Ice Challenge

The Ice Challenge is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen (Leo Scheu Memorial) and was retitled the Ice Challenge in 2008.[1] The event is usually held every autumn in Graz, Austria. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The Ice Challenge's senior event became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. It is held in conjunction with the Leo Scheu Memorial which is composed of junior, novice, and lower level competitions.

In 2011, the ISU designated the Ice Challenge as one of the events at which skaters may try to achieve a minimum score.[2]

Senior medalists

CS: ISU Challenger Series]

Men

Senior men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Czech Republic Tomáš Verner Ukraine Anton Kovalevski France Alban Préaubert [3]
2010 Sweden Alexander Majorov United States Douglas Razzano Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson [4]
2011 United States Stephen Carriere Uzbekistan Misha Ge Austria Viktor Pfeifer [5]
2012 Germany Peter Liebers United States Douglas Razzano United States Armin Mahbanoozadeh [6]
2013 Kazakhstan Denis Ten Austria Viktor Pfeifer Russia Gordei Gorshkov [7]
2014 CS United States Douglas Razzano Russia Alexander Samarin Germany Martin Rappe [8]
2015 CS Russia Artur Dmitriev, Jr. United States Jason Brown Russia Mikhail Kolyada [9]

Ladies

Senior ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Japan Kanako Murakami Italy Valentina Marchei United States Amanda Dobbs [3]
2010 France Lena Marrocco Ukraine Natalia Popova Germany Sarah Hecken [4]
2011 United States Caroline Zhang Ukraine Natalia Popova Sweden Linnea Mellgren [5]
2012 United Kingdom Jenna McCorkell Sweden Isabelle Olsson Slovakia Monika Simančíková [6]
2013 United States Courtney Hicks Japan Miki Ando Slovakia Nicole Rajičová [7]
2014 CS United States Hannah Miller Sweden Isabelle Olsson Hungary Ivett Tóth [8]
2015 CS United States Mirai Nagasu Russia Maria Artemieva United States Tyler Pierce [9]

Pairs

Senior pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 United States Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin United States Chloe Katz / Joseph Lynch Italy Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek [3]
2010 Germany Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende United States Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin North Korea Ji Hyang Ri / Won Hyok Thae [4]
2011 United States Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim Germany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Israel Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski [5]
2012 United States Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir United States Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Israel Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski [6]
2013 United States Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Germany Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende United States Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea [7]
2014 CS Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Germany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave [8]
2015 CS United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Germany Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise [9]

Ice dancing

Senior ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Hungary Nora Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin United States Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Germany Christina Beier / William Beier [3]
2010 United Kingdom Louise Walden / Owen Edwards Georgia (country) Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze Germany Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso [4]
2011 United States Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt United States Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello Ukraine Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun [5]
2012 United States Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Czech Republic Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown Switzerland Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost [6]
2013 United States Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Germany Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso [7]
2014 CS United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Austria Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin [8]
2015 CS United States Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton Italy Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri Finland Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm [9]

Junior medalists

Men

Junior men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Germany Franz Streubel Poland Kamil Białas Switzerland Timothy Leemann [3]
2010 Ukraine Stanislav Pertsov Germany Martin Rappe Ukraine Olexander Kucher [4]
2011 United Kingdom Peter James Hallam Poland Kamil Dymowski Switzerland Nicola Todeschini [5]
2012 Czech Republic Tomáš Kupka Germany Alexander Bjelde United Kingdom Peter Hallam [6]
2013 Russia Alexei Genia Czech Republic Tomáš Kupka France Charles Tetar [7]
2014 Russia Dmitri Aliev South Korea Byun Se-jong Germany Anton Kempf [10]
2015 Russia Petr Gumennik Italy Daniel Grassl Germany Catalin Dimitrescu [11]

Ladies

Junior ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Estonia Gerli Liinamäe Czech Republic Barbora Švédová Switzerland Anastasia Kistler [3]
2010 Slovakia Monika Simančíková Sweden Isabelle Olsson Austria Lara Eisenbauer [4]
2011 Russia Kristina Zaseeva Sweden Elin Hallberg Sweden Gabriella Josefsson [5]
2012 Austria Sabrina Schulz Germany Minami Hanashiro Finland Nelma Hede [6]
2013 Germany Maria-Katharina Herceg Czech Republic Anna Dušková Switzerland Yasmine Kimiko Yamada [7]
2014 Germany Lea Johanna Dastich South Korea Byun Jihyun Czech Republic Anna Dušková [10]
2015 Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Maria Perederova Germany Kristina Isaev [11]

