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.

For other uses of "Challenge Cup", see Challenge Cup (disambiguation).

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
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
1977–78United States David SanteeJapan Fumio IgarashiCanada Daniel Béland[1]
1978–79United States Scott CramerFrance Jean-Christophe SimondCanada Dennis Coi[1]
1979–80United Kingdom Robin CousinsCanada Gordon ForbesUnited States Robert Wagenhoffer[1][3]
1980–81France Jean-Christophe SimondUnited States Mark CockerellCanada Daniel Béland[1]
1981–82West Germany Rudi CerneUnited States James SanteeCanada Dennis Coi[1]
1982–83United States Brian BoitanoWest Germany Norbert SchrammCzechoslovakia Jozef Sabovčík[1]
1983–84Canada Brian OrserJapan Takashi MuraWest Germany Rudi Cerne[1]
1984–85Czechoslovakia Petr BarnaSoviet Union Viktor PetrenkoUnited States Christopher Bowman[1]
2008Sweden Kristoffer BerntssonItaly Samuel ContestiGermany Clemens Brummer[5]
2009Italy Samuel ContestiBelgium Kevin van der PerrenSwitzerland Jamal Othman[6]
2012France Brian JoubertUnited States Jeremy AbbottItaly Samuel Contesti[7]
2013France Brian JoubertUnited States Alexander JohnsonFrance Chafik Besseghier[8]
2014Japan Takahito MuraUnited States Douglas RazzanoFrance Chafik Besseghier[9]
2015Italy Ivan RighiniSpain Javier RayaJapan Ryuju Hino[10]
2017Belgium Jorik HendrickxUnited States Jordan MoellerGeorgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili[11]
2018France Adrien TessonItaly Daniel GrasslFinland Valtter Virtanen[12]
2019Japan Sōta YamamotoJapan Yuma KagiyamaSwitzerland Lukas Britschgi[13]
2020Japan Shoma UnoJapan Keiji TanakaFrance Adrien Tesson[14]
2021Russia Mikhail KolyadaFrance Romain PonsartFrance Adam Siao Him Fa[15]
2022United States Ilia MalininEstonia Mihhail SelevkoJapan Sōta Yamamoto[16]
2023Japan Shun SatoJapan Sōta YamamotoItaly Matteo Rizzo[17]

Women
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
1977–78Japan Emi WatanabeFinland Susan BromanFinland Kristiina Wegelius[1]
1978–79Switzerland Denise BiellmannCzechoslovakia Renata BaierováSoviet Union Natalia Strelkova[1]
1979–80Czechoslovakia Renata BaierováUnited States Elaine ZayakCanada Heather Kemkaran[1]
1980–81United States Jackie FarrellEast Germany Katarina WittJapan Megumi Yanagihara[1]
1981–82East Germany Katarina WittUnited States Elaine ZayakCanada Diane Ogibowski[4]
1982–83United States Vikki de VriesWest Germany Claudia LeistnerSoviet Union Anna Antonova[1]
1983–84East Germany Katarina WittJapan Midori ItoJapan Sachie Yuki[1]
1984–85East Germany Constanze GenselJapan Yukari YoshimoriUnited States Yvonne Gómez[1]
2007Netherlands Karen VenhuizenAustria Kathrin FreudelspergerSwitzerland Viviane Käser[18]
2008Japan Akiko SuzukiTurkey Tuğba KarademirUnited States Becky Bereswill[5]
2009Sweden Viktoria HelgessonSweden Joshi HelgessonGermany Constanze Paulinus[6]
2012Italy Carolina KostnerItaly Valentina MarcheiUnited States Alissa Czisny[7]
2013Italy Carolina KostnerFrance Maé-Bérénice MéitéAustria Kerstin Frank[8]
2014Sweden Isabelle OlssonJapan Haruka ImaiSwitzerland Anna Ovcharova[9]
2015Japan Kanako MurakamiSweden Joshi HelgessonNetherlands Niki Wories[10]
2017Belgium Loena HendrickxUnited States Caroline ZhangCanada Larkyn Austman[11]
2018Japan Wakaba HiguchiJapan Rika HongoJapan Marin Honda[12]
2019Japan Rika KihiraUnited States Starr AndrewsJapan Wakaba Higuchi[13]
2020Japan Rika KihiraJapan Yuhana YokoiCanada Madeline Schizas[14]
2021Belgium Loena HendrickxChinese Taipei Emmy MaCyprus Emilea Zingas[15]
2022Japan Rino MatsuikeUnited States Lindsay ThorngrenHungary Júlia Láng[16]
2023Japan Kaori SakamotoJapan Mai MiharaJapan Mana Kawabe[17]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
1978–79Soviet Union Irina Vorobieva / Igor LisovskyUnited States Sheryl Franks / Michael BotticelliCzechoslovakia Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl[1]
1979–80Soviet Union Irina Vorobieva / Igor LisovskySoviet Union Veronica Pershina / Marat AkbarovWest Germany Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz[1][2]
1980–81West Germany Christina Riegel / Andreas NischwitzUnited States Kitty Carruthers / Peter CarruthersUnited Kingdom Susan Garland / Robert Daw[1]
1981–82Canada Barbara Underhill / Paul MartiniSoviet Union Larisa Selezneva / Oleg MakarovUnited States Vicki Heasley / Peter Oppegard[1]
1982–83Soviet Union Larisa Selezneva / Oleg MakarovEast Germany Birgit Lorenz / Knut SchubertUnited Kingdom Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins[1]
1983–84East Germany Birgit Lorenz / Knut SchubertCanada Cynthia Coull / Mark RowsomCanada Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler[1][2]
1984–85Soviet Union Larisa Selezneva / Oleg MakarovCanada Melinda Kunhegyi / Lyndon JohnstonUnited States Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold[1]
2013France Vanessa James / Morgan CiprèsUnited States Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'SheaGermany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave[8]
2014France Daria Popova / Bruno MassotGermany Annabelle Prölß / Ruben BlommaertItaly Giulia Foresti / Luca Demattè[9]
2015United States Gretchen Donlan / Nathan BartholomayUnited Kingdom Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish GamanGermany Minerva-Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert[10]
2017Hungary Daria Beklemishcheva / Márk MagyarFinland Emilia Simonen / Matthew Penasse—[11]
2018Spain Laura Barquero / Aritz MaestuSwitzerland Ioulia Chtchetinina / Mikhail AkulovItaly Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini[12]
2019Germany Minerva Hase / Nolan SeegertAustria Miriam Ziegler / Severin KieferGermany Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert[13]
2020Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin KieferUnited States Audrey Lu / Misha MitrofanovItaly Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini[14]
2021Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovGermany Annika Hocke / Robert KunkelHungary Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar[15]
2022Russia Karina Akopova / Nikita RakhmaninNetherlands Daria Danilova / Michel TsibaNetherlands Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein[16]
2023Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò MaciiHungary Mária Pavlova / Alexei SviatchenkoNetherlands Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein[17]

