2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 15th season of the series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating contested by senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.[1]

2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:August 31 – December 11, 2011
Season:2011–12
Location:Latvia Riga
Australia Brisbane
Poland Gdańsk
Romania Braşov
Austria Innsbruck
Italy Milan
Estonia Tallinn
Canada Quebec City
Previous:
2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Next:
2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top six skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2011–12 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2011:

Date Event Location Other notes
September 1–3 2011 JGP Volvo Cup Riga, Latvia
September 8–10 2011 JGP Brisbane Brisbane, Australia No pair competition
September 15–17 2011 JGP Baltic Cup Gdańsk, Poland
September 22–24 2011 JGP Brasov Cup Braşov, Romania No pair competition
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 2011 JGP Cup of Austria Innsbruck, Austria
October 6–8 2011 JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi Milan, Italy No pair competition
October 13–15 2011 JGP Tallinn Cup Tallinn, Estonia
December 8–11 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final Quebec City, Canada

The JGP Final was held in conjunction with the senior-level version.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2011, 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 Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP were not seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's Junior World Championships in each respective discipline.

For the 2011–2012 season, in singles, the three best placed member nations at the 2011 Junior Worlds were allowed to enter two skaters in all seven events. Member nations which placed 4th through 6th were allowed to enter one skater in all seven events, those which placed 7th through 12th were allowed one skater in six of the seven events, and those with a skater who qualified for the free skate were allowed one skater in five of the events. Member nations which did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in four of the events, those which placed 31st and lower in the short program were allowed one skater in three of the events, and those countries which did not participate in the 2011 Junior Worlds were allowed one skater in two 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 which placed in the top five at the 2011 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter three entries in all four events which included pairs. Member nations which qualified for the free skate were allowed two entries in all four events, and all others were allowed one entry in all four events. There was no limit on host nation pair entries.

In ice dance, the multiple spots allowance was the same as for singles, through one entry in five events.

The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance, with no limit for pair teams from the host nation.

The general spots allowance for the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:

Entries Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
3 per event  Canada
 China
 Japan
 Russia
 United States
2 per event  Canada
 Japan
 Sweden
 Japan
 Russia
 United States
 Austria
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Italy
 Poland
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
 France
 Russia
 United States
1 per event  China
 Russia
 United States
 Belgium
 China
 France
 Canada
 Spain
 Slovakia
1 in six events  Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 France
 Kazakhstan
 Ukraine
 Austria
 Estonia
 Finland
 Italy
  Switzerland
 Slovakia
 Estonia
 United Kingdom
 Germany
 Kazakhstan
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
1 in five events  Belarus
 Finland
 Germany
 Poland
 Australia
 Germany
 South Korea
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Italy
1 in four events  Italy
 South Korea
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Chinese Taipei
 Canada
 Denmark
 Latvia
 Poland
 Turkey
 Austria
 Uzbekistan
 China
  Switzerland
 Estonia
 Belarus
 Romania
1 in three events  Armenia
 Australia
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 United Kingdom
 Georgia
 Hong Kong
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 Romania
 Thailand
 Turkey
 Armenia
 Belarus
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 United Kingdom
 Hong Kong
 Hungary
 Israel
 Kazakhstan
 Lithuania
 Malaysia
 Mexico
 Mongolia
 Netherlands
 Norway
 New Zealand
 Philippines
 South Africa
 Singapore
 Serbia
 Spain
 Thailand
 Chinese Taipei
 Ukraine
 Australia
 Finland
 Israel
 Japan
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 New Zealand
 Turkey

All other member nations had one entry per discipline in two of the seven events in singles and ice dance and one entry in all four events in pairs.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters/teams earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement was as follows:

Placement Points (Singles/Dance) Points (Pairs)
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th44
8th33
9th2
10th1

There were seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker was the 1st place, and that beat a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If there was still a tie, the tie was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1 China Yan Han Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
2 United States Joshua Farris Russia Polina Shelepen United States Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3 United States Jason Brown United States Vanessa Lam Canada Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Russia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov
4 Russia Maxim Kovtun Japan Risa Shoji China Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ukraine Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk
5 Japan Ryuju Hino China Zijun Li Russia Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov Ukraine Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski
6 Japan Keiji Tanaka Russia Polina Korobeynikova United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu (withdrew) United States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
Alternates
1st Russia Artur Dmitriev, Jr. United States Samantha Cesario Russia Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev (called up) United States Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager
2nd China Zhang He Russia Polina Agafonova Canada Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Russia Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin
3rd South Korea Lee June-hyoung Japan Satoko Miyahara Czech Republic Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař Russia Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin

Medalists

Men

In Milan, Italy, Lee June-hyoung became the first Korean male skater to medal at an ISU competition.[2]

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP LatviaJapan Ryuju HinoChina Zhang HeUnited States Timothy DolenskyDetails
JGP AustraliaUnited States Jason BrownJapan Keiji TanakaCanada Liam FirusDetails
JGP PolandUnited States Joshua FarrisRussia Artur Dmitriev, Jr.Japan Ryuichi KiharaDetails
JGP RomaniaRussia Maxim KovtunJapan Ryuju HinoCanada Nam NguyenDetails
JGP AustriaChina Han YanRussia Gordei GorshkovJapan Keiji TanakaDetails
JGP ItalyChina Han YanUnited States Jason BrownSouth Korea Lee June-hyoungDetails
JGP EstoniaUnited States Joshua FarrisRussia Maxim KovtunJapan Shoma UnoDetails
JGP FinalUnited States Jason BrownChina Yan HanUnited States Joshua FarrisDetails

