2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix explained

2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Comptype:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Startdate:August 27
Enddate:December 14, 2008
Skatingseason:2008–09
Location: Courchevel
Merano
Mexico City
Ostrava
Madrid
Gomel
Cape Town
Sheffield
Goyang
Prizemoney:$22,500 (series)
$105,000 (final)
Previouscomp:2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Nextcomp:2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 12th 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 2008–09 ISU 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.

Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final. For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2008–09 season, the series was composed of the following events:

DateEventLocationOther notes
August 27–312008 JGP CourchevelCourchevel, FranceNo pair competition
September 3–72008 JGP MeranoMerano, ItalyNo pair competition
September 10–142008 JGP Mexico CupMexico City, Mexico
September 17–212008 JGP Czech SkateOstrava, Czech Republic
September 24–282008 JGP Madrid CupMadrid, SpainNo pair competition
October 1–52008 JGP Golden LynxGomel, Belarus
October 8–122008 JGP Skate SafariCape Town, South AfricaNo pair competition
October 15–182008 JGP John Curry MemorialSheffield, United Kingdom
December 10–142008–09 Junior Grand Prix FinalGoyang, South Korea

For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the Grand Prix Final.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.

For the 2008–09 season, in singles, the five best placed member nations at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all eight events. Member nations who placed sixth through tenth were allowed to enter one skater in all eight events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at Junior Worlds were allowed to enter one skater in seven of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in six of the events. All other nations were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.

In pairs, member nations were allowed to enter up to three teams per event. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted. Pairs was contested at four events out of eight.

In ice dance, member nations were allowed to enter one dance team per event. Member nations who placed in the top five at the 2008 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter a second dance team.

The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.

The general spots allowance for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:

EntriesMenLadiesIce dance
2 per event











1 per event







1 in seven events










1 in six events







All other member nations had one entry per discipline in five of the eight events in singles, and one entry in all eight events for ice dance.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters have qualified for the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[1] [2] [3] [4]

MenLadiesPairsIce dance
1 Richard Dornbush Kristine Musademba Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
2 Michal Březina Yukiko Fujisawa Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3 Armin Mahbanoozadeh Alexe Gilles Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
4 Alexander Johnson Kanako Murakami Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro
5 Florent Amodio Amanda Dobbs Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue
6 Ivan Bariev Becky Bereswill Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
7 Denis Ten Angela Maxwell Zhang Yue / Wang Lei Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
8 Elladj Baldé Diane Szmiett Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev
Alternates
1st Artur Gachinski Stefania Berton Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
2nd Keegan Messing Sarah Hecken Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
3rd Cheng Gongming Shoko Ishikawa Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák

Medalists

Men

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
France
Italy
Mexico
Czech Rep.
Spain
Belarus
South Africa
United Kingdom
Final

Ladies

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
France Diane Szmiett
Italy
Mexico
Czech Rep.
Spain
Belarus Oksana Gozeva
South Africa Diane Szmiett
United Kingdom
Final

Pairs

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
France No pairs competition held
Italy No pairs competition held
Mexico
Czech Rep.
Spain No pairs competition held
Belarus
South Africa No pairs competition held
United Kingdom
Final

Ice dance

Competitionalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 BronzeDetails
France
Italy
Mexico
Czech Rep. Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
Spain
Belarus
South Africa
United Kingdom
Final

Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall.

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating . 2008-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020022454/http://www.isufs.org/events/jgp2008/jgpsmen.htm . 2008-10-20 . dead .
  2. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating . 2008-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081009202832/http://www.isufs.org/events/jgp2008/jgpsladies.htm . 2008-10-09 . dead .
  3. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating . 2008-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081009195808/http://www.isufs.org/events/jgp2008/jgpspairs.htm . 2008-10-09 . dead .
  4. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating . 2008-10-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020022648/http://www.isufs.org/events/jgp2008/jgpsdance.htm . 2008-10-20 .
  5. Web site: SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Men . 2008-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206062224/http://www.isufs.org/events/Entries_JuniorMen.htm . 2008-12-06 . dead .
  6. Web site: Six U.S. Skaters Qualify for Grand Prix Final: Ice dancers Gilles and Donohue withdraw from Junior Grand Prix Final . 2008-12-11 . 2011-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143219/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=42263 . dead .
  7. Web site: SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Junior Pairs . 2008-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206063959/http://www.isufs.org/events/Entries_JuniorPairs.htm . 2008-12-06 . dead .

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