International Challenge Cup
The International Challenge Cup (formerly known as the Ennia Challenge Cup and the Aegon Cup)[1] is an annual figure skating competition generally held during the last week in February in The Hague, Netherlands. Since the 2022 edition, a three-year contract was signed with the city of Tilburg to host the event at the IJssportcentrum Tilburg.
Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pairs skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, novice, and pre-novice levels. Some categories may be omitted in some years due to a lack of participants.
History
In the 1970s and 1980s, the competition was titled the Ennia Challenge Cup and held in November.[2][3] It did not include compulsory figures.[4] The event later become known as the Aegon Challenge Cup after its title sponsor, Aegon N.V.[1]
By the 21st century, the competition had moved to February or March. In 2022, the Challenge Cup was hosted in the city of Tilburg after leaving The Hague.
Since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been combined with the Challenge Cup.
Senior medalists
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance
Junior medalists
Men
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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2008 | Andrew Gonzales Jr. | Daniel O'Shea | Yukihiro Yoshida | [5] |
2009 | Daisuke Murakami | Joshua Farris | Jorik Hendrickx | [6] |
2012 | Peter James Hallam | Osman Akgun | Charlie Parry-Evans | [7] |
2014 | Sei Kawahara | Kazuki Tomono | Panagiotis Polizoakis | [9] |
2015 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Juho Pirinen | Héctor Alonso | [10] |
2017 | Nurullah Sahaka | Aleix Gabara Xanco | Thomas Junski | [11] |
2018 | Taichiro Yamakuma | Yuto Kishina | Kai Jagoda | [12] |
2019 | Shun Sato | Daniel Sapozhnikov | Tim England | [13] |
2020 | Nozomu Yoshioka | Denis Gurdzhi | Edward Appleby | [14] |
2022 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Naoki Rossi | Taira Shinohara | [16] |
2023 | Haruya Sasaki | Haru Kakiuchi | Georgii Pavlov | [17] |
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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2007 | Rachael Flatt | Alexe Gilles | Chrissy Hughes | [18] |
2008 | Brittney Rizo | Shoko Ishikawa | Amanda Dobbs | [5] |
2009 | Kanako Murakami | Ellie Kawamura | Isabelle Olsson | [6] |
2012 | Leah Keiser | Gabrielle Daleman | Giada Russo | [7] |
2014 | Kaori Sakamoto | Elena Taylor | Emmi Peltonen | [9] |
2015 | Rebecca Peng | Kyarha van Tiel | Loena Hendrickx | [10] |
2017 | Emmy Ma | Olivia Gran | Smilla Szalkai | [11] |
2018 | Nana Araki | Yuhana Yokoi | Stefanie Pesendorfer | [12] |
2019 | Yuhana Yokoi | Maria Aimeé Renne | Selma Välitalo | [13] |
2020 | Mone Chiba | Ginevra Lavinia Negrello | Shiika Yoshioka | [14] |
2022 | Mone Chiba | Ayumi Shibayama | Anna Pezzetta | [16] |
2023 | Ayumi Shibayama | Ikura Kushida | Yurina Okuno | [17] |
Pairs
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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2012 | Jessica Pfund / A.J. Reiss | Anastasia Dolidze / Vadim Ivanov | Vanessa Bauer / Nolan Seegert | [7] |
2014 | Jessica Lee / Robert Hennings | Aya Takai / Brian Johnson | Marin Ono / Hon Lam To | [9] |
2015 | Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet | Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei | Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz | [10] |
2019 | Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba | — | [13] | |
2023 | Olivia Flores / Luke Wang | Giorgia Ghedini / Luc Maierhofer | Katalin Janne Salatzki / Lukas Röseler | [17] |
Ice dancing
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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2008 | Kaylin Patitucci / Karl Edelman | Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzyński | Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer | [5] |
2023 | Ambre Perrier-Gianesi / Samuel Blanc-Klaperman | Sofiia Beznosikova / Max Leleu | Eliška Žáková / Filip Mencl | [17] |
Advanced novice medalists
Boys
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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2008 | Keiji Tanaka | David Wang | Filippo Ambrosini | [5] |
2009 | Sei Kawahara | Carlo Roethlisberger | Sergey Balashov | [6] |
2012 | Roman Sadovsky | Taichi Honda | Sondre Oddvoll Bøe | [7] |
2013 | Illya Solomin | Reo Ishizuka | Christopher Bland | [8] |
2014 | Aleix Gabara Xanco | Adrien Bannister | Ernesto Martinez | [9] |
2015 | Sena Miyake | Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté | Marvin Römpler | [10] |
2017 | Maxim Naumov | Beresford Clements | Aleksa Rakic | [11] |
2018 | Casper Johansson | Shunsuke Nakamura | Haru Kakiuchi | [12] |
2019 | Daniel Martynov | Naoki Rossi | Sora Tarumi | [13] |
2020 | Michael Xie | Lucas Broussard | Naoki Rossi | [14] |
2022 | Denis Krouglov | Aleksandr Fegan | Auréllan Chervet | [16] |
2023 | Nicholas Brooks | Gion Schmid | Richard von Göler | [17] |
Girls
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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2007 | Angela Maxwell | Miriam Ziegler | Alessandra Laurencik | [18] |
2008 | Marissa Secundy | Maé Bérénice Méité | Roanna Sari Oshikawa | [5] |
2009 | Mao Watanabe | Camilla Gjersem | Ayaka Osamura | [6] |
2012 | Yura Matsuda | Nelma Hede | Victoria Englund | [7] |
2013 | Wakaba Higuchi | Sallianna Öztürk | Emma Niemi | [8] |
2014 | Wakaba Higuchi | Kyarha van Tiel | Nikola Mažgane | [9] |
2015 | Yuna Aoki | Maggie Hills | Maële Oberlander | [10] |
2017 | Kaitlyn Nguyen | Hannah Harrell | Sophie Sprung | [11] |
2018 | Hana Yoshida | Alysa Liu | Kinayu Yokoi | [12] |
2019 | Sara Honda | Nina Pinzarrone | Mikai Van Ommeren | [13] |
2020 | Janna Jyrkinen | Mariya Grechanaya | Sophia Katerina Fraser | [14] |
2022 | Maria Eliise Kaljuvere | Julia Grabowski | Anastasia Brandenburg | [16] |
2023 | Jessica Jurka | Angel Delevaque | Darja Trubitson | [17] |
Pairs
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński | Karolin Salatzki / Nolan Seegert | Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein | [6] |
References
- "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.
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- "Diane Ogibowski, of Minnedosa, Man., has launched her first..." United Press International. 14 November 1981. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017.
- "Challenge Cup 2008". Figure Skating Corner.
- "Challenge Cup 2009". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 8 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
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- "Challenge Cup 2013". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- "Official site". Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
- "Challenge Cup 2014". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015.
- "Official site". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28.
- "Challenge Cup 2015". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016.
- "Challenge Cup 2017". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. February 2017.
- "Challenge Cup 2018". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- "Challenge Cup 2019". Figure Skating Corner.
- "Challenge Cup 2020". Figure Skating Corner.
- "Challenge Cup 2021". Figure Skating Corner.
- "Challenge Cup 2022". Figure Skating Corner.
- "Challenge Cup 2023". Figure Skating Corner.
- "Challenge Cup 2007". Figure Skating Corner.
External links
- Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch)
- Official videos