ISU Junior Grand Prix in China

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in China is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Figure Skating Association (Chinese: 中国花样滑冰协会). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in China
Status	Active
Genre	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Frequency	Occasional
Country	China
Inaugurated	1998
Previous event	2023
Organized by	Chinese Figure Skating Association

History

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.^[1]

Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before 1 July of the respective season, and if they have not yet turned 19 (for single skaters, and females in ice dance and pair skating) or 21 (for males in ice dance and pair skating).^[1] Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[2]

Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China, three-time champions in pair skating at the Junior Grand Prix in China

China hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 1998. Guo Zhengxin of China won the men's event, Yoshie Onda of Japan won the women's event, Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China won the pairs event, and Flavia Ottaviani and Massimo Scali of Italy won the ice dance event.^[3]

China has twice hosted the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the culminating event of the Junior Grand Prix series. The 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Richard Dornbush of the United States won the men's event, Adelina Sotnikova of Russia won the women's event, Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran of Japan won the pairs event, and Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia won the ice dance event.^[4] China was scheduled to host the 2020 Junior Grand Prix Final, again in Beijing, but the ISU cancelled all scheduled Junior Grand Prix events for the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing increased travel and entry requirements between countries and potentially excessive sanitary and health care costs for those hosting competitions.^[5] China was able to host the 2023 Junior Grand Prix Final at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Rio Nakata and Mao Shimada, both of Japan, won the men's and women's event, respectively; while Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia won the pairs event, and Leah Neset and Artem Markelov of the United States won the ice dance event.^[6]

The seventh event of the 2024 Junior Grand Prix Series was originally scheduled to be held in Épinal, France, but the French Federation of Ice Sports withdrew; their spot was re-allocated to the Chinese Figure Skating Association, who held the event in Wuxi.^[7]

Medalists

The 2024 Grand Prix in China champions: Rio Nakata of Japan (men's singles) and Ami Nakai of Japan (women's singles)
Not pictured: Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal of the United States (ice dance)

Men's singles

Men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998	Beijing	Guo Zhengxin	Gao Song	Yu Wang	[3]
2000	Harbin	Ma Xiaodong	Johnny Weir	Ma Yingdi	[8]
2002	Beijing	Mikhail Magerovski	Rui Yi	Wu Jialiang	[9]
2004	Harbin		Jamal Othman	Kazumi Kishimoto	[10]
2010 Final	Beijing	Richard Dornbush	Yan Han	Andrei Rogozine	[4]
2020 Final		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[5]
2023 Final		Rio Nakata	Kim Hyun-gyeom	Adam Hagara	[6]
2024	Wuxi		Tian Tonghe	Yanhao Li	[11]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998	Beijing	Yoshie Onda	Gwenaëlle Jullien	Wang Huan	[3]
2000	Harbin	Yukari Nakano	Marianne Dubuc	Stephanie Zhang	[8]
2002	Beijing	Miki Ando	Beatrisa Liang	Yebin Mok	[9]
2004	Harbin	Nana Takeda	Yuna Kim	Jessica Dubé	[10]
2010 Final	Beijing	Adelina Sotnikova	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Li Zijun	[4]
2020 Final		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[5]
2023 Final		Mao Shimada	Shin Ji-a	Rena Uezono	[6]
2024	Wuxi	Ami Nakai	Kim Yu-seong	Wang Yihan	[11]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998	Beijing	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Melica Brozovich Anton Nimenko	Anna Kaverzina Vitali Dubina	[3]
2000	Harbin		Ding Yang Ren Zhongfei	Yuko Kawaguchi Alexander Markuntsov	[8]
2002	Beijing		Tiffany Vise Laureano Ibarra	Tatiana Kokoreva Egor Golovkin	[9]
2004	Harbin	Maria Mukhortova Maxim Trankov	Jessica Dubé Bryce Davison	Elena Efaieva Alexei Menshikov	[10]
2010 Final	Beijing	Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran	Ksenia Stolbova Fedor Klimov	Yu Xiaoyu Jin Yang	[4]
2020 Final		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[5]
2023 Final		Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava	Ava Kemp Yohnatan Elizarov	Jazmine Desrochers Kieran Thrasher	[6]
2024	Wuxi	No pairs competition			[11]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998	Beijing	Flavia Ottaviani Massimo Scali	Melissa Gregory James Shufford	Nelly Gourvest Cédric Pernet	[3]
2000	Harbin	Kendra Goodwin Chris Obzansky	Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat	Catherine Perreault Charles Perreault	[8]
2002	Beijing	Christina Beier William Beier	Ekaterina Rubleva Ivan Shefer	Loren Galler-Rabinowitz David Mitchell	[9]
2004	Harbin	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Natalia Mikhailova Arkadi Sergeev	Trina Pratt Todd Gilles	[10]
2010 Final	Beijing	Ksenia Monko Kirill Khaliavin	Victoria Sinitsina Ruslan Zhiganshin	Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin	[4]
2020 Final		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[5]
2023 Final		Leah Neset Artem Markelov	Elizabeth Tkachenko Alexei Kiliakov	Darya Grimm Michail Savitskiy	[6]
2024	Wuxi	Elliana Peal Ethan Peal	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc Klaperman	Chloe Nguyen Brendan Giang	[11]