Ice Challenge

The Ice Challenge (formerly known as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen or Leo Scheu Memorial) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by 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, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series.

History

The event began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen (Leo Scheu Memorial). It was re-titled the Ice Challenge in 2008.[1] The name Leo Scheu Memorial was retained for a junior, novice, and lower-level competition that is held in conjunction with the senior event. Leo Scheu was the founder of the ice skating club Graz and a member of the Nazi Party.[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.[4]

Senior medalists

CS: ISU Challenger Series

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Tomáš Verner Anton Kovalevski Alban Préaubert[5]
2010 Alexander Majorov Douglas Razzano Kristoffer Berntsson[6]
2011 Stephen Carriere Misha Ge Viktor Pfeifer[7]
2012 Peter Liebers Douglas Razzano Armin Mahbanoozadeh[8]
2013 Denis Ten Viktor Pfeifer Gordei Gorshkov[9]
2014 CS Douglas Razzano Alexander Samarin Martin Rappe[10]
2015 CS Artur Dmitriev Jr. Jason Brown Mikhail Kolyada[11]
2017 Daniel Grassl Javier Raya Adrien Tesson[12]

Ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Kanako Murakami Valentina Marchei Amanda Dobbs[5]
2010 Lena Marrocco Natalia Popova Sarah Hecken[6]
2011 Caroline Zhang Natalia Popova Linnea Mellgren[7]
2012 Jenna McCorkell Isabelle Olsson Monika Simančíková[8]
2013 Courtney Hicks Miki Ando Nicole Rajičová[9]
2014 CS Hannah Miller Isabelle Olsson Ivett Tóth[10]
2015 CS Mirai Nagasu Maria Artemieva Tyler Pierce[11]
2017 Dasa Grm Giada Russo Natalie Klotz[12]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Chloe Katz / Joseph Lynch Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek[5]
2010 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin Ji Hyang Ri / Won Hyok Thae[6]
2011 Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski[7]
2012 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski[8]
2013 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea[9]
2014 CS Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave[10]
2015 CS Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise[11]
2017 Lena Kreitmeier / Anton KempfNo other competitors[12]

Ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Christina Beier / William Beier[5]
2010 Louise Walden / Owen Edwards Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso[6]
2011 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun[7]
2012 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost[8]
2013 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso[9]
2014 CS Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin[10]
2015 CS Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm[11]
2017 Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis[12]

Junior medalists

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Franz Streubel Kamil Białas Timothy Leemann[5]
2010 Stanislav Pertsov Martin Rappe Olexander Kucher[6]
2011 Peter James Hallam Kamil Dymowski Nicola Todeschini[7]
2012 Tomáš Kupka Alexander Bjelde Peter James Hallam[8]
2013 Alexey Genya Tomáš Kupka Charles Tetar[9]
2014 Dmitri Aliev Byun Se-jong Anton Kempf[13]
2015 Petr Gumennik Daniel Grassl Catalin Dimitrescu[14]
2016No competition held
2017 Jonathan Hess Gabriele Frangipani Nik Folini[15]

Ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Gerli Liinamäe Barbora Švédová Anastasia Kistler[5]
2010 Monika Simančíková Isabelle Olsson Lara Eisenbauer[6]
2011 Kristina Zaseeva Elin Hallberg Gabriella Josefsson[7]
2012 Sabrina Schulz Minami Hanashiro Nelma Hede[8]
2013 Maria-Katharina Herceg Anna Dušková Yasmine Kimiko Yamada[9]
2014 Lea Johanna Dastich Byun Jihyun Anna Dušková[13]
2015 Stanislava Konstantinova Maria Perederova Kristina Isaev[14]
2016No competition held
2017 Alessia Tornaghi Stefanie Pesendorfer Júlia Láng[15]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař Evgenia Krapivina / Konstantin Medovikov Catherine Clement / James Hunt[5]
2010 Rachel Epstein / Dmitry EpsteinNo other competitors[6]
2011 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer[7]
2012 Annabelle Prölss / Ruben BlommaertNo other competitors[8]
2013 Anna Dušková / Martin BidařNo other competitors[9]
2014 Anna Dušková / Martin BidařNo other competitors[13]
2015No pairs competition
2016No competition held
2017 Sara Carli / Marco PaulettiNo other competitors[15]

Ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Stefanie Frohberg / Tim Giesen Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost[5]
2010 Karolina Procházková / Michal Češka Lolita Yermak / Alexander Liubchenko Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn[6]
2011 Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov Sophie Jones / Richard Sharpe Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki[7]
2012 Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın Julia Dolgikh / Alexandr Prachanov Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd[8]
2013 Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer[9]
2014 Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács Sara Ghislandi / Giona Ortenzi Eva Khachaturian / Andrei Bagin[13]
2015No ice dancing competition
2016No competition held
2017 Sasha Fear / George Waddel Ria Schwendinger / Valentin Wunderlich Villö Marton / Danyil Semko[15]

Advanced novice medalists

Boys
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Michael Christian Martinez Clement Ledoux Simon-Gabriel Ionian[5]
2010 Simon-Gabriel Ionian Marco Klepoch Thomas Kennes[6]
2011 Sondre Oddvold Boe John Hallman Marco Klepoch[7]
2012 Matej Gregorc Niclas Rust Steven Spencer Baker[8]
2013 Severin Reich Petr Kotlařík Matýaš Bělohradský[9]
2014 Radek Jakubka Florian Paschke Kai Jagoda[13]
2015 Gabriel Folkesson Maxim Knorr Jonathan Egyptsson[14]
2016No novice competition
2017 Davide Calderari Mozes-Jozsef Berei Didier Dijkstra[15]

Girls
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Jana Čejková Victoria Manni Agata Kryger[5]
2010 Alisson Perticheto Lutricia Bock Kristina Yntema[6]
2011 Liubov Efimenko Elizaveta Yushenko Kristina Yntema[7]
2012 Danielle Harrison Sallianna Öztürk Nina Letenayová[8]
2013 Anita Östlund Anastasia Schneider Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková[9]
2014 Pauline Wanner Ann-Christin Marold Noemie Carroue[13]
2015 Alina Urušadze Ann-Christin Marold Dora Nagy[14]
2016No novice competition
2017 Zoe Gal Regina Schermann Bernadett Szigeti[15]

Pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Lina Fedorova / Maxim MiroshkinNo other competitors[5]
2010–
2011		No pairs competition
2012 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Natálie Kratěnová / Petr Kotlařík Christina Baker / Steven Baker[8]
2013 Natálie Kratěnová / Petr KotlaříkNo other competitors[9]
2014–
2017		No pairs competition[13]

Ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki Joanna Zając / Damian Binkowski Colette Long / Daniel Linovice[5]
2010 Annika Maczka / Henry Aiken Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer Laura Abts / Maarten Buckens[6]
2011 Valeria Neiman / Grigoriy SmirnovNo other competitors[7]
2012 Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Anastasia Savitskaya / Alexey Dubrovin Polina Velikanova / Elisey Kramar[8]
2013No ice dancing competition
2014 Maria Marchenko / Egor Pozdnyakov Candice Girardot / Thomas De Lorenzi Salome Gehmlich / Samuel Joshua Steffan[13]
2015–
2016		No ice dancing competition
2017 Emily-Lucine Phillips / Jayin Panesar Lea Enderlein / Malte Brandt Klara Kazdova / Filip Strubl[15]

References
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