Pairs

Junior pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Czech Republic Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař Russia Evgenia Krapivina / Konstantin Medovikov United Kingdom Catherine Clement / James Hunt [3]
2010 Netherlands Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein No other competitors [4]
2011 Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Poland Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński Austria Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer [5]
2012 Germany Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert No other competitors [6]
2013 Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař No other competitors [7]
2014 Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař No other competitors [10]
Competition not held in 2015

Ice dancing

Junior ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Germany Stefanie Frohberg / Tim Giesen Ukraine Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk Switzerland Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost [3]
2010 Czech Republic Karolina Procházková / Michal Češka Ukraine Lolita Yermak / Alexander Liubchenko Czech Republic Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn [4]
2011 Israel Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov United Kingdom Sophie Jones / Richard Sharpe Germany Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki [5]
2012 Turkey Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın Russia Julia Dolgikh / Alexandr Prachanov Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd [6]
2013 Hungary Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács France Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac Austria Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer [7]
2014 Hungary Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács Italy Sara Ghislandi / Giona Ortenzi Russia Eva Khachaturian / Andrei Bagin [10]
Competition not held in 2015

Advanced novice medalists

Boys

Advanced novice boys
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Philippines Michael Christian Martinez Austria Clement Ledoux Austria Simon-Gabriel Ionian [3]
2010 Austria Simon-Gabriel Ionian Slovakia Marco Klepoch Netherlands Thomas Kennes [4]
2011 Norway Sondre Oddvold Boe Sweden John Hallman Slovakia Marco Klepoch [5]
2012 Slovenia Matej Gregorc Germany Niclas Rust Croatia Steven Spencer Baker [6]
2013 Germany Severin Reich Czech Republic Petr Kotlařík Czech Republic Matýaš Bělohradský [7]
2014 Czech Republic Radek Jakubka Germany Florian Paschke Germany Kai Jagoda [10]
2015 Sweden Gabriel Folkesson Germany Maxim Knorr Sweden Jonathan Egyptsson [11]

Girls

Advanced novice girls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Czech Republic Jana Čejková Italy Victoria Manni Poland Agata Kryger [3]
2010 Switzerland Alisson Perticheto Germany Lutricia Bock Austria Kristina Yntema [4]
2011 Finland Liubov Efimenko Russia Elizaveta Yushenko Austria Kristina Yntema [5]
2012 United Kingdom Danielle Harrison Sweden Sallianna Öztürk Slovakia Nina Letenayová [6]
2013 Sweden Anita Östlund Sweden Anastasia Schneider Czech Republic Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková [7]
2014 France Pauline Wanner Germany Ann-Christin Marold France Noemie Carroue [10]
2015 Latvia Alina Urušadze Germany Ann-Christin Marold Hungary Dora Nagy [11]

Pairs

Advanced novice pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin No other competitors [3]
Competition not held in 2010–2011
2012 Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Czech Republic Natálie Kratěnová / Petr Kotlařík Croatia Christina Baker / Steven Baker [6]
2013 Czech Republic Natálie Kratěnová / Petr Kotlařík No other competitors [7]
Competition not held in 2014–2015[10]

Ice dancing

Advanced novice ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Germany Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki Poland Joanna Zając / Damian Binkowski Germany Colette Long / Daniel Linovice [3]
2010 United Kingdom Annika Maczka / Henry Aiken Austria Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer Belgium Laura Abts / Maarten Buckens [4]
2011 Russia Valeria Neiman / Grigoriy Smirnov No other competitors [5]
2012 Russia Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Russia Anastasia Savitskaya / Alexey Dubrovin Russia Polina Velikanova / Elisey Kramar [6]
Competition not held in 2013
2014 Russia Maria Marchenko / Egor Pozdnyakov France Candice Girardot / Thomas De Lorenzi Germany Salome Gehmlich / Samuel Joshua Steffan [10]
Competition not held in 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Eleven U.S. athletes head to Ice Challenge". IceNetwork. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix 2011 - 12 Announcement". International Skating Union. July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "2009 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "2010 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "2011 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "2012 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "2013 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "2014 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "2015 Ice Challenge". Austrian Figure Skating Association.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2014 Leo Scheu Memorial". Austrian Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "2015 Leo Scheu Memorial". Austrian Figure Skating Association.

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