2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 15th season of the series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating contested by senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.[1]

2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:August 31 – December 11, 2011
Season:2011–12
Location: Riga
Brisbane
Gdańsk
Braşov
Innsbruck
Milan
Tallinn
Quebec City
Previous:
2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Next:
2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top six skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2011–12 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2011:

Date Event Location Other notes
September 1–3 2011 JGP Volvo Cup Riga, Latvia
September 8–10 2011 JGP Brisbane Brisbane, Australia No pair competition
September 15–17 2011 JGP Baltic Cup Gdańsk, Poland
September 22–24 2011 JGP Brasov Cup Braşov, Romania No pair competition
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 2011 JGP Cup of Austria Innsbruck, Austria
October 6–8 2011 JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi Milan, Italy No pair competition
October 13–15 2011 JGP Tallinn Cup Tallinn, Estonia
December 8–11 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final Quebec City, Canada

The JGP Final was held in conjunction with the senior-level version.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2011 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP were not seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's Junior World Championships in each respective discipline.

For the 2011–2012 season, in singles, the three best placed member nations at the 2011 Junior Worlds were allowed to enter two skaters in all seven events. Member nations which placed 4th through 6th were allowed to enter one skater in all seven events, those which placed 7th through 12th were allowed one skater in six of the seven events, and those with a skater who qualified for the free skate were allowed one skater in five of the events. Member nations which did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in four of the events, those which placed 31st and lower in the short program were allowed one skater in three of the events, and those countries which did not participate in the 2011 Junior Worlds were allowed one skater in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.

In pairs, member nations which placed in the top five at the 2011 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter three entries in all four events which included pairs. Member nations which qualified for the free skate were allowed two entries in all four events, and all others were allowed one entry in all four events. There was no limit on host nation pair entries.

In ice dance, the multiple spots allowance was the same as for singles, through one entry in five events.

The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance, with no limit for pair teams from the host nation.

The general spots allowance for the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:

Entries Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
3 per event  Canada
 China
 Japan
 Russia
 United States
2 per event  Canada
 Japan
 Sweden
 Japan
 Russia
 United States
 Austria
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Italy
 Poland
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
 France
 Russia
 United States
1 per event  China
 Russia
 United States
 Belgium
 China
 France
 Canada
 Spain
 Slovakia
1 in six events  Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 France
 Kazakhstan
 Ukraine
 Austria
 Estonia
 Finland
 Italy
  Switzerland
 Slovakia
 Estonia
 United Kingdom
 Germany
 Kazakhstan
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
1 in five events  Belarus
 Finland
 Germany
 Poland
 Australia
 Germany
 South Korea
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Italy
1 in four events  Italy
 South Korea
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Chinese Taipei
 Canada
 Denmark
 Latvia
 Poland
 Turkey
 Austria
 Uzbekistan
 China
  Switzerland
 Estonia
 Belarus
 Romania
1 in three events  Armenia
 Australia
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 United Kingdom
 Georgia
 Hong Kong
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Malaysia
 Netherlands
 Romania
 Thailand
 Turkey
 Armenia
 Belarus
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 United Kingdom
 Hong Kong
 Hungary
 Israel
 Kazakhstan
 Lithuania
 Malaysia
 Mexico
 Mongolia
 Netherlands
 Norway
 New Zealand
 Philippines
 South Africa
 Singapore
 Serbia
 Spain
 Thailand
 Chinese Taipei
 Ukraine
 Australia
 Finland
 Israel
 Japan
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 New Zealand
 Turkey

All other member nations had one entry per discipline in two of the seven events in singles and ice dance and one entry in all four events in pairs.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters/teams earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement was as follows:

Placement Points (Singles/Dance) Points (Pairs)
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th44
8th33
9th2
10th1

There were seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker was the 1st place, and that beat a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If there was still a tie, the tie was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1 Yan Han Yulia Lipnitskaya Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
2 Joshua Farris Polina Shelepen Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3 Jason Brown Vanessa Lam Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov
4 Maxim Kovtun Risa Shoji Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk
5 Ryuju Hino Zijun Li Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski
6 Keiji Tanaka Polina Korobeynikova Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu (withdrew) Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
Alternates
1st Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Samantha Cesario Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev (called up) Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager
2nd Zhang He Polina Agafonova Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin
3rd Lee June-hyoung Satoko Miyahara Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin

Medalists

Men

In Milan, Italy, Lee June-hyoung became the first Korean male skater to medal at an ISU competition.[2]

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Latvia Ryuju Hino Zhang He Timothy DolenskyDetails
JGP Australia Jason Brown Keiji Tanaka Liam FirusDetails
JGP Poland Joshua Farris Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Ryuichi KiharaDetails
JGP Romania Maxim Kovtun Ryuju Hino Nam NguyenDetails
JGP Austria Han Yan Gordei Gorshkov Keiji TanakaDetails
JGP Italy Han Yan Jason Brown Lee June-hyoungDetails
JGP Estonia Joshua Farris Maxim Kovtun Shoma UnoDetails
JGP Final Jason Brown Yan Han Joshua FarrisDetails

