2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix

2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix
2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:	August 24 – December 11, 2022
Season:	2022–23
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The 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2022 through December 2022. It was the junior-level complement to the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. The Armenian Skating Federation was originally scheduled to host the fourth JGP event in Yerevan, but cancelled the event due to the Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia. The ISU Council therefore decided to reallocate the competitors' entries to the next upcoming three Junior Grand Prix events in Poland and Italy.^[1]^[2]

The Croatian Skating Federation was scheduled to host the fifth JGP event in Zagreb, but cancelled the event due to logistical reasons.^[3] The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace initially volunteered to host two separate JGP events. However, on July 29, 2022, the ISU announced that France would no longer host the event in Grenoble as planned. The event was reallocated to the Polish Figure Skating Association, which hosted two back-to-back JGP events in Gdańsk.^[4]

This season, the series was composed of the following events.^[5]^[6]

Date	Event	Location	Notes	Results
August 24–27	2022 JGP France	Courchevel, France	No pairs	Details
August 31 – September 3	2022 JGP Czech Republic	Ostrava, Czech Republic		Details
September 7–10	2022 JGP Latvia	Riga, Latvia		Details
September 21–24	2022 JGP Armenia	Cancelled
September 28 – October 1	2022 JGP Poland I	Gdańsk, Poland		Details
October 5–8	2022 JGP Poland II	Gdańsk, Poland		Details
October 12–15	2022 JGP Italy	Egna, Italy	No pairs	Details
December 8–11	2022–23 JGP Final	Turin, Italy		Details

Entries

Skaters who reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2022, but had not turned 19 (singles skaters and female pairs or ice dance skaters) or 21 (male pairs or ice dance skaters) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors were chosen by their countries according to their federations' selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the 2022 World Junior Championships in each discipline.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2022 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field the following number of entries per event.^[7]

Singles and ice dance
Entries	Men	Women	Ice dance
Two entries in seven events	United States Kazakhstan Japan	United States South Korea Switzerland	United States Canada Germany
One entry in seven events	Canada Estonia Italy	Japan Estonia Belgium	South Korea Cyprus France
One entry in six events	Switzerland Sweden Czech Republic Israel	Finland Italy Canada Poland	Great Britain Japan Israel Poland
One entry in five events	France South Korea Great Britain Slovakia Georgia Germany Poland	France Czech Republic Sweden Israel Netherlands Philippines Germany Lithuania	Estonia Italy Ukraine Slovakia Switzerland Georgia
One entry in four events	Armenia Finland Hungary Turkey Spain	Hungary Latvia Bulgaria Denmark Kazakhstan Australia	Czech Republic Turkey Austria Hungary
One entry in three events	Bulgaria Slovenia Ukraine	Slovenia Hong Kong Turkey Slovakia Great Britain Norway Ukraine Cyprus Austria Croatia Romania Mexico	—

If not listed above, one entry in two events is allowed.
Host federations may enter up to three spots per discipline.

Pairs
Entries	Pairs
Three entries in four events	Georgia Australia Canada United States
Two entries in four events	Germany Ukraine Italy Czech Republic France

If not listed above, one entry in three events is allowed.
Host federations have an unlimited number of entries.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
JGP France	Shunsuke Nakamura	Cha Young-hyun	Ryoga Morimoto	Details
JGP Czech Republic	Nozomu Yoshioka	Nikolaj Memola	Andreas Nordebäck	Details
JGP Latvia	Nikolaj Memola	Rio Nakata	Rakhat Bralin	Details
JGP Poland I	Lucas Broussard	Chen Yudong	Raffaele Francesco Zich	Details
JGP Poland II	Takeru Amine Kataise	Robert Yampolsky	Seo Min-kyu	Details
JGP Italy	Lucas Broussard	Shunsuke Nakamura	Takeru Amine Kataise	Details
JGP Final	Nikolaj Memola	Lucas Broussard	Nozomu Yoshioka	Details

