ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland

Junior Grand Prix in Poland
StatusActive
GenreISU Junior Grand Prix
FrequencyOccasional
Country Poland
Inaugurated2000
Previous event2024 Solidarity Cup
Next event2025 JGP Poland
Organized byPolish Figure Skating Association

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Polish Figure Skating Association (Polish: Polski Związek Łyżwiarstwa Figurowego). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

History

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.[1]

Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before 1 July, and if they have not yet turned 19 (for single skaters), 21 (for ice dancers and female pair skaters), or 23 (for male pair skaters). Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations rather than by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.[2]

The inaugural Junior Grand Prix in Poland champions: Ryan Bradley of the United States (men's singles) and Anna Jurkiewicz of Poland (women's singles)

Poland hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 2000 in Gdańsk. Ryan Bradley of the United States won the men's event, Anna Jurkiewicz of Poland won the women's event, Julia Karbovskaya and Sergei Slavnov of Russia won the pairs event, and Elena Romanovskaya and Alexander Grachev, also of Russia, won the ice dance event.[3]

Poland has twice hosted the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the culminating event of the Junior Grand Prix series. The 1999 Junior Grand Prix Final was held in Gdańsk. Gao Song of China won the men's event, Deanna Stellato of the United States won the women's event, Aljona Savchenko and Stanislav Morozov of Ukraine won the pairs event, and Natalia Romaniuta and Daniil Barantsev of Russia won the ice dance event.[4] The 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final was also held in Gdańsk. Adam Rippon and Mirai Nagasu, both of the United States, won the men's and women's events, respectively; and Maria Monko and Ilia Tkachenko of Russia won the ice dance event.[5] Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov of Russia originally won the pairs event, but when a positive drug test from Larionov revealed the presence of a banned substance, they were stripped of their gold medals,[6] and Ksenia Krasilnikova and Konstantin Bezmaternikh, also of Russia, were elevated to pairs champions.[7]

The Croatian Skating Federation was scheduled to host the fifth competition of the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix Series in Zagreb, but cancelled the event for "logistical reasons."[8] The French Federation of Ice Sports had originally volunteered to host a replacement event in Grenoble; however, it, too, was cancelled. The event was reallocated to Poland,[9] where two Junior Grand Prix competitions were held back-to-back in Gdańsk.[10]

The 2025 competition is scheduled to be held 1–4 October in Gdańsk, and will be the sixth event in the 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Series.[11]

Medalists

The 2024 Solidarity Cup champions: Mao Shimada of Japan (women's singles); Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang of China (pair skating); and Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski of the United States (ice dance)
Not pictured: Lukáš Václavík of Slovakia (men's singles)

