1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix explained

1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Comptype:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Skatingseason:1998–99
Previouscomp:1997–98 ISU Junior Series
Nextcomp:1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the second season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 1998–99 season, the series was composed of the following events:

DateEventLocation
August 18–22, 19981998 JGP Grand Prix de Saint GervaisSaint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
September 9–13, 19981998 JGP Mexico CupMexico City, Mexico
September 16–20, 19981998 JGP Sofia CupSofia, Bulgaria
September 23–27, 19981998 JGP Ukrainian SouvenirKyiv, Ukraine
October 7–10, 19981998 JGP Pokal der Blauen SchwerterChemnitz, Germany
October 14–18, 19981998 JGP Hungarian Grand PrixBudapest, Hungary
October 20–25, 19981998 JGP China Int. Junior CompetitionBeijing, China
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 19981998 JGP SlovakiaBanská Bystrica, Slovakia
March 12–14, 19991998–99 JGP FinalDetroit, United States

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 1998–99 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[1]

There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dance.

MenLadiesPairsIce dance
1 Ilia Klimkin Irina Nikolaeva Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali
2 Vincent Restencourt Viktoria Volchkova Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
3 Yosuke Takeuchi Tamara Dorofejev Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voyko
4 Stefan Lindemann Sarah Hughes Meliza Brozovich / Anton Nimenko Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev
5 Ryan Bradley Anna Jurkiewicz Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov
6 Alexei Vasilevsky Daria Timoshenko Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexey Sokolov Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo
7 Lukáš Rakowski Gwenaelle Jullienalign=center align=center
8 Matthew Savoie Chisato Shiinaalign=center align=center
Alternates
1st Matthew Davies Júlia Sebestyén Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov Tatiana Kurkudym / Yuri Kocherzhenko
2nd Scott Smith Yoshie Onda Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai
3rd Soshi Tanaka Yuko Kawaguchi Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov Nelly Gouverst / Cedric Pernet

Medalists

Men

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France
Mexico
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Germany
Hungary
China
Slovakia
Final

Ladies

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
France Irina Nikolaeva
Mexico
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Germany Irina Nikolaeva
Hungary
China Gwenaëlle Jullien
Slovakia
Final

Pairs

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France
Mexico
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Germany
Hungary
China
Slovakia
Final

Ice dance

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France
Mexico
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Germany
Hungary
China
Slovakia
Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISU Junior Grand Prix 1998/99 . 2007-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031738/http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9899/jgp7.html . 2007-09-30 . dead .