The 2015 Ice Challenge was a senior international figure skating competition held in late October 2015 at the Liebenauer Eishalle in Graz, Austria.[1] It was part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

2015 Ice Challenge
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:27 – 31 October 2015
Season:2015–16
Location:Graz, Austria
Host:Skate Austria
Venue:Liebenauer Eishalle
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Artur Dmitriev, Jr.
Ladies' singles:
United States Mirai Nagasu
Pairs:
United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim
Ice dance:
United States Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton
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2014 Ice Challenge
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2016 Ice Challenge

Entries edit

The preliminary entries were published on 6 October 2015.[2][3][4][5]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
  Armenia Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal
  Australia Kailani Craine
  Austria Mario-Rafael Ionian
Simon-Gabriel Ionian
Manuel Koll
Christina Grill
Ines Wohlmuth
Nina Larissa Wolfslast
Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin
  Belgium Jorik Hendrickx Loena Hendrickx
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Arijana Tirak
  Czech Republic Jiří Bělohradský
Petr Kotlařík
Anna Dušková
Elizaveta Ukolova
  Estonia Gerli Liinamäe
  Finland Viktor Zubik Nelma Hede
Emilia Toikkanen
Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm
  Germany Anton Kempf Lutricia Bock
Nathalie Weinzierl
Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert
  Hungary Fruzsina Medgyesi
Ivett Tóth
  Israel Aimee Buchanan
  Italy Adrien Bannister
Alessandro Fadini
Sara Casella
Sara Falotico
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri
Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti
  Lithuania Inga Janulevičiūtė
  North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
  Norway Camilla Gjersem
  Russia Artur Dmitriev, Jr.
Mikhail Kolyada
Anton Shulepov
Maria Artemieva
Serafima Sakhanovich
  Slovenia Daša Grm
  South Korea Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
  Switzerland Stéphane Walker Matilde Gianocca
  United Kingdom Phillip Harris
  United States Jason Brown
Jordan Moeller
Mirai Nagasu
Tyler Pierce
Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim
Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton

Results: Challenger Series edit

Medal summary edit

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Artur Dmitriev, Jr.   Jason Brown   Mikhail Kolyada
Ladies   Mirai Nagasu   Maria Artemieva   Tyler Pierce
Pairs   Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Ice dancing   Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton   Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri   Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm

Men edit

Rank[6] Name Nation Total SP FS
1 Artur Dmitriev, Jr.   Russia 247.57 2 84.46 2 163.11
2 Jason Brown   United States 240.65 1 85.29 4 155.36
3 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 239.77 3 74.86 1 164.91
4 Jorik Hendrickx   Belgium 233.47 4 74.55 3 158.92
5 Anton Shulepov   Russia 215.01 5 74.16 5 140.85
6 Phillip Harris   United Kingdom 183.33 6 65.93 6 117.40
7 Jordan Moeller   United States 178.21 7 63.50 9 114.71
8 Stéphane Walker   Switzerland 175.44 8 60.39 8 115.05
9 Jiří Bělohradský   Czech Republic 167.55 9 54.71 10 112.84
10 Anton Kempf   Germany 163.69 12 47.28 7 116.41
11 Adrien Bannister   Italy 153.42 10 53.41 11 100.01
12 Mario-Rafael Ionian   Austria 137.12 14 43.77 12 93.35
13 Viktor Zubik   Finland 134.54 13 44.69 13 89.85
14 Alessandro Fadini   Italy 131.10 11 47.83 14 83.27
15 Manuel Koll   Austria 113.09 15 37.11 15 75.98
16 Simon-Gabriel Ionian   Austria 95.71 16 29.98 16 65.73
WD Petr Kotlařík   Czech Republic

Ladies edit

Rank[6] Name Nation Total SP FS
1 Mirai Nagasu   United States 169.38 2 57.85 1 111.53
2 Maria Artemieva   Russia 166.81 3 57.49 2 109.32
3 Tyler Pierce   United States 162.69 1 58.47 3 104.22
4 Serafima Sakhanovich   Russia 157.73 5 54.39 4 103.34
5 Ivett Tóth   Hungary 150.15 4 54.89 5 95.26
6 Anna Dušková   Czech Republic 142.23 6 53.83 9 88.40
7 Kailani Craine   Australia 141.59 8 49.70 6 91.89
8 Lutricia Bock   Germany 141.07 7 50.14 7 90.93
9 Daša Grm   Slovenia 134.35 12 44.94 8 89.41
10 Nathalie Weinzierl   Germany 128.49 9 47.73 11 80.76
11 Aimee Buchanan   Israel 122.83 11 45.07 13 77.76
12 Sara Casella   Italy 120.75 19 38.49 10 82.26
13 Elizaveta Ukolova   Czech Republic 118.65 13 42.62 15 76.03
14 Fruzsina Medgyesi   Hungary 118.47 10 47.32 17 71.15
15 Emilia Toikkanen   Finland 115.15 16 40.58 16 74.57
16 Camilla Gjersem   Norway 114.71 21 36.55 12 78.16
17 Inga Janulevičiūtė   Lithuania 112.55 22 35.23 14 77.32
18 Gerli Liinamäe   Estonia 109.17 17 40.45 18 68.72
19 Matilde Gianocca   Switzerland 106.02 20 37.69 19 68.33
20 Sara Falotico   Italy 104.72 15 40.84 20 63.88
21 Nelma Hede   Finland 103.65 14 42.10 21 61.55
22 Nina Larissa Wolfslast   Austria 92.42 23 31.40 22 61.02
23 Christina Grill   Austria 85.43 24 27.94 23 57.49
24 Ines Wohlmuth   Austria 76.62 25 22.11 24 54.51
25 Arijana Tirak   Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.47 26 15.54 25 29.93
WD Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 18 39.92

Pairs edit

Rank[6] Name Nation Total SP FS
1 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   United States 189.28 1 68.74 1 120.54
2 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 155.62 3 56.38 2 99.24
3 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 154.78 2 58.34 4 96.44
4 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu   United States 150.96 4 52.58 3 98.38
5 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik   North Korea 132.18 5 44.16 5 88.02

Ice dancing edit

Rank[6] Name Nation Total SD FD
1 Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton   United States 132.44 1 52.34 1 80.10
2 Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri   Italy 126.66 2 51.76 3 74.90
3 Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm   Finland 124.26 4 49.32 2 74.94
4 Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin   Austria 123.60 3 51.08 4 72.52
5 Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin   South Korea 107.76 6 40.48 5 67.28
6 Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal   Armenia 102.54 7 39.90 6 62.64
7 Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti   Italy 97.16 5 41.12 7 56.04

Results: Leo Scheu Memorial edit

Medal summary: Junior edit

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Petr Gumennik Daniel Grassl Catalin Dimitrescu
Ladies Stanislava Konstantinova Maria Perederova Kristina Isaev

References edit

  1. ^ "2015 Ice Challenge: Announcement" (PDF). Skate Austria / International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Entries: Men". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Entries: Ladies". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Entries: Pairs". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Entries: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "2015 Ice Challenge: Protocol" (PDF). International Skating Union. 31 October 2015.

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