Talk:ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

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Fall international competitions such as Skate America, organized by the skating federations of their host countries, had been held for many years prior to their organization into a series. Following the Nancy Kerrigan attack in 1994, television coverage of skating was saturated with made-for-TV professional skating events, while the traditional "amateur" or "eligible" competitions were neglected. In order to remedy this situation, in 1995, the federations from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan began to plan their events as a series with cooperative marketing of the television rights in those countries, and prize money funded by the sale of those rights. At this point, the International Skating Union stepped in and asserted its ownership of the international television rights to the series.

thanks —Pelladon 21:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

See Beverly Smith's book, A Year in Figure Skating -- that year being 1995-96, so she goes into quite a bit of detail about how the then brand-new Champions Series came about. Dr.frog 23:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Needs a table of medalists. --Fang Aili talk 13:36, 30 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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  • Bit late for a reply, but here goes. The idea would be to insert such a table at the end of the article. I would need to fill this one in and do the same for ladies, pairs, and ice dance. Then possibly an overall gold medal table by country/by skater. I'll try and get round to it myself but any input would be appreciated. It also seems rather slow going to do it manually, so if anybody knows a way to automate it... Lansonyte (talk) 23:45, 9 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Men's gold medalists
Year   Skate America   Skate Canada   Cup of China   Internationaux de France   Cup of Russia‡‡   NHK Trophy Grand Prix Final
1995   Todd Eldredge   Alexei Urmanov   Viacheslav Zagorodniuk   Ilia Kulik not held   Elvis Stojko   Alexei Urmanov
1996   Todd Eldredge   Elvis Stojko   Alexei Urmanov   Todd Eldredge   Alexei Urmanov   Elvis Stojko   Elvis Stojko
1997   Todd Eldredge   Elvis Stojko   Elvis Stojko   Alexei Yagudin   Alexei Yagudin   Ilia Kulik   Ilia Kulik
1998   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexei Yagudin   Alexei Yagudin   Alexei Urmanov   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexei Yagudin
1999   Alexei Yagudin   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Evgeni Plushenko   Evgeni Plushenko
2000   Timothy Goebel   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Evgeni Plushenko   Evgeni Plushenko
2001   Timothy Goebel   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Alexei Yagudin   Evgeni Plushenko   Takeshi Honda   Alexei Yagudin
2002   Brian Joubert   Takeshi Honda   Evgeni Plushenko   Michael Weiss   Evgeni Plushenko   Ilia Klimkin   Evgeni Plushenko
2003   Michael Weiss   Evgeni Plushenko   Timothy Goebel   Evgeni Plushenko   Evgeni Plushenko   Jeffrey Buttle   Emanuel Sandhu
2004   Brian Joubert   Emanuel Sandhu   Jeffrey Buttle   Johnny Weir   Evgeni Plushenko   Johnny Weir   Evgeni Plushenko
2005   Daisuke Takahashi   Emanuel Sandhu   Emanuel Sandhu   Jeffrey Buttle   Evgeni Plushenko   Nobunari Oda   Stéphane Lambiel
2006   Nobunari Oda   Stéphane Lambiel   Evan Lysacek   Brian Joubert   Brian Joubert   Daisuke Takahashi   Brian Joubert
2007   Daisuke Takahashi   Brian Joubert   Johnny Weir   Patrick Chan   Johnny Weir   Daisuke Takahashi   Stéphane Lambiel
2008   Takahiko Kozuka   Patrick Chan   Jeremy Abbott   Patrick Chan   Brian Joubert   Nobunari Oda   Jeremy Abbott
2009   Evan Lysacek   Jeremy Abbott   Nobunari Oda   Nobunari Oda   Evgeni Plushenko   Brian Joubert   Evan Lysacek
2010   Daisuke Takahashi   Patrick Chan   Takahiko Kozuka   Takahiko Kozuka   Tomáš Verner   Daisuke Takahashi   Patrick Chan
2011   Michal Březina   Patrick Chan   Jeremy Abbott   Patrick Chan   Yuzuru Hanyu   Daisuke Takahashi   Patrick Chan
2012   Takahiko Kozuka   Javier Fernández   Tatsuki Machida   Takahito Mura   Patrick Chan   Yuzuru Hanyu   Daisuke Takahashi
2013   Tatsuki Machida   Patrick Chan   Yan Han   Patrick Chan   Tatsuki Machida   Daisuke Takahashi   Yuzuru Hanyu
2014   Tatsuki Machida   Takahito Mura   Maxim Kovtun   Maxim Kovtun   Javier Fernández   Daisuke Murakami   Yuzuru Hanyu
2015   Max Aaron   Patrick Chan   Javier Fernández   Shoma Uno   Javier Fernández   Yuzuru Hanyu   Yuzuru Hanyu
2016   Shoma Uno   Patrick Chan   Patrick Chan   Javier Fernández   Javier Fernández   Yuzuru Hanyu   Yuzuru Hanyu
2017   Nathan Chen   Shoma Uno   Mikhail Kolyada   Javier Fernández   Nathan Chen   Sergei Voronov   Nathan Chen
2018   Nathan Chen   Shoma Uno   Yuzuru Hanyu   Nathan Chen   Yuzuru Hanyu   Shoma Uno   Nathan Chen


