ISU Junior Grand Prix in Romania

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ISU Junior Grand Prix in Romania
Logo of the Junior Grand Prix
StatusInactive
GenreISU Junior Grand Prix
FrequencyOccasional
CountryRomania Romania
Inaugurated2004
Most recent2011
Organised byRomanian Skating Federation

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Romania is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Romanian Skating Federation (Romanian: Federatia Romana de Patinaj). 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 of the respective season, but not yet 19 (for single skaters), 21 (for men and women in ice dance and women in pair skating), or 23 (for men in pair skating).[2] Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. 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.[3]

Romania hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 2004 in Miercurea Ciuc. Ryo Shibata and Akiko Kitamura of Japan won the men's and women's events, respectively. Tatiana Kokoreva and Egor Golovkin of Russia won the pairs event, and Anastasia Platonova and Andrei Maximishin of Russia won the ice dance event.[4] Romania hosted two subsequent Junior Grand Prix events in Miercurea Ciuc in 2006 and 2007,[5][6] and two in Brașov in 2010 and 2011.[7][8] The 2011 event was the competition's most recent iteration.

Medalists

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Maxim Kovtun at the 2012 Grand Prix Final
Polina Shelepen at the 2012 World Junior Championships
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin at the 2016 European Championships
The 2011 Brașov Cup champions: Maxim Kovtun of Russia (men's singles); Polina Shelepen of Russia (women's singles); and Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin of Russia (ice dance)

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2004 Miercurea Ciuc Japan Ryo Shibata Russia Sergei Dobrin Russia Mikhail Magerovski [4]
2006 United States Tommy Steenberg Russia Artem Borodulin Japan Hirofumi Torii [5]
2007 United States Adam Rippon Russia Ivan Bariev Japan Takahito Mura [6]
2010 Brașov United States Keegan Messing United States Joshua Farris Japan Keiji Tanaka [7]
2011 Russia Maxim Kovtun Japan Ryuju Hino Canada Nam Nguyen [8]

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2004 Miercurea Ciuc Japan Akiko Kitamura Japan Nana Takeda United States Jessica Houston [4]
2006 Japan Nana Takeda United States Melissa Bulanhagui Russia Ekaterina Kozireva [5]
2007 United States Chrissy Hughes Russia Alena Leonova Japan Rumi Suizu [6]
2010 Brașov Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva United States Kristiene Gong Japan Shion Kokubun [7]
2011 Russia Polina Shelepen Russia Polina Korobeynikova South Korea Kim Hae-jin [8]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2004 Miercurea Ciuc
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Russia
  • Elena Efaieva
  • Alexei Menshikov
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2006 No pairs competitions [5]
2007 [6]
2010 Brașov [7]
2011 [8]

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2004 Miercurea Ciuc [4]
2006
  • Italy
  • Camilla Spelta
  • Marco Garavaglia
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2007 [6]
2010 Brașov
  • Ukraine
  • United States
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2011 [8]

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. ^ "Communication No. 2655: Single & Pair Skating". International Skating Union. 15 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/25 – Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "2004 JGP Harghita Cup". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e "2006 JGP Miercurea-Ciuc". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e "2007 JGP Harghita Cup". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e "2010 JGP Brasov Cup". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 27 August 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e "2011 JGP Brasov Cup". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
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