ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995,[1] incorporating several previously existing events. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The junior-level equivalent is the ISU Junior Grand Prix.
Summary[]
Competitions[]
Currently, the sanctioned competitions for the Grand Prix are:
- Skate America. First held in 1979 as Norton Skate, the event has been part of the series since 1995 and its location changes yearly.
- Skate Canada International. First held in 1973, the event has been part of the series since 1995 and its location changes yearly. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Cup of China. It was created in 2003 and joined the Grand Prix series in the same year, replacing the German event. It has been held in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Nanjing, and Chongqing. It was replaced in 2018 by the Grand Prix of Helsinki and in 2021 by the Gran Premio d'Italia.
- Internationaux de France (Grand Prix International de Paris 1987–93, Trophée de France 1994–95, 2016, Trophée Lalique 1996–2003, and Trophée Éric Bompard 2004–15). First held in 1987, the event has been part of the series since 1995. From 1987 to 2014, it was always held in Paris, with the exception of 1991 (Albertville), 1994 (Lyon), and 1995 (Bordeaux). Since 2014, it has been held in Bordeaux (2014, 2015), Paris (2016), and Grenoble (2017 onwards). It was cancelled after the first day in 2015 due to the November 2015 Paris attacks and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Gran Premio d'Italia. The event replaced Cup of China in 2021 after it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Rostelecom Cup (Cup of Russia from 1996 to 2008, 2010). The Prize of Moscow News (1966–1990) having disappeared with the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Cup of Russia was established in 1996 and joined the series in the same year, adopting the name Rostelecom Cup in 2009. It is generally held in Moscow, but has also been held in Saint Petersburg and Sochi.
- NHK Trophy. First held in 1979, the event has been part of the series since 1995. The location changes yearly — it has been held in Tokyo, Sapporo, Kobe, Kushiro, Asahikawa, Hiroshima, Chiba, Morioka, Nagoya, Osaka, Nagano, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Fukuoka, and Sendai.
- Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (Champions Series Final from 1995 to 1997). Created in 1995 to serve as the concluding event, it features the top six qualifiers in each discipline from the six earlier competitions. The event adopted its current name in the 1998–99 season. Its location changes yearly.
Discontinued competitions[]
- Bofrost Cup on Ice (Earlier names: Fujifilm Trophy from 1986 to 1987, Nations Cup from 1995 to 1997, Sparkassen Cup on Ice from 1998 to 2001). First held in 1986, the event was part of the series from 1995 to 2002. Generally held in Gelsenkirchen, the event adopted the name Bofrost Cup on Ice in 2002.
- Grand Prix of Helsinki. The event replaced Cup of China in 2018. Cup of China returned to the series from the 2019–20 season onwards.
Background[]
Fall international competitions such as Skate America, organized by the skating federations of their host countries, had been held for many years prior to being organized into a series as separate individual events. Following the Nancy Kerrigan attack in 1994, television coverage of skating was saturated with made-for-TV professional skating events, while the traditional "amateur" or "eligible" competitions were neglected. In order to remedy this situation, in 1995, the skating federations from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan began to plan their events as a series with cooperative marketing of the television rights in those countries, and with prize money funded by the sale of those rights. At this point, the International Skating Union stepped in and asserted its ownership of the international television rights to the series.
When it was first created in the 1995–1996 skating season, the series was known as the ISU Champions Series. It did not become known as the Grand Prix of Figure Skating until the 1998–1999 season, when the ISU gained the rights to use that name.
It was originally composed of five events, held in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, and France. Following the demise of the Prize of Moscow News, last held in 1990, the Russian federation created the Cup of Russia, which increased the number of events to six in 1996, the series' second year. In the fall of 2003, the event in Germany, the Bofrost Cup on Ice, was discontinued, and was replaced with one in China, due to the ISU having negotiated a more favorable television contract in that country.
In 1997, the ISU also created a similar series of developmental events for junior age-eligible skaters. Initially known as the ISU Junior Series, these events are now named the ISU Junior Grand Prix. This season begins before the senior-level one does.
Qualifying[]
Skaters are entered in the individual events either by being seeded or by invitation. The seeding of top skaters at Grand Prix events basically takes into account their placement from the previous World Championships, as well as their ISU international ranking. Skaters who are not seeded can be invited by the hosting country and each country can invite up to three of their own skaters for each discipline. This is to give a balanced field throughout the series, as well as allowing the hosting country a chance to showcase their top competitors.
