ISU Junior Grand Prix in China
{{Short description|International figure skating competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = ISU Junior Grand Prix in China
| logo = ISU Junior Grand Prix Logo.jpeg
| logo_alt = Logo of the ISU Junior Grand Prix
| status = Active
| genre = ISU Junior Grand Prix
| frequency = Occasional
| country = {{flagicon|CHN}} China
| first = 1998
| prev = 2023
| next =
| organized = Chinese Figure Skating Association
}}
The ISU Junior Grand Prix in China is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Figure Skating Association ({{lang-zh|中国花样滑冰协会}}). 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.{{cite web |title=ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating |url=https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-junior-grand-prix/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424041109/https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-junior-grand-prix/ |archive-date=24 April 2025 |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=International Skating Union}}
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.{{cite web |date= |title=Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/25 – Announcement |url=https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2024-25/junior-grand-prix-5/series-files-66/33979-general-announcement-2024-25-1/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920194732/https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2024-25/junior-grand-prix-5/series-files-66/33979-general-announcement-2024-25-1/file |archive-date=20 September 2024 |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=International Skating Union}}
File:2009 World Championships Pairs - Dan ZHANG - Hao ZHANG - 2072a.jpg and Zhang Hao of China, three-time champions in pair skating at the Junior Grand Prix in China]]
China hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 1998. Guo Zhengxin of China won the men's event, Yoshie Onda of Japan won the women's event, Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China won the pairs event, and Flavia Ottaviani and Massimo Scali of Italy won the ice dance event.
China has twice hosted the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the culminating event of the Junior Grand Prix series. The 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Richard Dornbush of the United States won the men's event, Adelina Sotnikova of Russia won the women's event, Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran of Japan won the pairs event, and Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia won the ice dance event. China was scheduled to host the 2020 Junior Grand Prix Final, again in Beijing, but the ISU cancelled all scheduled Junior Grand Prix events for the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing increased travel and entry requirements between countries and potentially excessive sanitary and health care costs for those hosting competitions.{{cite web |date=20 July 2020 |title=ISU Junior Grand Prix Series 2020/21 cancelled |url=https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/126-junior-grand-prix-news/13222-isu-junior-grand-prix-series-2020-21-cancelled/?templateParam=15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722050722/https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/126-junior-grand-prix-news/13222-isu-junior-grand-prix-series-2020-21-cancelled/?templateParam=15 |archive-date=22 July 2020 |access-date=22 July 2020 |website=International Skating Union}} China was able to host the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Rio Nakata and Mao Shimada, both of Japan, won the men's and women's event, respectively; while Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia won the pairs event, and Leah Neset and Artem Markelov of the United States won the ice dance event.
The seventh event of the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Series was originally to be held in Épinal, France, but the French Federation of Ice Sports withdrew, and their spot was re-allocated to the Chinese Figure Skating Association, who held the event in Wuxi.{{Cite web |date=13 May 2024 |title=Communication No. 2634 |url=https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/33778-isu-communication-2634/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518080405/https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/33778-isu-communication-2634/file |archive-date=18 May 2024 |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=International Skating Union}}
Medalists
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| footer = The 2024 Grand Prix in China champions: Rio Nakata of Japan (men's singles) and Ami Nakai of Japan (women's singles)
Not pictured: Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal of the United States (ice dance)
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| image1 = Rio Nakata during performing free skate at the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final.jpg
| image2 = Ami Nakai performing her free skate at the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final.jpg
| alt1 = Rio Nakata at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix Final
| alt2 = Ami Nakai at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix Final
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= Men's singles =
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Men's event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1998
| Beijing | {{flagicon|CHN}} Guo Zhengxin | {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Song | {{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Wang |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2000
| Harbin | {{flagicon|CHN}} Ma Xiaodong | {{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Weir | {{flagicon|CHN}} Ma Yingdi | {{cite web |title=ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Harbin, China |url=http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/0001/jgp5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228004042/http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/0001/jgp5.html |archive-date=28 December 2008 |access-date=28 December 2008 |website=International Skating Union}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2002
| Beijing | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Magerovski | {{flagicon|CHN}} Rui Yi | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Jialiang |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2004
