1997–98 ISU Junior Series

The 1997–98 ISU Junior Series was the first season of what was later named the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was designed to be a junior-level complement to the ISU Champions Series, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 5–8, 1998.

Competitions[]

The locations of the ISU Junior Grand Prix events change yearly. In the 1997–98 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Series notes[]

At the Junior Series Final, Timothy Goebel, the winner of the men's event, made history by becoming the first skater to land a quadruple salchow jump in competition. It was videotaped by the father of another skater.^[1]

Junior Series Final qualifiers[]

The following skaters qualified for the 1997–98 Junior Series Final, in order of qualification.

There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dance.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Timothy Goebel	Viktoria Volchkova	/	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali
2	Ivan Dinev	Julia Soldatova	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler
3	Matt Savoie	Amber Corwin	/ Jered Guzman	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo
4	Vincent Restencourt	Chisato Shina	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov
5	Christo Turlakov	Andrea Diewald	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai
6	David Jäschke	Shelby Lyons	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
7	Yosuke Takeuchi		–	–
8	Vitaly Danilchenko	Elena Pingachova	–	–

Christel Borghi was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Series Final. She placed 8th out of 8 competitors. Viktoria Volchkova withdrew before the competition with injury.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Timothy Goebel	Matthew Savoie	David Jäschke
Bulgaria	Ivan Dinev	Derrick Delmore	Yosuke Takeuchi
Ukraine	Timothy Goebel	Vincent Restencourt	Yosuke Takeuchi
Germany	Matthew Savoie	Alexei Vasilevski	David Jäschke
Hungary	Vitali Danilchenko	Christo Turlakov	Vincent Restencourt
Slovakia	Ivan Dinev		Juraj Sviatko
Final	Timothy Goebel	Ivan Dinev	Matthew Savoie

Ladies[]

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Elena Pingachova	Andrea Diewald	Shelby Lyons
Bulgaria		Brittney McConn	Chisato Shina
Ukraine	Viktoria Volchkova	Chisato Shiina
Germany	Amber Corwin	Julia Soldatova
Hungary	Julia Soldatova	Júlia Sebestyén	Anette Dytrt
Slovakia	Viktoria Volchkova	Amber Corwin	Erin Pearl
Final	Julia Soldatova	Amber Corwin	Elena Pingachova

Pairs[]

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov	/ Jered Guzman	/ Matthias Bleyer
Bulgaria	/	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	/
Ukraine	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	Viktoria Shliakhova / Grigori Petrovski
Germany	/ Jered Guzman	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov
Hungary	/	/	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski
Slovakia	Viktoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland	/ Andrew Muldoon
Final	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	/ Jered Guzman

Ice dance[]

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Julia Golovina /
Bulgaria	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Julia Golovina /
Ukraine	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev	/ Oleg Voiko
Germany	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
Hungary	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	Zita Gebora /	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov
Slovakia	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	/ Alexander Kirsanov	/ Anton Tereschenko
Final	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali

Medals table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	10	7	8	25
2	United States (USA)	9	9	6	24
3	Italy (ITA)	4	1	1	6
4	Ukraine (UKR)	3	1	2	6
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	2	0	4
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	0	3
7	France (FRA)	0	2	1	3
8	Germany (GER)	0	1	4	5
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	4	5
10	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		28	28	28	84

References[]

External links[]

• 1997–98 Results at Skate Canada
• 1997–98 Results at Ice Skating International
• 1997–98 ISU Junior Series at the Figure Skating Corner