2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the sixth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Season:2002–03
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Competitions

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The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2002–03 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Date Event Location
August 21–25 2002 JGP Courchevel Courchevel, France
September 12–15 2002 JGP Belgrade Sparrow Belgrade, Yugoslavia
September 19–22 2002 JGP Scottsdale Scottsdale, United States
September 26–29 2002 JGP Montreal Montreal, Canada
October 3–6 2002 JGP Skate Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
October 10–13 2002 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Chemnitz, Germany
October 16–20 2002 JGP China Beijing, China
Oct. 31 – Nov. 3 2002 JGP Trofeo Rita Trapanese Milan, Italy
December 12–15 2002–03 Junior Grand Prix Final The Hague, Netherlands

Series notes

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At the Junior Grand Prix Final, bronze medalist Miki Ando became the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition when she landed a quadruple salchow.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

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The following skaters qualified for the 2002–03 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[1][2][3][4]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1   Sergei Dobrin   Yukina Ota   Julia Karbovskaya / Sergei Slavnov   Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek
2   Alexander Shubin   Miki Ando   Ding Yang / Ren Zongfei   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
3   Andrei Griazev   Alissa Czisny   Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev   Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev
4   Evan Lysacek   Adriana DeSanctis   Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault   Christina Beier / William Beier
5   Parker Pennington   Beatrisa Liang   Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt   Alessia Aureli / Andrea Vaturi
6   Mikhail Magerovski   Carolina Kostner   Carla Montgomery / Ryan Arnold   Mariana Kozlova / Sergei Baranov
7   Jamal Othman   Lina Johansson   Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler   Natalia Mikhailova / Arkadi Sergeev
8   Tomáš Verner   Signe Ronka   Anastasia Kuzmina / Stanislav Evdokimov   Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer
Alternates
1st   Jordan Brauninger   Akiko Suzuki   Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra   Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
2nd   Shawn Sawyer   Olga Naidenova   Elena Riabchuk / Stanislav Zakharov   Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty
3rd   Wesley Campbell   Ye Bin Mok   Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole   Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell

Joelle Bastiaans was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Medalists

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
France   Alexander Shubin   Evan Lysacek   Jordan Brauninger [5]
Yugoslavia   Shawn Sawyer   Wesley Campbell   Song Choi Ri
United States   Andrei Griazev   Parker Pennington   Ken Rose [6][7][8]
Canada   Andrei Griazev   Evan Lysacek   Jamal Othman
Slovakia   Alexander Shubin   Nobunari Oda   Yannick Ponsero
Germany   Sergei Dobrin   Tomáš Verner   Nicholas LaRoche [9][10]
China   Mikhail Magerovski   Rui Yi   Wu Jialiang
Italy   Sergei Dobrin   Parker Pennington   Jamal Othman
Final   Alexander Shubin   Sergei Dobrin   Parker Pennington

Ladies

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
France   Carolina Kostner   Alissa Czisny   Signe Ronka [5]
Yugoslavia   Yukina Ota   Adriana DeSanctis   Alima Gershkovic
United States   Akiko Suzuki   Beatrisa Liang   Felicia Beck [6][7][8]
Canada   Miki Ando   Louann Donovan   Cynthia Phaneuf
Slovakia   Lina Johansson   Alissa Czisny   Natalie Mecher
Germany   Olga Naidenova   Adriana DeSanctis   Jenna McCorkell [9][10]
China   Miki Ando   Beatrisa Liang   Ye Bin Mok
Italy   Yukina Ota   Signe Ronka   Viktória Pavuk
Final   Yukina Ota   Carolina Kostner   Miki Ando

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
France   Carla Montgomery / Ryan Arnold   Elena Riabchuk / Stanislav Zakharov   Anastasia Kuzmina / Stanislav Evdokimov [5]
Yugoslavia   Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev   Anastasia Kuzmina / Stanislav Evdokimov   Amy Howerton / Steven Pottenger
United States   Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei   Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt   Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole [6][7][8]
Canada   Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei   Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler   Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault
Slovakia   Julia Karbovskaya / Sergei Slavnov   Chantal Poirier / Jesse Sturdy   Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra
Germany   Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault   Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev   Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler [9][10]
China   Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra   Tatiana Kokoreva / Egor Golovkin
Italy   Julia Karbovskaya / Sergei Slavnov   Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt   Veronika Havlíčková / Karel Štefl
Final   Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei   Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault   Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
France   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Christina Beier / William Beier   Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty [5]
Yugoslavia   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Mariana Kozlova / Sergei Baranov   Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky
United States   Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek   Olga Orlova / Maxim Bolotin   Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell [6][7][8]
Canada   Natalia Mikhailova / Arkadi Sergeev   Alessia Aureli / Andrea Vaturi   Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin
Slovakia   Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev   Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo   Siobhan Karam / Joshua McGrath
Germany   Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek   Mariana Kozlova / Sergei Baranov   Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky [9][10]
China   Christina Beier / William Beier   Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer   Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell
Italy   Alessia Aureli / Andrea Vaturi   Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev   Melissa Piperno / Liam Dougherty
Final   Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek   Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev

Medals table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)177428
2  Japan (JPN)6118
3  China (CHN)4116
4  Canada (CAN)33713
5  Italy (ITA)2204
6  Hungary (HUN)2114
7  Germany (GER)1102
8  Sweden (SWE)1001
9  United States (USA)0161430
10  Ukraine (UKR)0303
11  Czech Republic (CZE)0112
12  Israel (ISR)0022
  Switzerland (SUI)0022
14  France (FRA)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  North Korea (PRK)0011
Totals (16 entries)363636108

References

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  1. ^ "Crystal Report Viewer".
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  5. ^ a b c d "2002 JGP Courchevel". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ a b c d "2002 JGP Scottsdale". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2003.
  7. ^ a b c d "2002 JGP Scottsdale". International Skating Union.
  8. ^ a b c d "2002 JGP Scottsdale". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24.
  9. ^ a b c d "2002 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005.
  10. ^ a b c d "2002 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter". International Skating Union.
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