2011–12 figure skating season

2011–12 figure skating
Date:July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
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The 2011–2012 figure skating season began on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters competed on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They also competed in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final.

Season notes

On September 26, 2011, American Brandon Mroz landed a quad Lutz in the short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational.[1][2] The U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned competition was a small non-ISU event with three men's entries, making it unclear whether the accomplishment would be recognized by the International Skating Union.[2][3] In October, the ISU announced it had ratified the jump as the first quad Lutz to be performed in a sanctioned competition.[4] World Champion Patrick Chan of Canada commented, "I don't think it can be an official ISU record until [Mroz] has done it in an ISU event."[5] On November 12, Mroz landed it in the short program at 2011 NHK Trophy, becoming the first skater to land it in an international competition.[6]

Between seasons, the ISU sometimes adjusts elements' base values and/or grades of execution. On December 28, 2011, the ISU announced it had discovered that the calculation program had not been updated with a new GOE introduced in July.[7] The ISU explained: "The calculation program used up to and including the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final had erroneously calculated the Dance result with the previous Grade of Execution (GOE) for the Combination Lift, which was upgraded with ISU Communication 1677 in July 2011."[7] The error affected the free dance results at the Grand Prix Final, with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir winning the segment instead of Meryl Davis and Charlie White, however, Davis and White remained in first place overall due to their lead from the short dance.[7]

In December 2011, the International Skating Union released details of the team figure skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[8]

Age eligibility

Skaters competing on the junior level were required to be at least 13 but not 19 – or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers – before July 1, 2011. Those who had turned 14 were eligible for the senior Grand Prix series and senior B internationals. Those who turned 15 before July 1, 2011 were also eligible for the senior World, European, and Four Continents Championships.

Date of birth Eligibility
Born before July 1, 1998 Eligible for Junior Grand Prix
Born before July 1, 1997 Eligible for senior Grand Prix series, senior B internationals
Born before July 1, 1996 Eligible for senior Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents
Born before July 1, 1992 Not eligible for junior events (except male pair skaters and ice dancers)
Born before July 1, 1990 Male pair skaters and ice dancers not eligible for junior events
Rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships

Minimum scores

Minimum score requirements were added to the senior Grand Prix series, following on requirements introduced in the previous season to the European, Four Continents, and World Championships. The Grand Prix minimums were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a senior Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following:[9]

Discipline Minimum
Men 168.60
Ladies 117.48
Pairs 130.71
Ice dance 111.15
Skaters who had not earned the minimums
in the previous season could attempt to do so at:
2011 Nebelhorn Trophy
2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
2011 Finlandia Trophy
2011 Coupe de Nice
2011 Ice Challenge
2011 NRW Ice Dance Trophy.[9]

The International Skating Union decided minimums were not required for "host picks", i.e. Canadians Adriana DeSanctis and Elladj Balde were allowed to compete at their home country's event, 2011 Skate Canada, despite failing to reach the minimums at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy.

Changes

Partnership changes

Date Skaters Disc. Type Notes Ref.
July 27, 2011
Ice dance Formed For Canada [10]
August 22, 2011 [11]
September 27, 2011 Dissolved Andreev retired. [12]
September 27, 2011 [13]
October 3, 2011 Formed For Slovakia [14]
November 2011 For the Czech Republic
November 19, 2011 Pairs [15]
January 2012 Dissolved Bidař with Martina Boček [16]
February 2012 Ice dance Teamed up again in July 2012 [17]
February 6, 2012
[18]
February 15, 2012 Pairs [19]
February 24, 2012 [20]
March 19, 2012 Ice dance Formed Russian/Georgian team to represent Georgia. [21]
March 21, 2012 Pairs Dissolved Shevchuk with Natalia Mitina [22]
March 21, 2012 [23]
March 22, 2012 Formed [24]
March 2012 Dissolved
March 23, 2012 Formed [25]
March 2012
Ice dance Dissolved [26]
Frolenkova with Vitali Nikiforov
[27]
Pairs
April 2012
Formed
April 10, 2012 Dissolved Evora retired. [28]
April 2012
Ice dance [29]
April 27, 2012 [30]
April 30, 2012
Formed [31]
April 30, 2012
Pairs Dissolved [32]
May 4, 2012 Formed [33]
May 6, 2012 Dissolved Zhang Hao with Peng Cheng; Zhang Dan retired. [34]
May 2012 Ice dance Formed Split in June 2012 [26]
June 2012 Dissolved [35]
July 5, 2012 Pairs [36]
July 23, 2012 Formed Russian/French team; did not officially represent a country competitively. [37]


