Ice Challenge
The Icechallenge (formerly known as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen or Leo Scheu Memorial) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Grazer Eislaufverein and sanctioned by the Austrian Figure Skating association and the International Skating Union. The event is usually held every autumn in Graz, Austria. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series. In 2021 the Icechallenge will again be part of the ISU Challenger Series.
History[]
The event began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen (Leo Scheu Memorial). It was re-titled the Icechallenge in 2008.[1] The name Leo Scheu Memorial was retained for a junior, novice, and lower-level competition that is held in conjunction with the senior event. Leo Scheu was the founder of the ice skating club Graz and a member of the Nazi Party.[2]
In 2011, the ISU designated the Ice Challenge as one of the events at which skaters could achieve a minimum score.[3] In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series. The 2016 edition was cancelled.[4]
Senior medalists[]
Men[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  Tomáš Verner |
 Anton Kovalevski |
 Alban Préaubert |
[5] |
| 2010 |  Alexander Majorov |
 Douglas Razzano |
Kristoffer Berntsson |
[6] |
| 2011 | Stephen Carriere |
 Misha Ge |
 Viktor Pfeifer |
[7] |
| 2012 |  Peter Liebers |
Douglas Razzano |
Armin Mahbanoozadeh |
[8] |
| 2013 |  Denis Ten |
Viktor Pfeifer |
 Gordei Gorshkov |
[9] |
| 2014 CS | Douglas Razzano |
Alexander Samarin |
Martin Rappe |
[10] |
| 2015 CS | Artur Dmitriev Jr. |
Jason Brown |
Mikhail Kolyada |
[11] |
| 2017 |  Daniel Grassl |
 Javier Raya |
Adrien Tesson |
[12] |
| 2021 CS |  Nika Egadze |
 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda |
Ilia Malinin |
[13] |
Ladies[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kanako Murakami |
Valentina Marchei |
Amanda Dobbs |
[5] |
| 2010 | Lena Marrocco |
Natalia Popova |
Sarah Hecken |
[6] |
| 2011 | Caroline Zhang |
Natalia Popova |
Linnea Mellgren |
[7] |
| 2012 |  Jenna McCorkell |
Isabelle Olsson |
 Monika Simančíková |
[8] |
| 2013 | Courtney Hicks |
Miki Ando |
Nicole Rajičová |
[9] |
| 2014 CS | Hannah Miller |
Isabelle Olsson |
 Ivett Tóth |
[10] |
| 2015 CS | Mirai Nagasu |
Maria Artemieva |
Tyler Pierce |
[11] |
| 2017 |  Dasa Grm |
Giada Russo |
|
[12] |
| 2021 CS | Wakaba Higuchi |
 Park Yeon-jeong |
 Niina Petrõkina |
[13] |
Pairs[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin |
Chloe Katz / Joseph Lynch |
Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek |
[5] |
| 2010 | Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende |
Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin |
 / |
[6] |
| 2011 | / Chris Knierim |
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave |
 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski |
[7] |
| 2012 | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir |
Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff |
Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski |
[8] |
| 2013 | Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff |
Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende |
Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea |
[9] |
| 2014 CS | Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin |
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer |
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave |
[10] |
| 2015 CS | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim |
Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert |
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise |
[11] |
| 2017 | / |
No other competitors | [12] | |
| 2021 |  / |
No other competitors | [14] | |
Ice dancing[]
Junior medalists[]
Men[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Franz Streubel |
 Kamil Białas |
 Timothy Leemann |
[5] |
| 2010 | Stanislav Pertsov |
Martin Rappe |
Olexander Kucher |
[6] |
| 2011 | Peter James Hallam |
|
Nicola Todeschini |
[7] |
| 2012 | |
|
Peter James Hallam |
[8] |
| 2013 | |
|
|
[9] |
| 2014 | Dmitri Aliev |
Byun Se-jong |
|
[15] |
| 2015 | Petr Gumennik |
Daniel Grassl |
|
[16] |
| 2016 | No competition held | |||
| 2017 | Jonathan Hess |
Gabriele Frangipani |
|
[17] |
| 2021 | |
 |
 |
[14] |
Ladies[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Gerli Liinamäe |
|
|
[5] |
| 2010 | Monika Simančíková |
Isabelle Olsson |
|
[6] |
| 2011 | Kristina Zaseeva |
|
|
[7] |
| 2012 | Sabrina Schulz |
|
 |
[8] |
| 2013 | |
Anna Dušková |
Yasmine Kimiko Yamada |
[9] |
| 2014 | Lea Johanna Dastich |
|
Anna Dušková |
[15] |
| 2015 | Stanislava Konstantinova |
|
|
[16] |
| 2016 | No competition held | |||
| 2017 | Alessia Tornaghi |
Stefanie Pesendorfer |
Júlia Láng |
[17] |
| 2021 | |
|
 |
[14] |
Pairs[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař |
/ |
/ |
[5] |
| 2010 |  / |
No other competitors | [6] | |
| 2011 | Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin |
Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński |
Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer |
[7] |
| 2012 | Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert |
No other competitors | [8] | |
| 2013 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař |
No other competitors | [9] | |
| 2014 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař |
No other competitors | [15] | |
| 2015 | No pairs competition | |||
| 2016 | No competition held | |||
| 2017 | / |
No other competitors | [17] | |
| 2021 | / |
/ |
No other competitors | [14] |
Ice dancing[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Stefanie Frohberg / Tim Giesen |
Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk |
Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost |
[5] |
| 2010 | / Michal Češka |
Lolita Yermak / |
/ Alexandr Sinicyn |
[6] |
| 2011 | / Vasili Rogov |
/ |
Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki |
[7] |
| 2012 | Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın |
/ |
Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd |
[8] |
| 2013 | Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács |
Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac |
/ |
[9] |
| 2014 | Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács |
Sara Ghislandi / |
/ Andrei Bagin |
[15] |
| 2015 | No ice dancing competition | |||
| 2016 | No competition held | |||
| 2017 | Sasha Fear / George Waddell |
Ria Schwendinger / Valentin Wunderlich |
/ Danyil Semko |
[17] |
| 2021 | Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell |
/ |
/ |
[14] |
Advanced novice medalists[]
Boys[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  Michael Christian Martinez |
|
|
[5] |
| 2010 | |
Marco Klepoch |
|
[6] |
| 2011 |  Sondre Oddvoll Boe |
|
Marco Klepoch |
[7] |
| 2012 | |
|
 |
[8] |
| 2013 | |
Petr Kotlařík |
Matýaš Bělohradský |
[9] |
| 2014 | |
|
|
[15] |
| 2015 | |
|
|
[16] |
| 2016 | No novice competition | |||
| 2017 | |
|
|
[17] |
| 2021 | |
No other competitors | [18] | |
Girls[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | |
Victoria Manni |
Agata Kryger |
[5] |
| 2010 | Alisson Perticheto |
Lutricia Bock |
|
[6] |
| 2011 | Liubov Efimenko |
|
|
[7] |
| 2012 | Danielle Harrison |
|
|
[8] |
| 2013 | Anita Östlund |
|
Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková |
[9] |
| 2014 | |
|
|
[15] |
| 2015 |  Alina Urušadze |
|
|
[16] |
| 2016 | No novice competition | |||
| 2017 | |
Regina Schermann |
|
[17] |
| 2021 | |
|
|
[18] |
Pairs[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin |
No other competitors | [5] | |
| 2010– 2011 |
No pairs competition | |||
| 2012 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař |
/ Petr Kotlařík |
/ |
[8] |
| 2013 | / Petr Kotlařík |
No other competitors | [9] | |
| 2014– 2017 |
No pairs competition | [15] | ||
| 2021 | No pairs competition | [18] | ||
Ice dancing[]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki |
Joanna Zając / |
/ |
[5] |
| 2010 | / |
/ |
 / |
[6] |
| 2011 | / Grigory Smirnov |
No other competitors | [7] | |
| 2012 | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov |
/ |
/ |
[8] |
| 2013 | No ice dancing competition | |||
| 2014 | / |
/ |
/ |
[15] |
| 2015– 2016 |
No ice dancing competition | |||
| 2017 | / |
/ |
/ |
[17] |
| 2021 | No ice dancing competition | [18] | ||
References[]
- ^ "Eleven U.S. athletes head to Ice Challenge". IceNetwork. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ Endbericht der ExpertInnenkommission für Straßennamen Graz (Final Report of Experts of The City of Graz Street Names), Graz 2017, pp. 126-128.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix 2011 - 12 Announcement". International Skating Union. July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Ice Challenge". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2009 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2010 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2011 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2012 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2013 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 2013-11-21.
- ^ a b c d "2014 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "2015 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 2015-10-28.
- ^ a b c d "Ice Challenge 2017". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c "2021 Challenger Series Cup of Austria by Icechallenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
- ^ a b c d e "Icechallenge 2021". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "2014 Leo Scheu Memorial". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "2015 Leo Scheu Memorial". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2017 Leo Scheu Memorial". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
- ^ a b c d "2021 Icechallenge Next Gen". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Ice Challenge
- ISU Challenger Series
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Austria
- Sport in Graz