Ladies' gold medalists
Year   Skate America   Skate Canada   Cup of China   Internationaux de France   Cup of Russia‡‡   NHK Trophy Grand Prix Final
1995   Michelle Kwan   Michelle Kwan   Michelle Kwan   Josée Chouinard not held   Chen Lu   Michelle Kwan
1996   Michelle Kwan   Irina Slutskaya   Irina Slutskaya   Michelle Kwan   Irina Slutskaya   Maria Butyrskaya   Tara Lipinski
1997   Michelle Kwan   Michelle Kwan   Tanja Szewczenko   Laetitia Hubert   Irina Slutskaya   Tanja Szewczenko   Tara Lipinski
1998   Maria Butyrskaya   Elena Liashenko   Elena Sokolova   Maria Butyrskaya   Elena Sokolova   Tatiana Malinina   Tatiana Malinina
1999   Michelle Kwan   Michelle Kwan   Maria Butyrskaya   Maria Butyrskaya   Irina Slutskaya   Maria Butyrskaya   Irina Slutskaya
2000   Michelle Kwan   Irina Slutskaya   Maria Butyrskaya   Maria Butyrskaya   Irina Slutskaya   Irina Slutskaya   Irina Slutskaya
2001   Michelle Kwan   Sarah Hughes   Maria Butyrskaya   Maria Butyrskaya   Irina Slutskaya   Tatiana Malinina   Irina Slutskaya
2002   Michelle Kwan   Sasha Cohen   Yoshie Onda   Sasha Cohen   Viktoria Volchkova   Yoshie Onda   Sasha Cohen
2003   Sasha Cohen   Sasha Cohen   Elena Liashenko   Sasha Cohen   Elena Liashenko   Fumie Suguri   Fumie Suguri
2004   Angela Nikodinov   Cynthia Phaneuf   Irina Slutskaya   Joannie Rochette   Irina Slutskaya   Shizuka Arakawa   Irina Slutskaya
2005   Elena Sokolova   Alissa Czisny   Irina Slutskaya   Mao Asada   Irina Slutskaya   Yukari Nakano   Mao Asada
2006   Miki Ando   Joannie Rochette   Júlia Sebestyén   Yuna Kim   Sarah Meier   Mao Asada   Yuna Kim
2007   Kimmie Meissner   Mao Asada   Yuna Kim   Mao Asada   Yuna Kim   Carolina Kostner   Yuna Kim
2008   Yuna Kim   Joannie Rochette   Yuna Kim   Joannie Rochette   Carolina Kostner   Mao Asada   Mao Asada
2009   Yuna Kim   Joannie Rochette   Akiko Suzuki   Yuna Kim   Miki Ando   Miki Ando   Yuna Kim
2010   Kanako Murakami   Alissa Czisny   Miki Ando   Kiira Korpi   Miki Ando   Carolina Kostner   Alissa Czisny
2011   Alissa Czisny   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Carolina Kostner   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Mao Asada   Akiko Suzuki   Carolina Kostner
2012   Ashley Wagner   Kaetlyn Osmond   Mao Asada   Ashley Wagner   Kiira Korpi   Mao Asada   Mao Asada
2013   Mao Asada   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Anna Pogorilaya   Ashley Wagner   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Mao Asada   Mao Asada
2014   Elena Radionova   Anna Pogorilaya   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Elena Radionova   Rika Hongo   Gracie Gold   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
2015   Evgenia Medvedeva   Ashley Wagner   Mao Asada   Gracie Gold   Elena Radionova   Satoko Miyahara   Evgenia Medvedeva
2016   Ashley Wagner   Evgenia Medvedeva   Elena Radionova   Evgenia Medvedeva   Anna Pogorilaya   Anna Pogorilaya   Evgenia Medvedeva
2017   Satoko Miyahara   Kaetlyn Osmond   Alina Zagitova   Alina Zagitova   Evgenia Medvedeva   Evgenia Medvedeva   Alina Zagitova
2018   Satoko Miyahara   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Alina Zagitova   Rika Kihira   Alina Zagitova   Rika Kihira   Rika Kihira

† From 1995 to 2002, this spot on the Grand Prix calendar was filled by the German Cup on Ice (which went by several different names in succession). The Cup of China replaced it on the circuit in 2003 and has held that spot ever since, with the exception of 2018, when the Cup of China did not take place; its spot on the calendar was filled that year by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. The names of the medalists in this table reflect the winners of those respective events for the years that the Cup of China was not held.

‡ Previously known as the Trophée de France (1995, 2016), Trophée Lalique (1996–2003), and Trophée Éric Bompard (2004–2015).

‡‡ Known since 2009 as the Rostelecom Cup for commercial purposes.

Well, that's that for the moment. Not sure what to do about pairs and ID: tables would be much too wide. Lansonyte (talk) 22:43, 10 February 2019 (UTC)Reply


This then opens up the possibility for this sort of table:

Golds #
1.   Irina Slutskaya* 17
2.   Mao Asada 15
3.   Michelle Kwan* 13
4.   Maria Butyrskaya* 10
  Yuna Kim
6.   Evgenia Medvedeva 7
7.   Sasha Cohen* 6
8.   Miki Ando 5
  Carolina Kostner
  Joannie Rochette
  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
  Ashley Wagner
  Alina Zagitova

Only skaters with five titles or more are shown here. Bold denotes active skater. * indicates that skater at least once participated in three Grand Prix events within a single season, the Grand Prix Final not included. Lansonyte (talk) 23:19, 10 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

And here for the men:

Golds #
1.   Evgeni Plushenko* 22
2.   Patrick Chan 14
  Alexei Yagudin*
4.   Yuzuru Hanyu 10
5.   Daisuke Takahashi 9
6.   Brian Joubert 8
7.   Javier Fernández 7
8.   Nathan Chen 6
9.   Shoma Uno 5
  Alexei Urmanov*

Lansonyte (talk) 23:38, 10 February 2019 (UTC)Reply


In terms of presentation, this is sort of my model. So I'm thinking, at least for pairs and dance, inputting just the surnames in order to get the damn thing to fit, and if need be lowering font size. Of course I realise all this is only the golds, but I really don't see how to get silvers and bronzes in. Lansonyte (talk) 23:47, 10 February 2019 (UTC)Reply