dance competitions
2014
  • Georgia (country)
  • Tatiana Kozmava
  • Aleksandr Zolotarev
[9]
2015 CS [10]
2016 CS [11]
2017 CS [12]
2018 CS [13]
2019–23 No ice dance competitions
2024 CS [18]
2025 CS [19]

Junior results

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011 Estonia Samuel Koppel Estonia German Frolov No other competitors [2]
2012 Russia Daniil Parkman Russia Konstantin Mavromatti Russia Ilia Chernykh [7]
2013 Finland Roman Galay Finland Juho Pirinen [8]
2014 Israel Artem Tsoglin Georgia (country) Armen Agaian Finland Roman Galay [9]
2015 Russia Dmitry Bushlanov Russia Igor Efimchuk Estonia Daniil Zurav [10]
2016 Czech Republic Matyáš Bělohradský Germany Thomas Stoll Russia Nikita Starostin [11]
2017 Russia Andrei Mozalev Russia Maksim Fedotov Czech Republic Matyáš Bělohradský [12]
2018 Russia Artur Danielian Switzerland Tomás Guarino Sabaté Germany Nikita Starostin [13]
2019 France François Pitot France Xan Rols Sweden Oliver Praetorius [14]
2020 Estonia Arlet Levandi Estonia Jegor Martshenko No other competitors [6]
2021 Sweden Andreas Nordebäck Sweden Casper Johansson Estonia Jegor Martshenko [15]
2022 Ukraine Kyrylo Lishenko Estonia Jegor Martshenko Latvia Kirills Korkacs [16]
2023 Poland Matvii Yefymenko Latvia Kirills Korkacs Sweden Hugo Bostedt [17]
2024 Switzerland Ean Weiler Kazakhstan Nikita Krivosheyev [18]
2025 United States Patrick Blackwell United States Lorenzo Elano United States Zachary Lopinto [19]

Women's singles

Junior women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011 Estonia Sindra Kriisa Russia Viktoria Proshina Latvia Karine Rutlauka [2]
2012 Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Ekaterina Kozlovskaya [7]
2013 Norway Jemima Rasmuss Russia Ksenia Kochueva Estonia Diana Reinsalu [8]
2014 Finland Anni Järvenpää Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Estonia Kristina Škuleta-Gromova [9]
2015 Group I:
Switzerland Shaline Rügger
Group I:
Israel Ella Mizrahi
Group I:
France Séréna Giraud
[10]
Group II:
Russia Stanislava Konstantinova
Group II:
Russia Alisa Fedichkina
Group II:
Latvia Diāna Ņikitina
2016 Russia Alisa Fedichkina Russia Elizaveta Nugumanova Czech Republic Dahyun Ko [11]
2017 Russia Anastasiia Gubanova Ukraine Anastasiia Arkhypova Russia Anastasia Gracheva [12]
2018 South Korea You Young Finland Selma Välitalo Estonia Niina Petrõkina [13]
2019 Estonia Niina Petrokina Switzerland Anais Coraducci Denmark Maia Sorensen [14]
2020 Estonia Amalia Zelenjak Estonia Marianne Must Estonia Polina Jurtsenko [6]
2021 Latvia Nikola Fomchenkova Latvia Anastasija Konga [15]
2022 Poland Noelle Streuli Finland Rosa Reponen [16]
2023 Finland Iida Karhunen Switzerland Carla Anthea Gradinaru Estonia Nataly Langerbaur [17]
2024 Estonia Maria Eliise Kaljuvere Switzerland Leandra Tzimpoukakis United States Josephine Lee [18]
2025 Switzerland Leandra Tzimpoukakis United States Emilia Nemirovsky Estonia Maria Eliise Kaljuvere [19]

Pairs

Junior pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011–15 No junior pairs competitions
2016
  • Russia
No other competitors [11]
2017 [12]
2018–25 No junior pairs competitions

Ice dance

Junior ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011
  • Estonia
  • Victoria-Laura Löhmus
  • Andrei Davõdov
No other competitors [2]
2012
  • Estonia
  • Marina Elias
  • Denis Koreline
  • Estonia
  • Ksenia Shevchenko
  • German Frolov
No other competitors [7]
2013
  • Russia
  • Ekaterina Chernikina
  • Andrey Filatov
  • Estonia
  • Marina Elias
  • Denis Koreline
[8]
2014
  • Israel
  • Belarus
  • Emilia Kalehanova
  • Uladzislau Palhkhouski
[9]
2015
  • Russia
  • Aleksandra Amelkina
  • Andrey Filatov
  • France
[10]
2016
  • Russia
  • Russia
  • Polina Ivanenko
  • Daniil Karpov
[11]
2017
  • Russia
  • Julia Tultseva
  • Anatoliy Belovodchenko
[12]
2018
  • Russia
  • Ekaterina Katashinskaya
  • Aleksandr Vaskovich
[13]
2019 No junior ice dance competitions [14]
2020
  • Estonia
  • Tatjana Bunina
  • Ivan Kuznetsov
No other competitors [6]
2021–23 No junior ice dance competitions
2024
  • Germany
  • Alexia Kruk
  • Jan Eisenhaber
  • United Kingdom
  • Mimi Marler Davies
  • Joseph Black
  • Poland
  • Zofia Grzegorzewska
  • Oleg Muratov
[18]
2025
  • Italy
  • Zoe Bianchi
  • Daniel Basile
  • Switzerland
  • Seraina Tscharner
  • Laurin Wiederkehr
  • Spain
  • Lara Sundberg
  • Héctor González
[19]

Records

Stanislava Konstantinova at the 2019 Russian Championships
Josefin Taljegård at the 2024 World Championships
Aleksandr Selevko at the 2024 World Championships
From left to right: Stanislava Konstantinova of Russia and Josefin Taljegård of Sweden have each won two Tallinn Trophy titles in women's singles, while Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia has won three Tallinn Trophy titles in men's singles.
Records
Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 3 2020–21;
2025
[20]
Women's singles 2 2016–17 [21]
2021–22 [22]

Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

References

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