Ladies

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Latvia Polina Shelepen Li Zijun Polina AgafonovaDetails
JGP Australia Courtney Hicks Risa Shoji Vanessa LamDetails
JGP Poland Yulia Lipnitskaya Satoko Miyahara Samantha CesarioDetails
JGP Romania Polina Shelepen Polina Korobeynikova Kim Hae-jinDetails
JGP Austria Vanessa Lam Li Zijun Polina AgafonovaDetails
JGP Italy Yulia Lipnitskaya Anna Shershak Hannah MillerDetails
JGP Estonia Gracie Gold Risa Shoji Samantha CesarioDetails
JGP Final Yulia Lipnitskaya Polina Shelepen Polina KorobeynikovaDetails

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Latvia Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Margaret Purdy / Michael MarinaroDetails
JGP AustraliaNo pairs competition held
JGP Poland Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei LisievDetails
JGP RomaniaNo pairs competition held
JGP Austria Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim KurduykovDetails
JGP ItalyNo pairs competition held
JGP Estonia Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Jessica Calalang / Zack SidhuDetails
JGP Final Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Britney Simpson / Matthew BlackmerDetails

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Latvia Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel EatonDetails
JGP Australia Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager Valeria Zenkova / Valerie SinitsinDetails
JGP Poland Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei MozgovDetails
JGP Romania Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeenDetails
JGP Austria Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Maria Nosulia / Evgeni KholoniukDetails
JGP Italy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis MagerDetails
JGP Estonia Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai MoroshkinDetails
JGP Final Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinDetails

Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall. The table is numbered by number of total medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)129930
2 United States (USA)841022
3 China (CHN)56011
4 Canada (CAN)2248
5 Japan (JPN)1539
6 Ukraine (UKR)1214
7 Estonia (EST)0101
8 South Korea (KOR)0022
Totals (8 nations)29292987

Top JGP scores

Top scores attained in Junior Grand Prix competitions as of December 10, 2011 (JGP Final). Skaters ranked according to total score.

Men

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Han Yan  China 219.37 2011 JGP Italy
2 Jason Brown  United States 208.41 2011–12 JGP Final
3 Joshua Farris  United States 207.67 2011 JGP Estonia
4 Artur Dmitriev, Jr.  Russia 197.09 2011 JGP Poland
5 Maxim Kovtun  Russia 193.76 2011–12 JGP Final
6 Keiji Tanaka  Japan 192.36 2011 JGP Australia
7 Ryuju Hino  Japan 182.71 2011 JGP Latvia
8 Zhang He  China 182.38 2011 JGP Latvia
9 Gordei Gorshkov  Russia 180.25 2011 JGP Austria
10 Liam Firus  Canada 180.00 2011 JGP Australia

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Yulia Lipnitskaya  Russia 183.05 2011 JGP Italy
2 Gracie Gold  United States 172.69 2011 JGP Estonia
3 Polina Shelepen  Russia 162.34 2011–12 JGP Final
4 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 162.20 2011 JGP Poland
5 Risa Shoji  Japan 157.83 2011 JGP Estonia
6 Vanessa Lam  United States 156.58 2011 JGP Austria
7 Li Zijun  China 156.40 2011 JGP Austria
8 Samantha Cesario  United States 153.84 2011 JGP Poland
9 Courtney Hicks  United States 151.91 2011 JGP Australia
10 Polina Korobeynikova  Russia 151.18 2011–12 JGP Final

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 167.14 2011 JGP Austria
2 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  China 154.37 2011 JGP Austria
3 Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry  Canada 152.65 2011–12 JGP Final
4 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer  United States 146.35 2011–12 JGP Final
5 Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov  Russia 146.17 2011–12 JGP Final
6 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu  United States 139.32 2011 JGP Estonia
7 Li Meiyi / Jiang Bo  China 138.92 2011 JGP Austria
8 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin  Russia 134.88 2011 JGP Austria
9 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro  Canada 134.46 2011 JGP Latvia
10 Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev  Russia 133.79 2011–12 JGP Final

Ice dance

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  Russia 151.10 2011 JGP Austria
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 149.98 2011 JGP Italy
3 Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov  Russia 142.72 2011 JGP Estonia
4 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton  United States 136.85 2011 JGP Austria
5 Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin  Russia 130.58 2011 JGP Italy
6 Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager  United States 129.63 2011 JGP Italy
7 Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk  Ukraine 128.34 2011 JGP Austria
8 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams  Canada 127.21 2011 JGP Australia
9 Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand  Estonia 126.51 2011 JGP Estonia
10 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern  Germany 124.35 2011 JGP Italy

References

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