The 2012–13 figure skating season began on July 1, 2012, and ended on June 30, 2013. During this season, elite skaters from men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance competed on the International Skating Union (ISU) Championship level at the 2013 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They also competed in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final.
| 2012–13 figure skating season | |
|---|---|
| Date: | July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013 |
| Previous: 2011–12 | |
| Next: 2013–14 | |
Age eligibility edit
Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.[1]
| Level | Date of birth |
|---|---|
| Seniors (eligible for Junior Grand Prix competitions) | Born before July 1, 1999 |
| Seniors (eligible for Grand Prix competitions) | Born before July 1, 1998 |
| Seniors (eligible for senior ISU Championship competitions) | Born before July 1, 1997 |
| Juniors (females in all disciplines; males in singles) | Born before July 1, 1993 |
| Juniors (males in pairs & ice dance) | Born before July 1, 1991 |
Changes edit
If skaters of different nationalities formed a team, the ISU required that they choose one country to represent. The date provided is the date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.
Partnership changes edit
| Date | Skaters | Disc. | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2012 |  Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker
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Pairs | Dissolved | [2] |
| October 17, 2012 | Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton
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[3] | ||
| November 9, 2012 |  Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart
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Ice dance | [4] | |
| December 11, 2012 |  Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev
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[5] | ||
| Gabriela Kubová / Matěj Novák
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Formed | |||
| December 18, 2012 |  Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
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Pairs | Dissolved | [6] |
| January 30, 2013 | Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara
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Formed | [7] | |
| February 7, 2013 | Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig
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Dissolved | [8] | |
| February 19, 2013 | Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker
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Formed | [9] | |
| March 2013 |  Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan
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| March 12, 2013 | Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran
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[10] | ||
| April 29, 2013 | Becky Bereswill / Joshua Reagan
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[11] |
Retirements edit
| Date | Skater(s) | Disc. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 26, 2012 |  Cynthia Phaneuf
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Ladies | [12] |
| November 1, 2012 | Myriane Samson
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[13] | |
| January 9, 2013 | Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe
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Pairs | [14] |
| April 4, 2013 | Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin
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[15] | |
| June 4, 2013 | Armin Mahbanoozadeh
|
Men | [16] |
Coaching changes edit
| Date | Skater(s) | Disc. | From | To | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2012 |  Maxim Kovtun
|
Men | Nikolai Morozov | Elena Buianova & Tatiana Tarasova | [17] |
| September 11, 2012 | Adam Rippon
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Jason Dungjen & Yuka Sato | Rafael Arutyunyan | [18] | |
| February 21, 2013 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
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Pairs | Ludmila Kalinina | Nina Mozer | [19][20] |
| February 25, 2013 | Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
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Ice dance | Yaroslava Nechaeva & Yuri Chesnichenko | Igor Shpilband | [21] |
| April 4, 2013 | Sergei Voronov
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Men | Nikolai Morozov | Eteri Tutberidze | [22] |
| May 20, 2013 | Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat
|
Ice dance | Pasquale Camerlengo & Anjelika Krylova | Igor Shpilband | [23] |
| June 25, 2013 | Ashley Wagner
|
Ladies | Rafael Arutyunyan | [24] |
Competitions edit
- Code key
- S – Senior event
- J – Junior event
- N – Novice event
- M – Men's singles
- L – Ladies' singles
- P – Pair skating
- D – Ice dance
- Color key
- National championships
- Other competition
International medalists edit
Men's singles edit
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 European Championships
|
 Javier Fernández
|
Florent Amodio
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Michal Březina
|
Details |
| Four Continents Championships
|
Kevin Reynolds
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Yuzuru Hanyu
|
 Yan Han
|
Details |
 World Junior Championships
|
Joshua Farris
|
Jason Brown
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Shotaro Omori
|
Details |
| World Championships
|
Patrick Chan
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 Denis Ten
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Javier Fernández
|
Details |
Ladies edit
Pairs edit
Ice dance edit
Season's best scores edit
Men's singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain
|
274.87 | 2013 European Championships |
| 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan
|
269.40 | 2012–13 Grand Prix Final |
| 3 | Patrick Chan | Canada
|
267.78 | 2013 World Championships |
| 4 | Denis Ten | Kazakhstan
|
266.48 | |
| 5 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
264.29 | 2012–13 Grand Prix Final |
| 6 | Takahiko Kozuka | 253.27 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada
|
250.55 | 2013 Four Continents Championships |
| 8 | Florent Amodio | France
|
250.53 | 2013 European Championships |
| 9 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic
|
243.52 | |
| 10 | Max Aaron |  United States
|
238.36 | 2013 World Championships |
Ladies' singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Yuna |  South Korea
|
218.31 | 2013 World Championships |
| 2 | Mao Asada | Japan
|
205.45 | 2013 Four Continents Championships |
| 3 | Akiko Suzuki | 199.58 | 2013 World Team Trophy | |
| 4 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
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197.89 | 2013 World Championships |
| 5 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia
|
193.99 | 2013 European Championships |
| 6 | Ashley Wagner | United States
|
190.63 | 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard |
| 7 | Kanako Murakami | Japan
|
189.73 | 2013 World Championships |
| 8 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
188.85 | 2013 European Championships |
| 9 | Gracie Gold | United States
|
188.03 | 2013 World Team Trophy |
| 10 | Li Zijun | China
|