Ladies

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP LatviaRussia Polina ShelepenChina Li ZijunRussia Polina AgafonovaDetails
JGP AustraliaUnited States Courtney HicksJapan Risa ShojiUnited States Vanessa LamDetails
JGP PolandRussia Yulia LipnitskayaJapan Satoko MiyaharaUnited States Samantha CesarioDetails
JGP RomaniaRussia Polina ShelepenRussia Polina KorobeynikovaSouth Korea Kim Hae-jinDetails
JGP AustriaUnited States Vanessa LamChina Li ZijunRussia Polina AgafonovaDetails
JGP ItalyRussia Yulia LipnitskayaRussia Anna ShershakUnited States Hannah MillerDetails
JGP EstoniaUnited States Gracie GoldJapan Risa ShojiUnited States Samantha CesarioDetails
JGP FinalRussia Yulia LipnitskayaRussia Polina ShelepenRussia Polina KorobeynikovaDetails

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP LatviaChina Sui Wenjing / Han CongChina Yu Xiaoyu / Jin YangCanada Margaret Purdy / Michael MarinaroDetails
JGP AustraliaNo pairs competition held
JGP PolandUnited States Britney Simpson / Matthew BlackmerCanada Katherine Bobak / Ian BeharryRussia Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei LisievDetails
JGP RomaniaNo pairs competition held
JGP AustriaChina Sui Wenjing / Han CongChina Yu Xiaoyu / Jin YangRussia Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim KurduykovDetails
JGP ItalyNo pairs competition held
JGP EstoniaCanada Katherine Bobak / Ian BeharryUnited States Britney Simpson / Matthew BlackmerUnited States Jessica Calalang / Zack SidhuDetails
JGP FinalChina Sui Wenjing / Han CongCanada Katherine Bobak / Ian BeharryUnited States Britney Simpson / Matthew BlackmerDetails

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP LatviaUkraine Maria Nosulia / Evgeni KholoniukRussia Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai MoroshkinUnited States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel EatonDetails
JGP AustraliaCanada Nicole Orford / Thomas WilliamsUnited States Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis MagerRussia Valeria Zenkova / Valerie SinitsinDetails
JGP PolandRussia Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZhiganshinUkraine Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei ShumskiRussia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei MozgovDetails
JGP RomaniaRussia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinUkraine Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei ShumskiCanada Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeenDetails
JGP AustriaRussia Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZhiganshinUnited States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel EatonUkraine Maria Nosulia / Evgeni KholoniukDetails
JGP ItalyRussia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinRussia Valeria Zenkova / Valerie SinitsinUnited States Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis MagerDetails
JGP EstoniaRussia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei MozgovEstonia Irina Shtork / Taavi RandRussia Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai MoroshkinDetails
JGP FinalRussia Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZhiganshinRussia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei MozgovRussia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinDetails

Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2011–2012 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. The table is numbered by number of total medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)129930
2 United States (USA)841022
3 China (CHN)56011
4 Canada (CAN)2248
5 Japan (JPN)1539
6 Ukraine (UKR)1214
7 Estonia (EST)0101
8 South Korea (KOR)0022
Totals (8 entries)29292987

Top JGP scores

Top scores attained in Junior Grand Prix competitions as of December 10, 2011 (JGP Final). Skaters ranked according to total score.

Men

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Han Yan  China 219.37 2011 JGP Italy
2 Jason Brown  United States 208.41 2011–12 JGP Final
3 Joshua Farris  United States 207.67 2011 JGP Estonia
4 Artur Dmitriev, Jr.  Russia 197.09 2011 JGP Poland
5 Maxim Kovtun  Russia 193.76 2011–12 JGP Final
6 Keiji Tanaka  Japan 192.36 2011 JGP Australia
7 Ryuju Hino  Japan 182.71 2011 JGP Latvia
8 Zhang He  China 182.38 2011 JGP Latvia
9 Gordei Gorshkov  Russia 180.25 2011 JGP Austria
10 Liam Firus  Canada 180.00 2011 JGP Australia

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Yulia Lipnitskaya  Russia 183.05 2011 JGP Italy
2 Gracie Gold  United States 172.69 2011 JGP Estonia
3 Polina Shelepen  Russia 162.34 2011–12 JGP Final
4 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 162.20 2011 JGP Poland
5 Risa Shoji  Japan 157.83 2011 JGP Estonia
6 Vanessa Lam  United States 156.58 2011 JGP Austria
7 Li Zijun  China 156.40 2011 JGP Austria
8 Samantha Cesario  United States 153.84 2011 JGP Poland
9 Courtney Hicks  United States 151.91 2011 JGP Australia
10 Polina Korobeynikova  Russia 151.18 2011–12 JGP Final

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 167.14 2011 JGP Austria
2 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  China 154.37 2011 JGP Austria
3 Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry  Canada 152.65 2011–12 JGP Final
4 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer  United States 146.35 2011–12 JGP Final
5 Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov  Russia 146.17 2011–12 JGP Final
6 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu  United States 139.32 2011 JGP Estonia
7 Li Meiyi / Jiang Bo  China 138.92 2011 JGP Austria
8 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin  Russia 134.88 2011 JGP Austria
9 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro  Canada 134.46 2011 JGP Latvia
10 Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev  Russia 133.79 2011–12 JGP Final

Ice dance

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  Russia 151.10 2011 JGP Austria
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 149.98 2011 JGP Italy
3 Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov  Russia 142.72 2011 JGP Estonia
4 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton  United States 136.85 2011 JGP Austria
5 Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin  Russia 130.58 2011 JGP Italy
6 Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager  United States 129.63 2011 JGP Italy
7 Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk  Ukraine 128.34 2011 JGP Austria
8 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams  Canada 127.21 2011 JGP Australia
9 Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand  Estonia 126.51 2011 JGP Estonia
10 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern  Germany 124.35 2011 JGP Italy

References

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