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating uses a points-based system based on results from the selected international events. The top qualifying skaters from each discipline are eligible to compete in the Grand Prix Figure Skating Final. The entry, seeding, and qualification rules for the individual events have varied from year to year, and also between the different disciplines. Currently, skaters are assigned to one or two events.
Starting with the 2003–04 season, the Interim Judging System was introduced for scoring events in the Grand Prix. This later developed into the ISU Judging System, often called the Code of Points (CoP), of figure skating, replacing the previous 6.0 system.
Over the years, the ISU has experimented with different formats for the Grand Prix Final competition. In some years, skaters were required to prepare three different programs rather than the normal two, with the third program being used for a skate-off between the top two finishers in each discipline after the initial rounds. This is no longer the case.
Eligibility[]
To be eligible for the senior Grand Prix series, skaters are required to have turned 15 by the preceding July 1 (e.g. July 1, 2009 for the 2009–10 series). A skater must meet the age requirement before it turns July 1 in their place of birth. For example, Adelina Sotnikova was born a few hours into July 1, 1996, in Moscow and consequently, was not eligible to compete until the 2011–12 season.[2]
In 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the senior Grand Prix series and set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a senior Grand Prix event, skaters must earn the following:[3]
Discipline | Minimum |
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Men | 168.60 |
Ladies | 117.48 |
Pairs | 130.71 |
Ice dance | 111.15 |
The International Skating Union decided that the minimums do not apply to "host picks", i.e. Canadians Adriana DeSanctis and Elladj Baldé were allowed to compete at their home country's event, 2011 Skate Canada, despite failing to reach the minimums at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy.
Gold medalists[]
Men[]
Men's gold medalists | |||||||
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Year | Skate America | Skate Canada | Cup of China † | Internationaux de France ‡ | Cup of Russia ‡‡ | NHK Trophy | Grand Prix Final |
1995 | Todd Eldredge | Alexei Urmanov | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Ilia Kulik | not held | Elvis Stojko | Alexei Urmanov |
1996 | Todd Eldredge | Elvis Stojko | Alexei Urmanov | Todd Eldredge | Alexei Urmanov | Elvis Stojko | Elvis Stojko |
1997 | Todd Eldredge | Elvis Stojko | Elvis Stojko | Alexei Yagudin | Alexei Yagudin | Ilia Kulik | Ilia Kulik |
1998 | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Alexei Yagudin | Alexei Yagudin | Alexei Urmanov | Evgeni Plushenko | Alexei Yagudin |
1999 | Alexei Yagudin | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko |
2000 | Timothy Goebel | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko |
2001 | Timothy Goebel | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Takeshi Honda | Alexei Yagudin |
2002 | Brian Joubert | Takeshi Honda | Evgeni Plushenko | Michael Weiss | Evgeni Plushenko | Ilia Klimkin | Evgeni Plushenko |
2003 | Michael Weiss | Evgeni Plushenko | Timothy Goebel | Evgeni Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko | Jeffrey Buttle | Emanuel Sandhu |
2004 | Brian Joubert | Emanuel Sandhu | Jeffrey Buttle | Johnny Weir | Evgeni Plushenko | Johnny Weir | Evgeni Plushenko |
2005 | Daisuke Takahashi | Emanuel Sandhu | Emanuel Sandhu | Jeffrey Buttle | Evgeni Plushenko | Nobunari Oda | Stéphane Lambiel |
2006 | Nobunari Oda | Stéphane Lambiel | Evan Lysacek | Brian Joubert | Brian Joubert | Daisuke Takahashi | Brian Joubert |
2007 | Daisuke Takahashi | Brian Joubert | Johnny Weir | Patrick Chan | Johnny Weir | Daisuke Takahashi | Stéphane Lambiel |
2008 | Takahiko Kozuka | Patrick Chan | Jeremy Abbott | Patrick Chan | Brian Joubert | Nobunari Oda | Jeremy Abbott |
2009 | Evan Lysacek | Jeremy Abbott | Nobunari Oda | Nobunari Oda | Evgeni Plushenko | Brian Joubert | Evan Lysacek |
2010 | Daisuke Takahashi | Patrick Chan | Takahiko Kozuka | Takahiko Kozuka | Tomáš Verner | Daisuke Takahashi | Patrick Chan |
2011 | Michal Březina | Patrick Chan | Jeremy Abbott | Patrick Chan | Yuzuru Hanyu | Daisuke Takahashi | Patrick Chan |
2012 | Takahiko Kozuka | Javier Fernández | Tatsuki Machida | Takahito Mura | Patrick Chan | Yuzuru Hanyu | Daisuke Takahashi |
2013 | Tatsuki Machida | Patrick Chan | Yan Han | Patrick Chan | Tatsuki Machida | Daisuke Takahashi | Yuzuru Hanyu |
2014 | Tatsuki Machida | Takahito Mura | Maxim Kovtun | Maxim Kovtun | Javier Fernández | Daisuke Murakami | Yuzuru Hanyu |
2015 | Max Aaron | Patrick Chan | Javier Fernández | Shoma Uno | Javier Fernández | Yuzuru Hanyu | Yuzuru Hanyu |
2016 | Shoma Uno | Patrick Chan | Patrick Chan | Javier Fernández | Javier Fernández | Yuzuru Hanyu | Yuzuru Hanyu |
2017 | Nathan Chen | Shoma Uno | Mikhail Kolyada | Javier Fernández | Nathan Chen | Sergei Voronov | Nathan Chen |
2018 | Nathan Chen | Shoma Uno | Yuzuru Hanyu | Nathan Chen | Yuzuru Hanyu | Shoma Uno | Nathan Chen |