| Harbin | {{flagicon|SUI}} Jamal Othman | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazumi Kishimoto |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2010 Final}}
| rowspan="3" | Beijing | {{flagicon|USA}} Richard Dornbush | {{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Han | {{flagicon|CAN}} Andrei Rogozine |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2020 Final}}
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2023 Final}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rio Nakata | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hyun-gyeom | {{flagicon|SVK}} Adam Hagara |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2024
|Wuxi | {{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Tonghe | {{flagicon|NZL}} Yanhao Li |
= Women's singles =
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Women's event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1998
| Beijing | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshie Onda | {{flagicon|FRA}} Gwenaëlle Jullien | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Huan |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2000
| Harbin | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukari Nakano | {{flagicon|CAN}} Marianne Dubuc | {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephanie Zhang |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2002
| Beijing | {{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Ando | {{flagicon|USA}} Beatrisa Liang | {{flagicon|USA}} Yebin Mok |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2004
| Harbin | {{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Takeda | {{flagicon|KOR}} Yuna Kim | {{flagicon|CAN}} Jessica Dubé |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2010 Final}}
| rowspan="3" | Beijing | {{flagicon|RUS}} Adelina Sotnikova | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Zijun |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2020 Final}}
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2023 Final}}
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Shimada | {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Ji-a | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rena Uezono |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2024
|Wuxi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Ami Nakai | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Yu-seong | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yihan |
= Pairs =
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Pairs event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1998
| Beijing | rowspan="3" | {{FS medalist|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Melica Brozovich|Anton Nimenko}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|nolink=yes|Anna Kaverzina|Vitali Dubina}} |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2000
| Harbin | {{FS medalist|CHN|Ding Yang|Ren Zhongfei}} | {{FS medalist|JPN|Yuko Kawaguchi|Alexander Markuntsov}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2002
| Beijing | {{FS medalist|USA|Tiffany Vise|nolink2=yes|Laureano Ibarra}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Kokoreva|Egor Golovkin}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2004
| Harbin | {{FS medalist|RUS|Maria Mukhortova|Maxim Trankov}} | {{FS medalist|CAN|Jessica Dubé|Bryce Davison}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|nolink=yes|Elena Efaieva|nolink2=yes|Alexei Menshikov}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2010 Final}}
| rowspan="3" | Beijing | {{FS medalist|JPN|Narumi Takahashi|Mervin Tran}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Ksenia Stolbova|Fedor Klimov}} | {{FS medalist|CHN|Yu Xiaoyu|Jin Yang}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2020 Final}}
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2023 Final}}
| {{FS medalist|GEO|Anastasiia Metelkina|Luka Berulava}} | {{FS medalist|CAN|Ava Kemp|Yohnatan Elizarov}} | {{FS medalist|CAN|Jazmine Desrochers|Kieran Thrasher}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2024
| Wuxi | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | No pairs competition |
= Ice dance =
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Ice dance event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1998
| Beijing | {{FS medalist|ITA|Flavia Ottaviani|Massimo Scali}} | {{FS medalist|USA|Melissa Gregory|nolink2=yes|James Shufford}} | {{FS medalist|FRA|nolink=yes|Nelly Gourvest|nolink2=yes|Cédric Pernet}} |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2000
| Harbin | {{FS medalist|USA|nolink=yes|Kendra Goodwin|Chris Obzansky}} | {{FS medalist|FRA|Nathalie Péchalat|Fabian Bourzat}} | {{FS medalist|CAN|nolink=yes|Catherine Perreault|nolink2=yes|Charles Perreault}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2002
| Beijing | {{FS medalist|GER|Christina Beier|William Beier}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Ekaterina Rubleva|Ivan Shefer}} | {{FS medalist|USA|Loren Galler-Rabinowitz|link2=David Mitchell (figure skater)|David Mitchell}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2004
| Harbin | {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Natalia Mikhailova|Arkadi Sergeev}} | {{FS medalist|USA|Trina Pratt|Todd Gilles}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2010 Final}}
| rowspan="3" | Beijing | {{FS medalist|RUS|Ksenia Monko|Kirill Khaliavin}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Victoria Sinitsina|Ruslan Zhiganshin}} | {{FS medalist|RUS|Alexandra Stepanova|Ivan Bukin}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2020 Final}}
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|2023 Final}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Leah Neset|Artem Markelov}} | {{FS medalist|ISR|Elizabeth Tkachenko|Alexei Kiliakov}} | {{FS medalist|GER|Darya Grimm|Michail Savitskiy}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 2024
|Wuxi | {{FS medalist|USA|Elliana Peal|Ethan Peal}} | {{FS medalist|FRA|Ambre Perrier Gianesini|Samuel Blanc Klaperman}} | {{FS medalist|CAN|Chloe Nguyen|Brendan Giang}} |
References
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External links
- [https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-junior-grand-prix/ ISU Junior Grand Prix] at the International Skating Union
- [http://www.cfsa.com.cn/cfsa_portal/html/header.html Chinese Figure Skating Association] {{in lang|zh}}
- [https://skatingscores.com/jgpchn JGP China] at Skating Scores
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