2001–02 ISU Junior Grand Prix explained

2001–02 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Comptype:	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Skatingseason:	2001–02
Previouscomp:	2000–01 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Nextcomp:	2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2001–02 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fifth 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 2001–02 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Date	Event	Location
September 13–16	2001 JGP Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria
September 20–23	2001 JGP Phoenix (cancelled)	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
September 27–30	2001 JGP Czech Skate	Ostrava, Czech Republic
October 11–14	2001 JGP Gdańsk	Gdańsk, Poland
October 25–28	2001 JGP The Hague	The Hague, Netherlands
November 1–4	2001 JGP Salchow Trophy	Malmö, Sweden
November 8–11	2001 JGP Trofeo Rita Trapanese	Milan, Italy
November 15–18	2001 JGP SBC Cup	Nagano, Japan
December 13–16	2001–02 Junior Grand Prix Final	Bled, Slovenia

Series notes

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States Figure Skating Association cancelled the Junior Grand Prix event to be held in Arizona and did not allow their skaters to compete on the Junior Grand Prix for the rest of the season.^[1]

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2001–02 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Stanislav Timchenko	Miki Ando	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev
2	Andrei Griazev	Irina Tkatchuk	Clara Montgomery / Ryan Arnold	Elena Khaliavina / Maxim Shabalin
3	Daisuke Takahashi	Akiko Suzuki	Julia Karbovskaya / Sergei Slavnov	Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko
4	Kevin van der Perren	Ludmila Nelidina	Julia Shapiro / Dmitri Khromin	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Bolotine
5	Shawn Sawyer	Tatiana Basova	Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev	Miriam Steinel / Vladimir Tsvetkov
6	Ma Xiaodong	Yukina Ota	Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault	Marina Kozlova / Sergei Baranov
7	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Yukari Nakano	Ding Yang / Ren Zongfei	Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek
8	Jamal Othman	Cynthia Phaneuf	Tatiana Volosozhar / Petro Kharchenko	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
Alternates
1st	Damien Djordievic	Irina Nikolaeva	Anastasia Kuzmina / Stanislav Evdokimov	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbilo
2nd	Karel Zelenka	Kimena Brog-Meier	Cathy Monette / Daniel Castello	Christina Beier / William Beier
3rd	Alexander Shubin	Joannie Rochette	Veronika Havlíčková / Karel Štefl	Amandine Borsi / Fabrice Blondel

Gregor Urbas was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final. He had finished three spots below third alternate position in overall qualification standings. He placed 8th out of 9 competitors at the Final.

Medalists

Men

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
Bulgaria
United States	Event cancelled
Czech Rep.			Damien Djordjevic
Poland
Netherlands
Sweden
Italy
Japan
Final

Ladies

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
Bulgaria
United States	Event cancelled
Czech Rep.
Poland			Magdalena Leska
Netherlands		Irina Nikolaeva
Sweden
Italy
Japan
Final

Pairs

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
Bulgaria
United States	Event cancelled
Czech Rep.
Poland
Netherlands
Sweden
Italy
Japan			align=center	–
Final

Ice dance

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
Bulgaria
United States	Event cancelled
Czech Rep.
Poland
Netherlands
Sweden
Italy
Japan
Final

External links

• 2001–02 Results at ISU
• 2001–02 Results at Skate Canada
• ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating: 2nd event in Phoenix (USA) Cancelled
• JGP Bulgaria
• JGP Czech
• JGP Poland
• JGP Netherlands
• JGP Sweden
• JGP Italy
• JGP Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Skating Union . 2007-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024943/http://ww2.isu.org/news/sept19.html . 2007-09-30 .
2. Web site: Crystal Report Viewer.
3. Web site: Crystal Report Viewer.
4. Web site: Crystal Report Viewer.
5. Web site: Crystal Report Viewer.