Women's singles

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
JGP France	Hana Yoshida	Ayumi Shibayama	Kim Yu-jae	Details
JGP Czech Republic	Mao Shimada	Kwon Min-sol	Ikura Kushida	Details
JGP Latvia	Shin Ji-a	Soho Lee	Ami Nakai	Details
JGP Poland I	Mao Shimada	Mone Chiba	Kim Chae-yeon	Details
JGP Poland II	Ami Nakai	Shin Ji-a	Kwon Min-sol	Details
JGP Italy	Hana Yoshida	Kim Chae-yeon	Inga Gurgenidze	Details
JGP Final	Mao Shimada	Shin Ji-a	Kim Chae-yeon	Details

Pairs

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
JGP Czech Republic	Sophia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev	Cayla Smith / Andy Deng	Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher	Details
JGP Latvia	Cayla Smith / Andy Deng	Ava Rae Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov	Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor	Details
JGP Poland I	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta	Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi	Details
JGP Poland II	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta	Sophia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev	Details
JGP Final	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Sophia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev	Cayla Smith / Andy Deng	Details

Ice dance

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
JGP France	Hannah Lim / Ye Quan	Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux	Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers	Details
JGP Czech Republic	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek	Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez	Nao Kida / Masaya Morita	Details
JGP Latvia	Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy	Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren	Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov	Details
JGP Poland I	Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont	Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez	Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux	Details
JGP Poland II	Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont	Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy	Jordyn Lewis / Noah McMillan	Details
JGP Italy	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek	Hannah Lim / Ye Quan	Leah Neset / Artem Markelov	Details
JGP Final	Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont	Hannah Lim / Ye Quan	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek	Details

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	9	4	7	20
2	United States	4	5	4	13
3	Canada	3	2	3	8
4	Australia	3	0	0	3
5	South Korea	2	7	5	14
6	Italy	2	1	1	4
7	Czech Republic	2	0	1	3
8	Germany	1	1	0	2
9	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
10	Great Britain	0	2	0	2
11	France	0	1	1	2
12	China	0	1	0	1
13	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		26	26	26	78

Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the seventh event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows.^[7]

Placement	Singles	Pairs/Ice dance
1st	15	15
2nd	13	13
3rd	11	11
4th	9	9
5th	7	7
6th	5	5
7th	4	4
8th	3	3
9th	2	—
10th	1	—

There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:^[7]

Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
Participated in two events.
Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings

