2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix explained

2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Comptype:	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Skatingseason:	2002–03
Previouscomp:	2001–02 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Nextcomp:	2003–04 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the sixth 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 2002–03 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Date	Event	Location
August 21–25	2002 JGP Courchevel	Courchevel, France
September 12–15	2002 JGP Belgrade Sparrow	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
September 19–22	2002 JGP Scottsdale	Scottsdale, United States
September 26–29	2002 JGP Montreal	Montreal, Canada
October 3–6	2002 JGP Skate Slovakia	Bratislava, Slovakia
October 10–13	2002 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany
October 16–20	2002 JGP China	Beijing, China
Oct. 31 – Nov. 3	2002 JGP Trofeo Rita Trapanese	Milan, Italy
December 12–15	2002–03 Junior Grand Prix Final	The Hague, Netherlands

Series notes

At the Junior Grand Prix Final, bronze medalist Miki Ando became the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition when she landed a quadruple salchow.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2002–03 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Sergei Dobrin	Yukina Ota	Julia Karbovskaya / Sergei Slavnov	Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek
2	Alexander Shubin	Miki Ando	Ding Yang / Ren Zongfei	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
3	Andrei Griazev	Alissa Czisny	Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev	Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev
4	Evan Lysacek	Adriana DeSanctis	Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault	Christina Beier / William Beier
5	Parker Pennington	Beatrisa Liang	Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt	Alessia Aureli / Andrea Vaturi
6	Mikhail Magerovski	Carolina Kostner	Carla Montgomery / Ryan Arnold	Mariana Kozlova / Sergei Baranov
7	Jamal Othman	Lina Johansson	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	Natalia Mikhailova / Arkadi Sergeev
8	Tomáš Verner	Signe Ronka	Anastasia Kuzmina / Stanislav Evdokimov	Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer
Alternates
1st	Jordan Brauninger	Akiko Suzuki	Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
2nd	Shawn Sawyer	Olga Naidenova	Elena Riabchuk / Stanislav Zakharov	Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty
3rd	Wesley Campbell	Ye Bin Mok	Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole	Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell

Joelle Bastiaans was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Medalists

Men

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
France
Yugoslavia		Wesley Campbell
United States
Canada
Slovakia
Germany
China
Italy
Final

Ladies

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
France
Yugoslavia
United States
Canada
Slovakia
Germany
China
Italy
Final

Pairs

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
France
Yugoslavia
United States			Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole
Canada
Slovakia			Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra
Germany
China		Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra
Italy
Final

Ice dance

Competition	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
France			Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty
Yugoslavia
United States
Canada
Slovakia
Germany
China
Italy			Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty
Final