Coaching changes

Discipline Announced Skater(s) From To
Ladies November 2011[38] Cynthia Phaneuf Annie Barabé, Sophie Richard Brian Orser
Ice dance December 2011[39] Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz John Dunn Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon
Ice dance February 18, 2012[40] Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov
Ice dance January 2012[41] Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Roberto Pelizzola, Nicoletta Lunghi Pasquale Camerlengo, Massimo Scali, Anjelika Krylova
Ladies April 2012[42] Mirai Nagasu Frank Carroll Wendy Olson
Men April 2012[43] Michal Březina Petr Starec, Karel Fajfr Viktor Petrenko
Men April 16, 2012[44] Patrick Chan Christy Krall
Ice dance April 25, 2012[45] Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov
Men April 25, 2012[46] Yuzuru Hanyu Nanami Abe Brian Orser
Ice dance June 4, 2012[47][48] Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Igor Shpilband Continued with Marina Zueva
Ice dance June 12, 2012[49] Madison Chock / Evan Bates Marina Zueva Continued with Igor Shpilband
Ice dance June 14, 2012[50] Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Marina Zueva Continued with Igor Shpilband
Men June 15, 2012[51] Daisuke Takahashi Not applicable
Continued with Utako Nagamitsu as primary coach
Nikolai Morozov as advisory coach
Ice dance June 2012[52] Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam David Islam, Kelly Johnson, Tyler Myles Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova

Retirements

Discipline Announced Skater(s)
Ladies March 25, 2012[53] Laura Lepistö
Men April 2, 2012[54] Kevin van der Perren
Men June 15, 2012[55] Samuel Contesti

Competitions

The following competitions were scheduled in the 2011–2012 figure skating season.[56]