183.85 | 2013 World Championships |
Pairs edit
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Russia
|
225.71 | 2013 World Championships |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |  Germany
|
205.56 | |
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada
|
204.56 | |
| 4 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Russia
|
201.60 | 2012–13 Grand Prix Final |
| 5 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada
|
199.50 | 2013 World Championships |
| 6 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China
|
194.64 | |
| 7 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia
|
191.59 | |
| 8 | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy
|
187.45 | 2013 European Championships |
| 9 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France
|
180.17 | 2013 World Championships |
| 10 | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | United States
|
179.21 | 2012 Rostelecom Cup |
Ice dance edit
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States
|
189.56 | 2013 World Championships |
| 2 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada
|
185.04 | |
| 3 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France
|
170.18 | 2012–13 Grand Prix Final |
| 4 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
|
169.25 | 2013 European Championships |
| 5 | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | 169.14 | ||
| 6 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy
|
168.04 | 2013 World Championships |
| 7 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada
|
166.20 | |
| 8 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
164.91 | 2013 World Team Trophy |
| 9 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | 159.97 | 2013 Four Continents Championships | |
| 10 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
157.83 |
World standings edit
Men's singles edit
As of April 20, 2013[update][29]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada
|
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
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| 3 | Daisuke Takahashi | |
| 4 | Javier Fernandez | Spain
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| 5 | Michal Brezina | Czech Republic
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| 6 | Denis Ten | Kazakhstan
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| 7 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan
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| 8 | Artur Gachinski | Russia
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| 9 | Jeremy Abbott | United States
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| 10 | Florent Amodio | France
|
Ladies' singles edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][30]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
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| 2 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan
|
| 3 | Mao Asada | |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia
|
| 5 | Ashley Wagner | United States
|
| 6 | Kiira Korpi |  Finland
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| 7 | Kanako Murakami | Japan
|
| 8 | Viktoria Helgesson |  Sweden
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| 9 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia
|
| 10 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva |
Pairs edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][31]
| No. | Team | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Russia
|
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany
|
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada
|
| 4 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Russia
|
| 5 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China
|
| 6 | Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek | Italy
|
| 7 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia
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| 8 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada
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| 9 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Russia
|
| 10 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China
|
Ice dance edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][32]
Current season's world rankings edit
Men's singles edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][29]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada
|
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
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| 3 | Javier Fernandez | Spain
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| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan
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| 5 | Michal Brezina | Czech Republic
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| 6 | Denis Ten | Kazakhstan
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| 7 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada
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| 8 | Florent Amodio | France
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| 9 | Tatsuki Machida | Japan
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| 10 | Richard Dornbush | United States
|
Ladies' singles edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][30]
| Rank | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mao Asada | JPN
|
| 2 | Ashley Wagner | USA
|
| 3 | Akiko Suzuki | JPN
|
| 4 | Carolina Kostner | ITA
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| 5 | Adelina Sotnikova | RUS
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| 6 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | RUS
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| 7 | Gracie Gold | USA
|
| 8 | Kanako Murakami | JPN
|
| 9 | Yuna Kim | KOR
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| 10 | Christina Gao | USA
|
Pairs edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][31]
| Rank | Team | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov |
RUS
|
| 2 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch |
CAN
|
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford |
CAN
|
| 4 | Qing Pang / Jian Tong |
CHN
|
| 5 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov |
RUS
|
| 6 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |
GER
|
| 7 | Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres |
FRA
|
| 8 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov |
RUS
|
| 9 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov |
RUS
|
| 10 | Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek |
ITA
|
Ice dance edit
As of 20 April 2013[update][32]
| Rank | Team | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
USA
|
| 2 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |
CAN
|
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev |
RUS
|
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
ITA
|
| 5 | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov |
RUS
|
| 6 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat |
FRA
|
| 7 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
CAN
|
| 8 | Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko |
RUS
|
| 9 | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi |
GER
|
| 10 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
USA
|
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