Ice Challenge

The Ice Challenge is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Grazer Eislaufverein and sanctioned by the Austrian Figure Skating association and the International Skating Union. The event is usually held every autumn in Graz, Austria. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series. In 2021, the Ice Challenge returned to the ISU Challenger Series.

History

The event began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen.[1] It was retitled the Ice Challenge in 2008.[2]

In 2011, the ISU designated the Ice Challenge as one of the events at which skaters could achieve a minimum score.[3] In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series. The 2016 edition was cancelled due to the rebuilding of the Merkur Eisstadion.[4] In 2017, the Ice Challenge was held as an international competition only in single skating.

In 2021, the Ice Challenge returned to the ISU Challenger Series.

Senior medalists

CS: ISU Challenger Series

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Czech Republic Tomáš VernerUkraine Anton KovalevskiFrance Alban Préaubert[5]
2010Sweden Alexander MajorovUnited States Douglas RazzanoSweden Kristoffer Berntsson[6]
2011United States Stephen CarriereUzbekistan Misha GeAustria Viktor Pfeifer[7]
2012Germany Peter LiebersUnited States Douglas RazzanoUnited States Armin Mahbanoozadeh[8]
2013Kazakhstan Denis TenAustria Viktor PfeiferRussia Gordei Gorshkov[9]
2014 CSUnited States Douglas RazzanoRussia Alexander SamarinGermany Martin Rappe[10]
2015 CSRussia Artur Dmitriev Jr.United States Jason BrownRussia Mikhail Kolyada[11]
2017Italy Daniel GrasslSpain Javier RayaFrance Adrien Tesson[12]
2021 CSGeorgia (country) Nika EgadzeJapan Lucas Tsuyoshi HondaUnited States Ilia Malinin[13]
2022 CSUnited States Liam KapeikisSweden Andreas NordebäckGermany Nikita Starostin[14]

Women
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Japan Kanako MurakamiItaly Valentina MarcheiUnited States Amanda Dobbs[5]
2010France Lena MarroccoUkraine Natalia PopovaGermany Sarah Hecken[6]
2011United States Caroline ZhangUkraine Natalia PopovaSweden Linnea Mellgren[7]
2012United Kingdom Jenna McCorkellSweden Isabelle OlssonSlovakia Monika Simančíková[8]
2013United States Courtney HicksJapan Miki AndoSlovakia Nicole Rajičová[9]
2014 CSUnited States Hannah MillerSweden Isabelle OlssonHungary Ivett Tóth[10]
2015 CSUnited States Mirai NagasuRussia Maria ArtemievaUnited States Tyler Pierce[11]
2017Slovenia Dasa GrmItaly Giada RussoAustria Natalie Klotz[12]
2021 CSJapan Wakaba HiguchiSouth Korea Park Yeon-jeongEstonia Niina Petrõkina[13]
2022 CSItaly Anna PezzettaCanada Kaiya RuiterSwitzerland Kimmy Repond[14]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009United States Caitlin Yankowskas / John CoughlinUnited States Chloe Katz / Joseph LynchItaly Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek[5]
2010Germany Maylin Hausch / Daniel WendeUnited States Tiffany Vise / Don BaldwinNorth Korea Ji Hyang Ri / Won Hyok Thae[6]
2011United States Andrea Poapst / Chris KnierimGermany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van CleaveIsrael Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski[7]
2012United States Marissa Castelli / Simon ShnapirUnited States Gretchen Donlan / Andrew SperoffIsrael Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski[8]
2013United States Gretchen Donlan / Andrew SperoffGermany Maylin Wende / Daniel WendeUnited States Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea[9]
2014 CSRussia Lina Fedorova / Maxim MiroshkinAustria Miriam Ziegler / Severin KieferGermany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave[10]
2015 CSUnited States Alexa Scimeca / Chris KnierimGermany Mari Vartmann / Ruben BlommaertItaly Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise[11]
2017Germany Lena Kreitmeier / Anton KempfNo other competitors[12]
2021Australia Campbell Young / Lachlan Lewer[15]
2022United States Ellie Kam / Daniel O'SheaNetherlands Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein

Ukraine Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta

Ice dance
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Hungary Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim ZavozinUnited States Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-SchmittGermany Christina Beier / William Beier[5]
2010United Kingdom Louise Walden / Owen EdwardsGeorgia (country) Allison Reed / Otar JaparidzeGermany Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso[6]
2011United States Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-SchmittUnited States Isabella Cannuscio / Ian LorelloUkraine Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun[7]
2012United States Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-SchmittCzech Republic Lucie Myslivečková / Neil BrownSwitzerland Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost[8]
2013United States Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManusDenmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenGermany Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso[9]
2014 CSUnited States Maia Shibutani / Alex ShibutaniDenmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenAustria Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin[10]
2015 CSUnited States Danielle Thomas / Daniel EatonItaly Misato Komatsubara / Andrea FabbriFinland Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm[11]
2017Finland Cecilia Törn / Jussiville PartanenUnited Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis GibsonFinland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis[12]
2021 CSItaly Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriCanada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz[13]
2022 CSUnited States Emily Bratti / Ian SomervilleFrance Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud CaffaCanada Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers[14]