Ice dance
Season Gold Silver Bronze Details
1977–78Soviet Union Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin ? Skoro / ? BadajUnited States Stacey Smith / John Summers[1]
1978–79Czechoslovakia Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav DrastichSoviet Union Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav SinitsynAustria Susanne Handschmann / Peter Handschmann
1979–80Czechoslovakia Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav DrastichSoviet Union Elena Garanina / Igor ZavozinAustria Susanne Handschmann / Peter Handschmann
1980–81Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei BukinSoviet Union Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav SinitsynUnited Kingdom Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams[1]
1981–82United States Carol Fox / Richard DalleyCzechoslovakia Jana Beránková / Jan BartákCanada Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall[1]
1982–83United Kingdom Karen Barber / Nicky SlaterSoviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei PonomarenkoSoviet Union Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn[1]
1983–84Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei PonomarenkoSoviet Union Elena Batanova / Alexei SolovievCanada Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall[1]
1984–85Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei PonomarenkoSoviet Union Maia Usova / Alexander ZhulinAustria Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck[1]
2020Netherlands Chelsea Verhaegh / Sherim van GeffenNo other competitors[14]
2021France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey BrissaudHungary Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám LukácsNetherlands Chelsea Verhaegh / Sherim van Geffen[15]
2022France Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud CaffaFinland Yuka Orihara / Juho PirinenHungary Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko[16]
2023France Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey BrissaudFrance Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le MercierFinland Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen[17]

Junior medalists

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008United States Andrew Gonzales Jr.United States Daniel O'SheaJapan Yukihiro Yoshida[5]
2009Japan Daisuke MurakamiUnited States Joshua FarrisBelgium Jorik Hendrickx[6]
2012United Kingdom Peter James HallamTurkey Osman AkgunUnited Kingdom Charlie Parry-Evans[7]
2014Japan Sei KawaharaJapan Kazuki TomonoGermany Panagiotis Polizoakis[9]
2015United States Tomoki HiwatashiFinland Juho PirinenSpain Héctor Alonso[10]
2017Switzerland Nurullah SahakaSpain Aleix Gabara XancoGermany Thomas Junski[11]
2018Japan Taichiro YamakumaJapan Yuto KishinaGermany Kai Jagoda[12]
2019Japan Shun SatoGermany Daniel SapozhnikovGermany Tim England[13]
2020Japan Nozomu YoshiokaGermany Denis GurdzhiUnited Kingdom Edward Appleby[14]
2022Japan Shunsuke NakamuraSwitzerland Naoki RossiUnited States Taira Shinohara[16]
2023Japan Haruya SasakiJapan Haru KakiuchiSwitzerland Georgii Pavlov[17]