Key
Olympics ISU Championships Grand Prix Other international Nationals
Date Event Type Level Disc. Location
2011
August 11–13 New Zealand Winter Games Other inter. Sen.–Nov. M/L Dunedin, New Zealand Details
August 24–28 Asian Trophy Other inter. Sen.–Nov. M/L Dongguan, China Details
September 1–3 JGP Volvo Cup Grand Prix Junior All Riga, Latvia Details
September 8–10 JGP Brisbane Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Brisbane, Australia Details
September 15–17 JGP Baltic Cup Grand Prix Junior All Gdańsk, Poland Details
September 20–23 Chinese Championships Nats. Senior All Changchun, China
September 21–24 Nebelhorn Trophy Other int. Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 22–24 JGP Brasov Cup Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Braşov, Romania Details
Sept. 28 – Oct. 2 Ondrej Nepela Memorial Other int. Senior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 JGP Cup of Austria Grand Prix Junior All Innsbruck, Austria Details
October 1 Japan Open Other int. Senior M/L Saitama, Japan Details
October 6–8 Master's de Patinage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Orléans, France Details
October 6–8 JGP Trofeo Lombardi Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Milan, Italy Details
October 6–9 Finlandia Trophy Other int. Senior M/L/D Vantaa, Finland Details
October 13–15 JGP Tallinn Cup Grand Prix Junior All Tallinn, Estonia Details
October 21–23 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Ontario, United States Details
October 26–30 Coupe de Nice Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Nice, France Details
October 27–29 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other int. Jun.–PJ. M/L Trnava, Slovakia Details
October 27–30 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Senior All Mississauga, Canada Details
November 1–6 Ice Challenge Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Graz, Austria Details
November 4–6 NRW Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Dortmund, Germany Details
November 4–6 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Shanghai, China Details
November 10–13 Skate Celje Other int. Jun.–PN. M/L Celje, Slovenia Details
Crystal Skate of Romania Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Brașov, Romania
November 11–13 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Sapporo, Japan Details
November 11–16 New Zealand Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Gore, New Zealand Details
November 17–20 Warsaw Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P Warsaw, Poland Details
November 18–20 Merano Cup Other int. Sen.–Jun. M/L Merano, Italy
Pavel Roman Memorial Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Olomouc, Czech Republic Details
November 18–20 Trophée Éric Bompard Grand Prix Senior All Paris, France Details
November 21–27 British Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Sheffield, United Kingdom Details
November 24–25 Tallinn Trophy Other int. Sen.–PN. M/L/D Tallinn, Estonia Details
November 24–26 Grand Prize SNP Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Details
November 24–27 Golden Bear of Zagreb Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/P Zagreb, Croatia Details
November 25–26 Belgian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Deurne, Belgium Details
November 25–27 Japan Junior Championships Nats. Junior M/L Hachinohe, Japan Details
November 25–27 Cup of Russia Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details
Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 NRW Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P Dortmund, Germany Details
December 1–4 Danish Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L/D Hvidovre, Denmark Details
December 1–4 Santa Claus Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details
December 2–10 Australian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Brisbane, Australia Details
December 8–10 Swiss Championships Nats. Senior All Basel, Switzerland Details
December 8–11 Golden Spin of Zagreb Other int. Senior All Zagreb, Croatia Details
December 8–11 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Sen.–Jun. All Quebec City, Canada Details
December 11–14 U.S. Junior Championships Nats. Juv.–Int. All East Lansing, United States Details
December 14–17 Istanbul Cup Other int. Sen.–Jun. M/L/D Istanbul, Turkey Details
December 15–18 Italian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Courmayeur, Italy Details
Swedish Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. M/L/P Malmö, Sweden Details
December 16–17 Three Nationals Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Ostrava, Czech Republic Details
December 16–18 Austrian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Graz, Austria Details 1, 2
Estonian Championships Nats. Senior M/L/D Premia, Estonia Details
French Championships Nats. Senior All Dammarie-lès-Lys, France Details
December 17–18 Dutch Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Amsterdam, Netherlands Details
Finnish Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. M/L/D Tampere, Finland Details
Latvian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Riga, Latvia Details
Spanish Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Jaca, Spain Details
December 21–22 Ukrainian Championships Nats. Senior All Kyiv, Ukraine Details
December 23–25 Japan Championships Nats. Senior All Kadoma, Japan Details
December 25–29 Russian Championships Nats. Senior All Saransk, Russia Details
2012
January 4–5 New Year's Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. All Bratislava, Slovakia Details
January 5–7 Mentor Nestle Nesquik Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Toruń, Poland Details
January 6–7 German Championships Nats. Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
January 6–8 South Korean Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Seoul, South Korea Details
January 6–8 International Trophy of Lyon Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Lyon, France Details
January 11–14 Skate Helena Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L Belgrade, Serbia Details
January 13–15 Norwegian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Trondheim, Norway Details
January 13–22 Winter Youth Olympics Other int. Junior All Innsbruck, Austria Details
January 16–22 Canadian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Moncton, Canada Details
January 22–29 U.S. Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All San Jose, United States Details
January 23–29 European Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Sheffield, United Kingdom Details
January 27–29 Volvo Open Cup Other int. Sen.–PN. M/L/D Riga, Latvia Details
February 2–5 Bavarian Open Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
Dragon Trophy/Tivoli Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L Ljubljana, Slovenia Details
February 4–5 Baltic Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/D Gdańsk, Poland Details
February 5–7 Russian Junior Championships Nats. Junior All Khimki, Russia Details
February 9–12 Four Continents Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Colorado Springs, United States Details
February 9–12 Nordic Championships Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Vantaa, Finland Details
February 10 Hungarian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Budapest, Hungary Details
February 18 Belgian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. D Deurne, Belgium Details
February 24–26 French Junior Championships Nats. Junior M/L/D Charleville-Mézières, France Details
Feb. 27 – Mar. 4 World Junior Championships ISU Champ. Junior All Minsk, Belarus Details
March 8–11 International Challenge Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P The Hague, Netherlands Details
March 16–18 Coupe du Printemps Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Luxembourg Details
Mar. 26 – Apr. 1 World Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Nice, France Details
April 4–8 Triglav Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Jesenice, Slovenia Details
April 12–15 Gardena Spring Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Sëlva, Italy Details
April 19–22 World Team Trophy Other int. Senior All Tokyo, Japan Details
May 6–8 South African Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Kempton Park, South Africa Details

