The Rostelecom Cup (Russian: Кубок Ростелекома), previously known as the Cup of Russia (Russian: Кубок России), was an annual international figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It was organized by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Rostelecom Cup
Type:ISU Grand Prix
Location: Russia
Host:Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Alina Zagitova at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup

The event adopted the name Rostelecom Cup in 2009 after its title sponsor. It was dropped in 2010,[1] but returned in 2011. The Rostelecom Cup was a successor to the Prize of Moscow News, an annual elite international event held in the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990.

In April 2022, the ISU cancelled the 2022 Rostelecom Cup, which was to have been held in November. This decision was made in response to the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee to ban Russia and Belarus from hosting international athletic competitions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Medalists edit

Men's singles edit

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1996 Saint Petersburg   Alexei Urmanov   Alexei Yagudin   Michael Weiss [2]
1997   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
1998 Moscow   Alexei Urmanov   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexander Abt [3]
1999 Saint Petersburg   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexander Abt   Guo Zhengxin [4]
2000   Evgeni Plushenko   Ilia Klimkin   Matthew Savoie [5]
2001   Evgeni Plushenko   Roman Serov   Ivan Dinev [2]
2002 Moscow   Evgeni Plushenko   Li Chengjiang   Alexander Abt [6][2]
2003   Evgeni Plushenko   Li Chengjiang   Frédéric Dambier [7]
2004   Evgeni Plushenko   Johnny Weir   Zhang Min [8]
2005 Saint Petersburg   Evgeni Plushenko   Stéphane Lambiel   Johnny Weir [9]
2006 Moscow   Brian Joubert   Johnny Weir   Ilia Klimkin [10]
2007   Johnny Weir   Stéphane Lambiel   Andrei Griazev [11]
2008   Brian Joubert   Tomáš Verner   Alban Préaubert [12]
2009   Evgeni Plushenko   Takahiko Kozuka   Artem Borodulin [13]
2010   Tomáš Verner   Patrick Chan   Jeremy Abbott [14]
2011   Yuzuru Hanyu   Javier Fernández   Jeremy Abbott [15]
2012   Patrick Chan   Takahiko Kozuka   Michal Březina [16]
2013   Tatsuki Machida   Maxim Kovtun   Javier Fernández [17]
2014   Javier Fernández   Sergei Voronov   Michal Březina [18]
2015   Javier Fernández   Adian Pitkeev   Ross Miner [19]
2016   Javier Fernández   Shoma Uno   Alexei Bychenko [20]
2017   Nathan Chen   Yuzuru Hanyu   Mikhail Kolyada [21]
2018   Yuzuru Hanyu   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Kazuki Tomono [22]
2019   Alexander Samarin   Dmitri Aliev   Makar Ignatov [23]
2020   Mikhail Kolyada   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Petr Gumennik [24]
2021 Sochi   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Mikhail Kolyada   Kazuki Tomono [25]

Women's singles edit

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1996 Saint Petersburg   Irina Slutskaya   Julia Lautowa   Olga Markova [2]
1997   Irina Slutskaya   Elena Sokolova   Olga Markova
1998 Moscow   Elena Sokolova   Julia Soldatova   Irina Slutskaya [3]
1999 Saint Petersburg   Irina Slutskaya   Julia Soldatova   Elena Sokolova [4]
2000   Irina Slutskaya   Elena Sokolova   Sarah Hughes [5]
2001   Irina Slutskaya   Viktoria Volchkova   Angela Nikodinov [2]
2002 Moscow   Viktoria Volchkova   Sasha Cohen   Irina Slutskaya [6][2]
2003   Elena Liashenko   Carolina Kostner   Galina Maniachenko [7]
2004   Irina Slutskaya   Shizuka Arakawa   Júlia Sebestyén [8]
2005 Saint Petersburg   Irina Slutskaya   Miki Ando   Yoshie Onda [9]
2006 Moscow   Sarah Meier   Júlia Sebestyén   Yoshie Onda [10]
2007   Yuna Kim   Yukari Nakano   Joannie Rochette [11]
2008   Carolina Kostner   Rachael Flatt   Fumie Suguri [12]
2009   Miki Ando   Ashley Wagner   Alena Leonova [13]
2010   Miki Ando   Akiko Suzuki   Ashley Wagner [14]
2011   Mao Asada   Alena Leonova   Adelina Sotnikova [15]
2012   Kiira Korpi   Gracie Gold   Agnes Zawadzki [16]
2013   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Carolina Kostner   Mirai Nagasu [17]
2014   Rika Hongo   Anna Pogorilaya   Alaine Chartrand [18]
2015   Elena Radionova   Evgenia Medvedeva   Adelina Sotnikova [19]
2016   Anna Pogorilaya   Elena Radionova   Courtney Hicks [20]
2017   Evgenia Medvedeva   Carolina Kostner   Wakaba Higuchi [21]
2018   Alina Zagitova   Sofia Samodurova   Lim Eun-soo [22]
2019   Alexandra Trusova   Evgenia Medvedeva   Mariah Bell [23]
2020   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Alena Kostornaia   Anastasiia Guliakova [24]
2021 Sochi   Kamila Valieva   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Maya Khromykh [25]