2019 | Nathan Chen | Yuzuru Hanyu | Jin Boyang | Nathan Chen | Alexander Samarin | Yuzuru Hanyu | Nathan Chen |
2020 | Nathan Chen | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Jin Boyang | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Mikhail Kolyada | Yuma Kagiyama | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
2021 | Vincent Zhou | Nathan Chen | Yuma Kagiyama | Yuma Kagiyama | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Shoma Uno | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
Ladies[]
Ladies' gold medalists | |||||||
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Year | Skate America | Skate Canada | Cup of China † | Internationaux de France ‡ | Cup of Russia ‡‡ | NHK Trophy | Grand Prix Final |
1995 | Michelle Kwan | Michelle Kwan | Michelle Kwan | Josée Chouinard | not held | Chen Lu | Michelle Kwan |
1996 | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Irina Slutskaya | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Maria Butyrskaya | Tara Lipinski |
1997 | Michelle Kwan | Michelle Kwan | Tanja Szewczenko | Laetitia Hubert | Irina Slutskaya | Tanja Szewczenko | Tara Lipinski |
1998 | Maria Butyrskaya | Elena Liashenko | Elena Sokolova | Maria Butyrskaya | Elena Sokolova | Tatiana Malinina | Tatiana Malinina |
1999 | Michelle Kwan | Michelle Kwan | Maria Butyrskaya | Maria Butyrskaya | Irina Slutskaya | Maria Butyrskaya | Irina Slutskaya |
2000 | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Maria Butyrskaya | Maria Butyrskaya | Irina Slutskaya | Irina Slutskaya | Irina Slutskaya |
2001 | Michelle Kwan | Sarah Hughes | Maria Butyrskaya | Maria Butyrskaya | Irina Slutskaya | Tatiana Malinina | Irina Slutskaya |
2002 | Michelle Kwan | Sasha Cohen | Yoshie Onda | Sasha Cohen | Viktoria Volchkova | Yoshie Onda | Sasha Cohen |
2003 | Sasha Cohen | Sasha Cohen | Elena Liashenko | Sasha Cohen | Elena Liashenko | Fumie Suguri | Fumie Suguri |
2004 | Angela Nikodinov | Cynthia Phaneuf | Irina Slutskaya | Joannie Rochette | Irina Slutskaya | Shizuka Arakawa | Irina Slutskaya |
2005 | Elena Sokolova | Alissa Czisny | Irina Slutskaya | Mao Asada | Irina Slutskaya | Yukari Nakano | Mao Asada |
2006 | Miki Ando | Joannie Rochette | Júlia Sebestyén | Yuna Kim | Sarah Meier | Mao Asada | Yuna Kim |
2007 | Kimmie Meissner | Mao Asada | Yuna Kim | Mao Asada | Yuna Kim | Carolina Kostner | Yuna Kim |
2008 | Yuna Kim | Joannie Rochette | Yuna Kim | Joannie Rochette | Carolina Kostner | Mao Asada | Mao Asada |
2009 | Yuna Kim | Joannie Rochette | Akiko Suzuki | Yuna Kim | Miki Ando | Miki Ando | Yuna Kim |
2010 | Kanako Murakami | Alissa Czisny | Miki Ando | Kiira Korpi | Miki Ando | Carolina Kostner | Alissa Czisny |
2011 | Alissa Czisny | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Carolina Kostner | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Mao Asada | Akiko Suzuki | Carolina Kostner |
2012 | Ashley Wagner | Kaetlyn Osmond | Mao Asada | Ashley Wagner | Kiira Korpi | Mao Asada | Mao Asada |
2013 | Mao Asada | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Anna Pogorilaya | Ashley Wagner | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Mao Asada | Mao Asada |
2014 | Elena Radionova | Anna Pogorilaya | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Elena Radionova | Rika Hongo | Gracie Gold | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva |
2015 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Ashley Wagner | Mao Asada | Gracie Gold | Elena Radionova | Satoko Miyahara | Evgenia Medvedeva |
2016 | Ashley Wagner | Evgenia Medvedeva | Elena Radionova | Evgenia Medvedeva | Anna Pogorilaya | Anna Pogorilaya | Evgenia Medvedeva |
2017 | Satoko Miyahara | Kaetlyn Osmond | Alina Zagitova | Alina Zagitova | Evgenia Medvedeva | Evgenia Medvedeva | Alina Zagitova |
2018 | Satoko Miyahara | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Alina Zagitova | Rika Kihira | Alina Zagitova | Rika Kihira | Rika Kihira |
2019 | Anna Shcherbakova | Alexandra Trusova | Anna Shcherbakova | Alena Kostornaia | Alexandra Trusova | Alena Kostornaia | Alena Kostornaia |
2020 | Mariah Bell | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Chen Hongyi | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Kaori Sakamoto | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
2021 | Alexandra Trusova | Kamila Valieva | Anna Shcherbakova | Anna Shcherbakova | Kamila Valieva | Kaori Sakamoto | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
Pairs[]
Pairs' gold medalists | |||||||
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Year | Skate America | Skate Canada | Cup of China † | Internationaux de France ‡ | Cup of Russia ‡‡ | NHK Trophy | Grand Prix Final |
1995 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov | not held | Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov | Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov |
1996 | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer |
1997 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze |
1998 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo |
1999 | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo |
2000 | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier |
2001 | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier |
2002 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin |
2003 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo |
2004 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo |
2005 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin |
2006 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo |
2007 | Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |
2008 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Pang Qing / Tong Jian |
2009 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo |
2010 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |
2011 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |
2012 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov |
2013 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |
2014 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford |
2015 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov |
2016 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov |
2017 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot |
2018 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès |
2019 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong |
2020 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | no pairs discipline | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
2021 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
Ice dance[]
Ice dance's gold medalists | |||||||
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Year | Skate America | Skate Canada | Cup of China † | Internationaux de France ‡ | Cup of Russia ‡‡ | NHK Trophy | Grand Prix Final |
1995 | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | not held | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov |
1996 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz |
1997 | Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov |
1998 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov |
1999 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat |
2000 | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio |
2001 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz |
2002 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh |
2003 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov |
2004 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov |
2005 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov |
2006 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski |
2007 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin |
2008 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder |
2009 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
2010 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
2011 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
2012 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
2013 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
2014 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
2015 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
2016 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |
2017 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
2018 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
2019 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
2020 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | cancelled ‡‡‡ | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
2021 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | cancelled ‡‡‡ |
† From 1995 to 2002, this spot on the Grand Prix calendar was filled by the German Cup on Ice (which went by several different names in succession). The Cup of China replaced it on the circuit in 2003 and has held that spot ever since, with the exception of 2018 and 2021, when the Cup of China did not take place; its spots on the calendar were filled that years by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia respectively. The names of the medalists in this table reflect the winners of those respective events for the years that the Cup of China was not held.
‡ Previously known as the Trophée de France (1995, 2016), Trophée Lalique (1996–2003), and Trophée Éric Bompard (2004–2015).
‡‡ Known since 2009 as the Rostelecom Cup for commercial purposes.
‡‡‡ Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top gold medalists[]
Only top 10 positions by number of victories (in each discipline) are shown here. Bold denotes active skater. Skaters who at least once participated in three Grand Prix events within a single season, the Grand Prix Final not included, are marked with an asterisk (*).
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References[]
- ^ Reuters Staff (2020-08-05). "Figure skating: ISU Grand Prix Series to go ahead, events targeted at domestic skaters". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
The Grand Prix Series, held every year since 1995, is a six-fixture event that qualifies the top six skaters and teams in each discipline for the Grand Prix Final in December.
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- ^ "ISU Grand Prix 2011 - 12 Announcement". International Skating Union. July 2011. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
External links[]
- ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
- Figure skating tours and series