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Final Gdańsk Gao Song Stefan Lindemann Fedor Andreev [4]
2000 Ryan Bradley Andrei Griazev Stanislav Timchenko [3]
2001 Stanislav Timchenko Karel Zelenka Alexander Uspenski [12]
2003 Parker Pennington Alexander Uspenski Yasuharu Nanri [13]
2005 Alexander Uspenski Austin Kanallakan Yang Chao [14]
2007 Final Adam Rippon Brandon Mroz Armin Mahbanoozadeh [5]
2009 Toruń Yuzuru Hanyu Austin Kanallakan Gordei Gorshkov [15]
2011 Gdańsk Joshua Farris Artur Dmitriev Jr. Ryuichi Kihara [16]
2013 Adian Pitkeev Alexander Petrov Zhang He [17]
2015 Toruń Sota Yamamoto Deniss Vasiļjevs Roman Sadovsky [18]
2017 Gdańsk Alexey Erokhov Camden Pulkinen Conrad Orzel [19]
2019 Daniil Samsonov Yuma Kagiyama Daniel Grassl [20]
2021 Gleb Lutfullin Mikhail Shaidorov Egor Rukhin [21]
2022
Poland I 		Lucas Broussard Chen Yudong Raffaele Francesco Zich [22]
2022
Poland II 		Takeru Amine Kataise Robert Yampolsky Seo Min-kyu [23]
2023 Lim Ju-heon Beck Strommer Daiya Ebihara [24]
2024 Lukáš Václavík Sena Takahashi Seo Min-kyu [25]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Final Gdańsk Deanna Stellato Jennifer Kirk Svetlana Bukareva [4]
2000 Anna Jurkiewicz Colette Irving Carina Chen [3]
2001 Irina Tkatchuk Svitlana Pylypenko Magdalena Leska [12]
2003 Viktória Pavuk Akiko Kitamura Kiira Korpi [13]
2005 Haruka Inoue Xu Binshu [14]
2007 Final Mirai Nagasu Rachael Flatt Yuki Nishino [5]
2009 Toruń Kanako Murakami Anna Ovcharova Christina Gao [15]
2011 Gdańsk Yulia Lipnitskaya Satoko Miyahara Samantha Cesario [16]
2013 Evgenia Medvedeva Angela Wang Gabrielle Daleman [17]
2015 Toruń Polina Tsurskaya Ekaterina Mitrofanova Rin Nitaya [18]
2017 Gdańsk Alena Kostornaia Daria Panenkova Rino Kasakake [19]
2019 Alysa Liu Viktoria Vasilieva Anastasia Tarakanova [20]
2021 Sofia Akateva Elizaveta Kulikova Shin Ji-a [21]
2022
Poland I 		Mao Shimada Mone Chiba Kim Chae-yeon [22]
2022
Poland II 		Ami Nakai Shin Ji-a Kwon Min-sol [23]
2023 Rena Uezono Kwon Min-sol Youn Seo-jin [24]
2024 Mao Shimada Kaoruko Wada Ko Na-yeon [25]

Pairs

Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov of Russia originally won the gold medal at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final, but they were later disqualified due to a positive doping test from Larionov.[6]

Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Final Gdańsk
[4]
2000 [3]
2001
  • Cathy Monette
  • Daniel Castelo
 [12]
2003
  • Brandilyn Sandoval
  • Laureano Ibarra
 [13]
2005
  • Aaryn Smith
  • Will Chitwood
 [14]
2007 Final
  • Jessica Rose Paetsch
  • Jon Nuss
 [5]
2009 Toruń [15]
2011 Gdańsk [16]
2013 No pairs competition [17]
2015 Toruń
  • Anastasia Gubanova
  • Alexei Sintsov
 [18]
2017 Gdańsk [19]
2019
[20]
2021
  • Ekaterina Chikmareva
  • Matvei Ianchenkov
  • Ekaterina Petushkova
  • Evgenii Malikov
[21]
2022
Poland I 		[22]
2022
Poland II 		[23]
2023
  • Ava Kemp
  • Yohnatan Elizarov
  • Jazmine Desrochers
  • Kieran Thrasher
 [24]
2024
  • Julia Quattrocchi
  • Simon Desmarais
 [25]

Ice dance

In 2021, Angelina Kudryavtseva and Ilia Karankevich became the first skaters from Cyprus to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix medal in any discipline.[26]

Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Final Gdańsk
[4]
2000 [3]
2001 [12]
2003
  • Kirsten Frisch
  • Augie Hill
 [13]
2005
[14]
2007 Final [5]
2009 Toruń
  • Marina Antipova
  • Artem Kudashev
 [15]
2011 Gdańsk
[16]
2013 [17]
2015 Toruń [18]
2017 Gdańsk [19]
2019
  • Ekaterina Katashinskaia
  • Aleksandr Vaskovich
 [20]
2021 [21]
2022
Poland I
  • Célina Fradji
  • Jean-Hans Fourneaux
 [22]
2022
Poland II
  • Jordyn Lewis
  • Noah McMillan
 [23]
2023
  • Sara Kishimoto
  • Atsuhiko Tamura
 [24]
2024
  • Sandrine Gauthier
  • Quentin Thieren
  • Dania Mouaden
  • Théo Bigot
 [25]

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