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ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic
Logo of the ISU Junior Grand Prix
StatusActive
GenreISU Junior Grand Prix
FrequencyOccasional
Location(s)Ostrava
CountryCzech Republic Czech Republic
Inaugurated1999
Previous event2024 Czech Skate
Organized byCzech Figure Skating Association

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic – also known as the Czech Skate – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Czech Figure Skating Association (Czech: Český krasobruslařský svaz). 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

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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]

Fedor Andreev at the 2002 Canadian Championships
Fedor Andreev of Canada, the men's champion at the inaugural Czech Skate

The Czech Republic hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 1999 in Ostrava. Fedor Andreev and Marianne Dubuc, both of Canada, won the men's and women's events, respectively. Julia Shapiro and Alexei Sokolov of Russia won the pairs event, and Kristina Kobaladze and Oleg Voyko of Ukraine won the ice dance event.[3]

The Czech Republic hosted the 2005 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final – the culminating event of the Junior Grand Prix series – in Ostrava. Takahiko Kozuka of Japan won the men's event, Yuna Kim of South Korea won the women's event, Valeria Simakova and Anton Tokarev of Russia won the pairs event, and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada won the ice dance event.[4]

The ISU officially cancelled all scheduled Junior Grand Prix events for the 2020–21 season, which included the 2020 Czech Skate, 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.[5]

Medalists

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Min-kyu Seo at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix Final
Kaoruko Wada at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix Final
The 2024 Czech Skate champions: Seo Min-kyu of Japan (men's singles) and Kaoruko Wada of Japan (women's singles)
Not pictured: Zhang Xuanqi and Feng Wenqiang of China (pair skating); and Célina Fradji and Jean-Hans Fourneaux of Canada (ice dance)

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Ostrava Canada Fedor Andreev Czech Republic Lukáš Rakowski Russia Valery Medvedev [3]
2000 United States Parker Pennington Russia Sergei Dobrin Canada Nicholas Young [6]
2001 Russia Andrei Griazev Belgium Kevin van der Perren France Damien Djordjevic [7]
2003 Czech Republic Tomáš Verner Russia Sergei Dobrin Russia Alexander Uspenski [8]
2005 Final Japan Takahiko Kozuka United States Austin Kanallakan United States Geoffrey Varner [4]
2006 Liberec United States Tommy Steenberg Japan Tatsuki Machida Czech Republic Pavel Kaška [9]
2008 Ostrava United States Alexander Johnson Russia Ivan Bariev Japan Akio Sasaki [10]
2010 China Yan Han Russia Artur Dmitriev Jr Sweden Alexander Majorov [11]
2013 Japan Keiji Tanaka Russia Alexander Petrov Russia Morisi Kvitelashvili [12]
2014 Canada Roman Sadovsky Russia Alexander Samarin Japan Sei Kawahara [13]
2016 Russia Dmitri Aliev United States Alexei Krasnozhon Russia Roman Savosin [14]
2018 Russia Andrei Mozalev United States Camden Pulkinen Canada Joseph Phan [15]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2022 Japan Nozomu Yoshioka Italy Nikolaj Memola Sweden Andreas Nordebäck [16]
2024 South Korea Seo Min-kyu United States Patrick Blackwell Slovakia Adam Hagara [17]

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Ostrava Canada Marianne Dubuc United States Elizabeth Kwon Japan Utako Wakamatsu [3]
2000 Switzerland Sarah Meier Hungary Tamara Dorofejev United States Yebin Mok [6]
2001 Japan Miki Ando Russia Tatiana Basova Japan Akiko Suzuki [7]
2003 Czech Republic Lucie Krausová Russia Olga Naidenova Japan Akiko Kitamura [8]
2005 Final South Korea Yuna Kim Japan Aki Sawada China Xu Binshu [4]
2006 Liberec United States Megan Oster Estonia Svetlana Issakova Estonia Jelena Glebova [9]
2008 Ostrava Japan Yukiko Fujisawa United States Angela Maxwell Italy Stefania Berton [10]
2010 United States Vanessa Lam Japan Risa Shoji Russia Polina Shelepen [11]
2013 Russia Alexandra Proklova Russia Maria Sotskova United States Amber Glenn [12]
2014 Russia Evgenia Medvedeva Japan Wakaba Higuchi United States Karen Chen [13]
2016 Russia Anastasiia Gubanova Japan Rika Kihira Russia Alisa Lozko [14]
2018 Russia Alena Kostornaia South Korea Kim Ye-lim Russia Viktoria Vasilieva [15]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2022 Japan Mao Shimada South Korea Kwon Min-sol Japan Ikura Kushida [16]
2024 Japan Kaoruko Wada France Stefania Gladki South Korea Kim Yu-jae [17]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Ostrava
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Megan Sierk
  • Dustin Sierk
 [3]
2000
  • United States
  • Sima Ganaba
  • Amir Ganaba
  • Russia
  • Alena Maltseva
  • Oleg Popov
 [6]
2001
  • Russia
  • Anastasia Kuzmina
  • Stanislav Evdokimov
 [7]
2003 [8]
2005 Final
  • United States
 [4]
2006 Liberec [9]
2008 Ostrava [10]
2010 [11]
2013
  • Russia
  • Russia
 [12]
2014
  • Russia
  • Kamilla Gainetdinova
  • Sergei Alexeev
 [13]
2016 [14]
2018
  • United States
  • Sarah Feng
  • TJ Nyman
 [15]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2022 [16]
2024 [17]

Ice dance

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At the 2022 Czech Skate, Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek won the first ever Junior Grand Prix title in ice dance for the Czech Republic, outscoring silver medalists Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez of Great Britain by almost seventeen points. Bekker and Hernandez won the first ever Junior Grand Prix medal in ice dance for Great Britain, while bronze medalists Nao Kida and Masaya Morita won the first ever Junior Grand Prix medal in ice dance for Japan.[18]

Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999 Ostrava
  • Ukraine
  • Russia
  • Czech Republic
 [3]
2000
  • Ukraine
 [6]
2001
  • France
  • Amandine Borsi
  • Fabrice Blondel
 [7]
2003
  • Russia
 [8]
2005 Final [4]
2006 Liberec
  • Italy
  • Camilla Spelta
  • Marco Garavaglia
 [9]
2008 Ostrava
  • Russia
  • Marina Antipova
  • Artem Kudashev
 [10]
2010
  • Ukraine
 [11]
2013 [12]
2014 [13]
2016
  • Czech Republic
  • Nicole Kuzmichová
  • Alexandr Sinicyn
 [14]
2018 [15]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2022 [16]
2024 [17]

References

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  1. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/25 – Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "1999/2000 Junior Grand Prix, 3rd event – 1999 Czech Skate". The Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e "2005 Junior Grand Prix Final". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e "ISU Junior Grand Prix Series 2020/21 cancelled". International Skating Union. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "2000 Czech Skate". The Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "2001 Czech Skate". Tracings. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "2003 Czech Skate". Tracings. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d "2006 JGP Liberec". Tracings. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d "2008 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d "2010 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d "2013 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d "2014 JGP Ostrava". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d "2016 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  15. ^ a b c d "2018 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  16. ^ a b c d "2022 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  17. ^ a b c d "2024 JGP Czech Skate". Skating Scores. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Newcomers dominate at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava (CZE)". International Skating Union. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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