Golden Bear of Zagreb

The Golden Bear (Croatian: Zlatni medvjed) is an ISU annual international and inter-club figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. Held since 1986, the event is organized by the Medveščak figure skating club. It is the equivalent of the Golden Spin of Zagreb intended for Junior and Novice skaters, as well as skaters below the Novice level (Cubs and Chicks). In 2012, senior-level events were added. Skaters may compete in three disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.

Senior medalists[]

Men[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
2012	Mario Rafael Ionian		No other competitors
2013	David Richardson		Márton Markó	[1]
2014	No competitors			[2]
2015	Matthias Versluis	Peter James Hallam	David Kranjec	[3]
2016	Kévin Aymoz	Phillip Harris	Stéphane Walker	[4]
2017	Daniel Grassl	Graham Newberry	Lukas Britschgi	[5]
2018	Daniel Grassl	Paul Fentz		[6]
2019	Irakli Maysuradze	Luc Maierhofer	Lukas Britschgi	[7]

Ladies[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
2012	Kerstin Frank		Roberta Rodeghiero
2013	Nikol Gosviani	Daša Grm	Carol Bressanutti	[1]
2014	Carol Bressanutti	Daša Grm		[2]
2015	Linnea Mellgren		Carol Bressanutti	[3]
2016	Laurine Lecavelier	Giada Russo	Nicole Schott	[4]
2017	Diāna Ņikitina	Dasa Grm	Matilda Algotsson	[5]
2018	Natasha McKay			[6]
2019	Alessia Tornaghi	Olga Mikutina	Natasha McKay	[7]

Junior medalists[]

Men[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1996	Gregor Urbas		No other competitors
1997				[8]
1998	Gregor Urbas	Florian Just		[9]
1999	Gregor Urbas	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Matthew Wilkinson	[10]
2000		Gregor Urbas	Vadim Akolzin	[11]
2001	Sergei Kotov	Alper Uçar	Damjan Ostojič	[12]
2002	Mikko Minkkinen	Visa Tuominen	Alper Uçar	[13]
2003	Pavel Kaška	Luka Čadež	Michal Matloch	[14]
2004	Boris Martinec	Kutay Eryoldas		[15]
2005	Thomas Paulson		Boris Martinec	[16]
2006	Severin Kiefer			[17]
2007	Mikael Redin	Martin Rappe	Boris Martinec	[18]
2008	Competition cancelled
2009		No other competitors		[19]
2010	Competition cancelled
2011			No other competitors	[20]
2012				[21]
2013				[1]
2014	Alessandro Fadini			[2]
2015	Daniel Grassl		Josh Brown	[3]
2016	Daniel Grassl	Nurullah Sahaka		[4]
2017		Gabriele Frangipani		[5]
2018	Gabriele Frangipani			[6]
2019				[7]

Ladies[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1997		Karin Brandstätter		[8]
1998	Andrea Diewald			[9]
1999	Lucie Krausová			[10]
2000	Idora Hegel	Eva-Maria Fitze		[11]
2001	Idora Hegel		Teodora Poštič	[12]
2002		Fleur Maxwell	Darja Škrlj	[13]
2003		Željka Krizmanić		[14]
2004	Henriikka Hietaniemi	Željka Krizmanić		[15]
2005	Alexandra Ievleva	Željka Krizmanić		[16]
2006	Linnea Mellgren	Katharina Gierok	Katherina Hadford	[17]
2007			Linnea Mellgren	[18]
2008	Competition cancelled
2009	Patricia Gleščič		Daša Grm	[19]
2010	Competition cancelled
2011				[20]
2012	Ivett Tóth			[21]
2013				[1]
2014				[2]
2015	Choi Yu-jin	Rebecca Ghilardi	Anna Litvinenko	[3]
2016	Starr Andrews			[4]
2017		Lucrezia Beccari		[5]
2018	Alena Kanysheva		Lucrezia Beccari	[6]
2019		Stefanie Pesendorfer	Nargiz Suleymanova	[7]

Pairs[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
2003	/	No other competitors
2004–	No pairs competition

Advanced novice medalists[]

Men[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1997			No other competitors	[8]
1998		Alper Uçar	No other competitors	[9]
1999	Jamal Othman	Tomáš Verner	Tomáš Janečko	[10]
2000	Tomaš Janecko	Marc Casal	No other competitors	[11]
2001	Tomislav Bišćan	Konrad Giering		[12]
2002	Viktor Pfeifer			[13]
2003	Kutay Eryoldas			[14]
2004	Ali Demirboga		No other competitors	[15]
2005			No other competitors	[16]
2006				[17]
2007	Petr Coufal		No other competitors	[18]
2008	Competition cancelled
2009				[19]
2010	Competition cancelled
2011				[20]
2012				[21]
2013		Michael Chrastecky	No other competitors	[1]
2014	Daniel Grassl	No other competitors		[2]
2015		No other competitors		[3]
2016		François Pitot		[4]
2017				[5]
2018		Ilia Malinin		[6]

Ladies[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1997		Darja Škrlj	Teodora Poštič	[8]
1998				[9]
1999				[10]
2000		Jana Sýkorová		[11]
2001	Fleur Maxwell	Megan Allely		[12]
2002			Ilona Senderek	[13]
2003	Kim Yuna	Buse Coskun		[14]
2004				[15]
2005				[16]
2006	Stina Martini	Victoria Manni		[17]
2007				[18]
2008	Competition cancelled
2009				[19]
2010	Competition cancelled
2011				[20]
2012	Emmi Peltonen		Alisa Stomakhina	[21]
2013				[1]
2014				[2]
2015		Sophia Schaller		[3]
2016		Audrey Shin		[4]
2017				[5]
2018				[6]

Pairs[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
2011	/	/	Lana Petranović /
2012	/	Ivona Horvat /	No other competitors
2012–	No pairs competition

References[]

External links[]

• KKK Medvescak
• Slovene Skating Union: Historical placements: Slovenian athletes
• Croatian Skating Union: History
• 2002 Competition (in Turkish)