Women
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2007United States Rachael FlattUnited States Alexe GillesUnited States Chrissy Hughes[18]
2008United States Brittney RizoJapan Shoko IshikawaUnited States Amanda Dobbs[5]
2009Japan Kanako MurakamiUnited States Ellie KawamuraSweden Isabelle Olsson[6]
2012United States Leah KeiserCanada Gabrielle DalemanItaly Giada Russo[7]
2014Japan Kaori SakamotoUnited States Elena TaylorFinland Emmi Peltonen[9]
2015United States Rebecca PengNetherlands Kyarha van TielBelgium Loena Hendrickx[10]
2017United States Emmy MaCanada Olivia GranSweden Smilla Szalkai[11]
2018Japan Nana ArakiJapan Yuhana YokoiAustria Stefanie Pesendorfer[12]
2019Japan Yuhana YokoiGermany Maria Aimeé RenneFinland Selma Välitalo[13]
2020Japan Mone ChibaItaly Ginevra Lavinia NegrelloJapan Shiika Yoshioka[14]
2022Japan Mone ChibaJapan Ayumi ShibayamaItaly Anna Pezzetta[16]
2023Japan Ayumi ShibayamaJapan Ikura KushidaJapan Yurina Okuno[17]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2012United States Jessica Pfund / A.J. ReissRussia Anastasia Dolidze / Vadim IvanovGermany Vanessa Bauer / Nolan Seegert[7]
2014United States Jessica Lee / Robert HenningsUnited States Aya Takai / Brian JohnsonHong Kong Marin Ono / Hon Lam To[9]
2015Japan Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-AudetUkraine Renata Ohanesian / Mark BardeiUnited States Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz[10]
2019Netherlands Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba—[13]
2023United States Olivia Flores / Luke WangAustria Giorgia Ghedini / Luc MaierhoferGermany Katalin Janne Salatzki / Lukas Röseler[17]

Ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008United States Kaylin Patitucci / Karl EdelmanPoland Justyna Plutowska / Dawid PietrzyńskiAustria Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer[5]
2023France Ambre Perrier-Gianesi / Samuel Blanc-KlapermanBelgium Sofiia Beznosikova / Max LeleuCzech Republic Eliška Žáková / Filip Mencl[17]

Advanced novice medalists

Boys
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008Japan Keiji TanakaUnited States David WangItaly Filippo Ambrosini[5]
2009Japan Sei KawaharaSwitzerland Carlo RoethlisbergerSwitzerland Sergey Balashov[6]
2012Canada Roman SadovskyJapan Taichi HondaNorway Sondre Oddvoll Bøe[7]
2013Sweden Illya SolominJapan Reo IshizukaUnited Kingdom Christopher Bland[8]
2014Spain Aleix Gabara XancoItaly Adrien BannisterSpain Ernesto Martinez[9]
2015Japan Sena MiyakeSpain Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino SabatéGermany Marvin Römpler[10]
2017United States Maxim NaumovCanada Beresford ClementsCanada Aleksa Rakic[11]
2018Sweden Casper JohanssonJapan Shunsuke NakamuraJapan Haru Kakiuchi[12]
2019United States Daniel MartynovSwitzerland Naoki RossiJapan Sora Tarumi[13]
2020United States Michael XieUnited States Lucas BroussardSwitzerland Naoki Rossi[14]
2022Belgium Denis KrouglovUnited States Aleksandr FeganSwitzerland Auréllan Chervet[16]
2023United States Nicholas BrooksSwitzerland Gion SchmidGermany Richard von Göler[17]

Girls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2007United States Angela MaxwellAustria Miriam ZieglerAustria Alessandra Laurencik[18]
2008United States Marissa SecundyFrance Maé Bérénice MéitéJapan Roanna Sari Oshikawa[5]
2009Japan Mao WatanabeNorway Camilla GjersemJapan Ayaka Osamura[6]
2012Japan Yura MatsudaFinland Nelma HedeSweden Victoria Englund[7]
2013Japan Wakaba HiguchiSweden Sallianna ÖztürkFinland Emma Niemi[8]
2014Japan Wakaba HiguchiNetherlands Kyarha van TielLatvia Nikola Mažgane[9]
2015Japan Yuna AokiSweden Maggie HillsGermany Maële Oberlander[10]
2017United States Kaitlyn NguyenUnited States Hannah HarrellFrance Sophie Sprung[11]
2018Japan Hana YoshidaUnited States Alysa LiuJapan Kinayu Yokoi[12]
2019Japan Sara HondaBelgium Nina PinzarroneNetherlands Mikai Van Ommeren[13]
2020Finland Janna JyrkinenKazakhstan Mariya GrechanayaSwitzerland Sophia Katerina Fraser[14]
2022Estonia Maria Eliise KaljuvereGermany Julia GrabowskiSwitzerland Anastasia Brandenburg[16]
2023United States Jessica JurkaNetherlands Angel DelevaqueFinland Darja Trubitson[17]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Poland Magdalena Klatka / Radosław ChruścińskiGermany Karolin Salatzki / Nolan SeegertNetherlands Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein[6]

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