Pairs edit

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1996 Saint Petersburg   Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer   Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev [2]
1997   Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov   Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet
1998 Moscow   Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman [3]
1999 Saint Petersburg   Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov   Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin [4]
2000   Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek [5]
2001   Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov   Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis [2]
2002 Moscow   Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov   Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov [6][2]
2003   Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin   Pang Qing / Tong Jian   Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao [7]
2004   Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy [8]
2005 Saint Petersburg   Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin   Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov   Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek [9]
2006 Moscow   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov   Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov [10]
2007   Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov [11]
2008   Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov [12]
2009   Pang Qing / Tong Jian   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker [13]
2010   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran   Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig [14]
2011   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek [15]
2012   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Caydee Denney / John Coughlin [16]
2013   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch [17]
2014   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [18]
2015   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Peng Cheng / Hao Zhang [19]
2016   Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Natalya Zabiyako / Alexander Enbert   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [20]
2017   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [21]
2018   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin [22]
2019   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert [23]
2020   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov [24]
2021 Sochi   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko [25]

Ice dance edit

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1996 Saint Petersburg   Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov   Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow [2]
1997   Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov   Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov
1998 Moscow   Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov   Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov [3]
1999 Saint Petersburg   Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio   Shae-Lynn Bourne / Viktor Kraatz   Sylwia Nowak / Sebastien Kolasinski [4]
2000   Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio   Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski [5]
2001   Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio   Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski   Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov [2]
2002 Moscow   Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov   Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski [6][2]
2003   Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov   Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski [7]
2004   Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov   Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov   Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali [8]
2005 Saint Petersburg   Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov   Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin [9]
2006 Moscow   Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder [10]
2007   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo [11]
2008   Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Meryl Davis / Charlie White [12]
2009   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer [13]
2010   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin   Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov [14]
2011   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev [15]
2012   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov   Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin [16]
2013   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Madison Chock / Evan Bates [17]
2014   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland [18]
2015   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Viktoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov [19]
2016   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje [20]
2017   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin [21]
2018   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko [22]
2019   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin [23]
2020   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin [24]
2021 Sochi   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen [25]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Cup of Russia Medal Winners". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
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  4. ^ a b c d "1999 Cup of Russia". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05.
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  9. ^ a b c d "2005 Cup of Russia". International Skating Union.
  10. ^ a b c d "2006 Cup of Russia (results)". International Skating Union.
  11. ^ a b c d "2007 Cup of Russia". International Skating Union.
  12. ^ a b c d "2008 Cup of Russia". International Skating Union.
  13. ^ a b c d "2009 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  14. ^ a b c d "2010 Cup of Russia". International Skating Union.
  15. ^ a b c d "2011 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  16. ^ a b c d "2012 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  17. ^ a b c d "2013 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  18. ^ a b c d "2014 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  19. ^ a b c d "2015 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  20. ^ a b c d "2016 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  21. ^ a b c d "2017 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  22. ^ a b c d "2018 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  23. ^ a b c d "2019 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  24. ^ a b c d "2020 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.
  25. ^ a b c d "2021 Rostelecom Cup". International Skating Union.

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