Junior medalists

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Germany Franz StreubelPoland Kamil BiałasSwitzerland Timothy Leemann[5]
2010Ukraine Stanislav PertsovGermany Martin RappeUkraine Olexander Kucher[6]
2011United Kingdom Peter James HallamPoland Kamil DymowskiSwitzerland Nicola Todeschini[7]
2012Czech Republic Tomáš KupkaGermany Alexander BjeldeUnited Kingdom Peter James Hallam[8]
2013Russia Alexey GenyaCzech Republic Tomáš KupkaFrance Charles Tetar[9]
2014Russia Dmitri AlievSouth Korea Byun Se-jongGermany Anton Kempf[16]
2015Russia Petr GumennikItaly Daniel GrasslGermany Catalin Dimitrescu[17]
2017Germany Jonathan HessItaly Gabriele FrangipaniItaly Nik Folini[18]
2021Switzerland Naoki RossiCanada Aleksa RakicTurkey Alp Eren Ozkan[15]
2022Sweden Hugo BostedtAustria Tobia OellererUnited Kingdom Connor Bray[14]

Women
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Estonia Gerli LiinamäeCzech Republic Barbora ŠvédováSwitzerland Anastasia Kistler[5]
2010Slovakia Monika SimančíkováSweden Isabelle OlssonAustria Lara Eisenbauer[6]
2011Russia Kristina ZaseevaSweden Elin HallbergSweden Gabriella Josefsson[7]
2012Austria Sabrina SchulzGermany Minami HanashiroFinland Nelma Hede[8]
2013Germany Maria-Katharina HercegCzech Republic Anna DuškováSwitzerland Yasmine Kimiko Yamada[9]
2014Germany Lea Johanna DastichSouth Korea Byun JihyunCzech Republic Anna Dušková[16]
2015Russia Stanislava KonstantinovaRussia Maria PerederovaGermany Kristina Isaev[17]
2017Italy Alessia TornaghiAustria Stefanie PesendorferHungary Júlia Láng[18]
2021Hungary Vivien PappEstonia Amalia ZelenjakBelarus Varvara Kisel[15]
2022Switzerland Sarina JoosHungary Polina DzsumanyijazovaEstonia Marianne Must[14]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Czech Republic Klára Kadlecová / Petr BidařRussia Evgenia Krapivina / Konstantin MedovikovUnited Kingdom Catherine Clement / James Hunt[5]
2010Netherlands Rachel Epstein / Dmitry EpsteinNo other competitors[6]
2011Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim MiroshkinPoland Magdalena Klatka / Radosław ChruścińskiAustria Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer[7]
2012Germany Annabelle Prölss / Ruben BlommaertNo other competitors[8]
2013Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař[9]
2014Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař[16]
2015No pairs competition
2017Italy Sara Carli / Marco PaulettiNo other competitors[18]
2021France Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien GiniauxAustralia Campbell Young / Lachlan LewerNo other competitors[15]
2022Canada Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan TaylorGermany Sonja Loewenherz / Robert Loewenherz[14]

Ice dance
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009Germany Stefanie Frohberg / Tim GiesenUkraine Maria Nosulia / Evgeni KholoniukSwitzerland Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost[5]
2010Czech Republic Karolina Procházková / Michal ČeškaUkraine Lolita Yermak / Alexander LiubchenkoCzech Republic Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn[6]
2011Israel Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili RogovUnited Kingdom Sophie Jones / Richard SharpeGermany Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki[7]
2012Turkey Çağla Demirsal / Berk AkalınRussia Julia Dolgikh / Alexandr PrachanovRussia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd[8]
2013Hungary Carolina Moscheni / Ádám LukácsFrance Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le GacAustria Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer[9]
2014Hungary Carolina Moscheni / Ádám LukácsItaly Sara Ghislandi / Giona OrtenziRussia Eva Khachaturian / Andrei Bagin[16]
2015No ice dance competition
2017United Kingdom Sasha Fear / George WaddellGermany Ria Schwendinger / Valentin WunderlichHungary Villö Marton / Danyil Semko[18]
2021Canada Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce WaddellCzech Republic Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel MrázekSpain Sofia Val / Nikita Vitryanyuk[15]
2022Czech Republic Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel MrázekSlovakia Anna Simova / Kirill AksenovAustria Anita Straub / Andreas Straub[14]

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