International medalists

Men's singles

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
European Championships Evgeni Plushenko Artur Gachinski Florent Amodio Details
Four Continents Championships Patrick Chan Daisuke Takahashi Ross Miner Details
World Junior Championships Yan Han Joshua Farris Jason Brown Details
World Championships Patrick Chan Daisuke Takahashi Yuzuru Hanyu Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Skate America Michal Březina Kevin van der Perren Takahiko Kozuka Details
Skate Canada International Patrick Chan Javier Fernández Daisuke Takahashi Details
Cup of China Jeremy Abbott Nobunari Oda Song Nan Details
NHK Trophy Daisuke Takahashi Takahiko Kozuka Ross Miner Details
Trophée Éric Bompard Patrick Chan Song Nan Michal Březina Details
Cup of Russia Yuzuru Hanyu Javier Fernández Jeremy Abbott Details
Grand Prix Final Patrick Chan Daisuke Takahashi Javier Fernández Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
JGP Riga, Latvia Ryuju Hino Zhang He Timothy Dolensky Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia Jason Brown Keiji Tanaka Liam Firus Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Joshua Farris Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Ryuichi Kihara Details
JGP Braşov, Romania Maxim Kovtun Ryuju Hino Nam Nguyen Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Han Yan Gordei Gorshkov Keiji Tanaka Details
JGP Milan, Italy Han Yan Jason Brown Lee June-hyoung Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Joshua Farris Maxim Kovtun Shoma Uno Details
JGP Final Jason Brown Han Yan Joshua Farris Details
Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Nebelhorn Trophy Yuzuru Hanyu Michal Březina Stephen Carriere Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Daisuke Murakami Kevin van der Perren Samuel Contesti Details
Finlandia Trophy Takahito Mura Douglas Razzano Maciej Cieplucha Details
Coupe de Nice Keegan Messing Chafik Besseghier Konstantin Menshov Details
Ice Challenge Stephen Carriere Misha Ge Viktor Pfeifer Details
Merano Cup Daisuke Murakami Paolo Bacchini Kim Lucine
NRW Trophy Samuel Contesti Peter Liebers Kento Nakamura Details
Golden Spin Tatsuki Machida Denis Ten Ivan Bariev Details
Bavarian Open Franz Streubel Martin Rappe Christopher Caluza Details
Challenge Cup Brian Joubert Jeremy Abbott Samuel Contesti Details
Triglav Trophy Abzal Rakimgaliev Viktor Pfeifer Romain Ponsart Details

Ladies

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans Carolina Kostner Kiira Korpi Elene Gedevanishvili Details
Four Continents Ashley Wagner Mao Asada Caroline Zhang Details
Junior Worlds Yulia Lipnitskaya Gracie Gold Adelina Sotnikova Details
Worlds Carolina Kostner Alena Leonova Akiko Suzuki Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Alissa Czisny Carolina Kostner Viktoria Helgesson Details
Skate Canada Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Akiko Suzuki Ashley Wagner Details
Cup of China Carolina Kostner Mirai Nagasu Adelina Sotnikova Details
NHK Trophy Akiko Suzuki Mao Asada Alena Leonova Details
Trophée Bompard Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Carolina Kostner Alissa Czisny Details
Rostelecom Cup Mao Asada Alena Leonova Adelina Sotnikova Details
Grand Prix Final Carolina Kostner Akiko Suzuki Alena Leonova Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Polina Shelepen Li Zijun Polina Agafonova Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia Courtney Hicks Risa Shoji Vanessa Lam Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Yulia Lipnitskaya Satoko Miyahara Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Braşov, Romania Polina Shelepen Polina Korobeynikova Kim Hae-jin Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Vanessa Lam Li Zijun Polina Agafonova Details
JGP Milan, Italy Yulia Lipnitskaya Anna Shershak Hannah Miller Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Gracie Gold Risa Shoji Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Final Yulia Lipnitskaya Polina Shelepen Polina Korobeynikova Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Mirai Nagasu Elene Gedevanishvili Joshi Helgesson Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Maé Bérénice Méité Shoko Ishikawa Léna Marrocco Details
Finlandia Trophy Sofia Biryukova Jelena Glebova Alisa Mikonsaari Details
Coupe de Nice Polina Agafonova Natalia Popova Anna Ovcharova Details
Ice Challenge Caroline Zhang Natalia Popova Linnea Mellgren Details
Merano Cup Jelena Glebova Lénaelle Gilleron-Gory Joshi Helgesson
NRW Trophy Viktoria Helgesson Yuki Nishino Kako Tomotaki Details
Golden Spin Adelina Sotnikova Haruna Suzuki Maria Artemieva Details
Bavarian Open Nathalie Weinzierl Roberta Rodeghiero Isabelle Olsson Details
Challenge Cup Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei Alissa Czisny Details
Triglav Trophy Li Zijun Kristina Zaseeva Lénaëlle Gilleron Gory Details

Pairs

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Details
Four Continents Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker Details
Junior Worlds Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat Details
Worlds Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Details
Skate Canada Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Wenjing Sui / Cong Han Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Details
Cup of China Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Details
NHK Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Details
Trophée Bompard Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Details
Rostelecom Cup Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Details
Grand Prix Final Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details
JGP Final Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Details
Coupe de Nice Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker Details
Ice Challenge Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details
NRW Trophy Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk Natalja Zabijako / Sergei Kulbach Details
Golden Spin Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Katharina Gierok / Florian Just Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details
Nesquik Cup Tatiana Novik / Andrei Novoselov Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Alexandra Herbríková / Rudy Halmaert Details
Bavarian Open Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details

Ice dance

Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Details
Four Continents Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Meryl Davis / Charlie White Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Details
Junior Worlds Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Details
Worlds Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Meryl Davis / Charlie White Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America Meryl Davis / Charlie White Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Details
Skate Canada Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Details
Cup of China Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Details
NHK Trophy Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Details
Trophée Bompard Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Details
Rostelecom Cup Meryl Davis / Charlie White Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Details
Grand Prix Final Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov Details
JGP Braşov, Romania Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski Mackenzie Bent / Garrett McKeen Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk Details
JGP Milan, Italy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Details
JGP Final Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Details
Finlandia Trophy Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates Details
Coupe de Nice Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz Details
Ice Challenge Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Details
NRW Trophy Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Details
Pavel Roman Memorial Zsuzsanna Nagy / Mate Fejes Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Details
Golden Spin Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Details
Nesquik Cup Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Kira Geil / Tobias Eisenbauer Details
Inter. Trophy of Lyon Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Louise Walden / Owen Edwards Details
Bavarian Open Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown Details

Season's best scores

Top scores according to the ISU Season's Best standings. All scores are from ISU Championships (World, European, Four Continents, Junior World) or the Grand Prix series (both senior and junior), except for skaters who have no such assignments. In the latter case, a score from another international event may be included with an asterisk. As of April 21, 2012:

Men

Rank Name Country Best: Total score[57] Event
1 Daisuke Takahashi 276.72 World Team
2 Patrick Chan 273.94 Four Continents
3 Evgeni Plushenko 261.23 Europeans
4 Yuzuru Hanyu 251.06 Worlds
5 Javier Fernández 250.33 Skate Canada
6 Artur Gachinski 246.27 Europeans
7 Brian Joubert 244.58 Worlds
8 Florent Amodio 243.03 Worlds
9 Michal Březina 239.55 Worlds
10 Jeremy Abbott 238.82 GP Final

Ladies

Rank Name Country Best: Total score[58] Event
1 Ashley Wagner 192.41 Four Continents
2 Carolina Kostner 189.94 Worlds
3 Mao Asada 188.62 Four Continents
4 Akiko Suzuki 188.62 ISU World Team Trophy
5 Yulia Lipnitskaya 187.05 World Junior Championships
6 Alena Leonova 184.28 World Championships
7 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 182.89 ISU GP Trophee E. Bompard
8 Alissa Czisny 179.15 ISU GP Trophee E. Bompard
9 Caroline Zhang 176.18 Four Continents
10 Kanako Murakami 175.41 World Championships

Pairs

Rank Name Country Best: Total score[59] Event
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 212.26 GP Final
2 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 212.08 GP Final

Ice dance

Rank Name Country Best: Total score[60] Event
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 188.55 GP Final
2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 183.34 GP Final

World standings

Men's singles

As of 9 April 2012[61]

No. Skater Nation
1 Patrick Chan  Canada
2 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan
3 Michal Brezina  Czech Republic
4 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan
5 Artur Gachinski  Russia
6 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan
7 Jeremy Abbott  United States
8 Nobunari Oda  Japan
9 Florent Amodio  France
10 Tomas Verner  Czech Republic

Women's singles

As of 9 April 2012[62]

No. Skater Nation
1 Carolina Kostner  Italy
2 Akiko Suzuki  Japan
3 Alena Leonova  Russia
4 Miki Ando  Japan
5 Alissa Czisny  United States
6 Kiira Korpi  Finland
7 Kanako Murakami  Japan
8 Mao Asada
9 Mirai Nagasu  United States
10 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden

Pairs

As of 30 March 2012[63]

No. Skater Nation
1  Germany
2  Russia
3  China
4  Russia
5
6  China
7  Japan
8  Italy
9  Canada
10  Germany

Ice dance

As of 31 March 2012[64]

No. Skater Nation
1  United States
2  France
3  Canada
4  United States
5  Canada
6  Russia
7  Italy
8  France
9  Russia
10

Current season's world rankings

Men's singles

As of 9 April 2012[61]

No. Skater Nation
1 Patrick Chan  Canada
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan
3 Daisuke Takahashi
4 Michal Brezina  Czech Republic
5 Jeremy Abbott  United States
6 Javier Fernandez  Spain
7 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan
8 Samuel Contesti  Italy
9 Artur Gachinski  Russia
10 Ross Miner  United States

Women's singles

As of 9 April 2012[62]

No. Skater Nation
1 Carolina Kostner  Italy
2 Akiko Suzuki  Japan
3 Alena Leonova  Russia
4 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden
5 Mao Asada  Japan
6 Ashley Wagner  United States
7 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia
8 Kanako Murakami  Japan
9 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia
10 Alissa Czisny  United States

Pairs

As of 30 March 2012[63]

No. Team Nation
1  Russia
2  Germany
3  Japan
4  Italy
5  Russia
6  Canada
7  Russia
8  China
9  United States
10  Russia

Ice dance

As of 31 March 2012[64]

No. Team Nation
1  Canada
2  United States
3  France
4  Canada
5  United States
6  Russia
7  Germany
8  Russia
9  Italy
10  Great Britain

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