Points	Men^[8]	Women^[9]	Pairs^[10]	Ice dance^[11]
30	Lucas Broussard	Mao Shimada Hana Yoshida	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
28	Nikolaj Memola Shunsuke Nakamura	Shin Ji-a	Cayla Smith / Andy Deng	Hannah Lim / Ye Quan Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy
26	Takeru Amine Kataise	Ami Nakai	Sophia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta	Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez
24	—	Kim Chae-yeon Kwon Min-sol	—	Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux
22	Nozomu Yoshioka Robert Yampolsky Rio Nakata Cha Young-hyun	Mone Chiba	—	—
20	Seo Min-kyu	Ayumi Shibayama Inga Gurgenidze	Ava Rae Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi	Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers
18	—	Mia Kalin	—
17		Soho Lee	—
16		—	Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux	Jenna Hauer / Benjamin Starr
15	Andreas Nordebäck	—	—	Jordyn Lewis / Noah McMillan
14	—	Kimmy Repond		Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal
13	Chen Yudong	—		Iryna Pidgaina / Artem Koval
12	Naoki Rossi François Pitot	Maria Eliise Kaljuvere Nikola Fomchenkova		—
11	Rakhat Bralin Raffaele Francesco Zich Ryoga Morimoto Aleksa Rakic Michael Xie	Kim Yu-jae Ikura Kushida		Leah Neset / Artem Markelov Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter
10	—	Clare Seo Lorine Schild	Aliyah Ackermann / Tobija Harms Barbora Kucianová / Lukáš Vochozka	Helena Carhart / Volodymyr Horovyi
9	Noah Bodenstein Adam Hagara	—	Anastasiya Sazonova / Jamshid Tashmukhamedov	—
8	—	—	Sonja Loewenherz / Robert Loewenherz	—
7	Makar Suntsev Maxim Zharkov	Han Hee-sue An Xiangyi Phattaratida Kaneshige	Yang Yixi / Deng Shunyang	Chaima Ben Khelifa / Everest Zhu
6	—	Josephine Lee Iida Karhunen	—	Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov
5	Tsudoi Suto Ian Vauclin Lee Jae-keun Kai Kovar	Sherry Zhang Lia Pereira Elyce Lin-Gracey	Carolina Shan Campillo / Miguel Martos	Hailey Yu / Brendan Giang Louise Bordet / Thomas Gipoulou Grace Elizabeth Vainik / Yehor Barshak Layla Veillom / Alexander Brandys
4	Konstantin Supatashvili Beck Strommer	Sarina Joos Nella Pelkonen Hwang Ji-hyun	Katalin Janne Salatzki / Lukas Röseler	Noemi Maria Tali / Stefano Frasca Lou Koch / Ivan Melnyk
3	Casper Johansson Daniel Martynov William Annis Haru Kakiuchi Lucius Kazanecki	Kim Min-chae Justine Miclette Ella Chen	Lucy Hay / Kyle McLeod Louise Ehrhard / Matthis Pellegris	Ashlie Slatter / Atl Ongay-Perez Milla O'Brien / Laurin Wiederkehr
2	Lukáš Václavík Joseph Klein Dias Jirenbayev Seigo Tauchi Kyrylo Marsak Jean Medard	Nataly Langerbaur Youn Seo-jin Hannah Herrera	—
1	Lev Vinokur Alec Guinzbourg Anthony Paradis Nikita Kovalenko Tian Tonghe David Li	Mariia Seniuk Valentina Andrianova Kara Yun Song Si-woo Cheng Jiaying Sarah Everhardt	—

Qualifiers

No.	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Lucas Broussard	Mao Shimada	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek
2	Nikolaj Memola	Hana Yoshida	Cayla Smith / Andy Deng	Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
3	Shunsuke Nakamura	Shin Ji-a	Sophia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev	Hannah Lim / Ye Quan
4	Takeru Amine Kataise	Ami Nakai	Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta	Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy
5	Nozomu Yoshioka	Kim Chae-yeon	~~Ava Rae Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov~~ (withdrew)	Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez
6	Robert Yampolsky	Kwon Min-sol	Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher	Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux

Alternates

No.	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Rio Nakata	Mone Chiba	Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi (called up)	Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren
2	Cha Young-hyun	Ayumi Shibayama	Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor	Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov
3	Seo Min-kyu	Inga Gurgenidze	Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux	Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers

Records and achievements

Records

The following new junior ISU best scores were set during this season:

Disc.	Segment	Skater(s)	Score	Event	Date	Ref.
Ice dance	Rhythm dance	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek	70.83	2022 JGP Czech Republic	September 2, 2022	^[12]
Ice dance	Rhythm dance	Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek	71.87	2022 JGP Italy	October 13, 2022	^[13]

Achievements

At the JGP France, Hannah Lim and Ye Quan were the first South Korean and the first Asian ice dance team to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medal.^[14]
At the JGP Czech Republic, Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek were the first Czech ice dance team to win an ISU Grand Prix gold medal at either the junior or senior level.^[15]
At the JGP Czech Republic, Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez were the first British ice dance team to win an ISU Grand Prix medal (a silver medal) at either the junior or senior level.^[15]
At the JGP Czech Republic, Nao Kida and Masaya Morita were the first Japanese ice dance team to win an ISU Grand Prix medal (a bronze medal) at either the junior or senior level.^[15]
Nikolaj Memola was the first Italian men's singles skater to win a gold medal at a JGP Final.^[16]
Hannah Lim and Ye Quan were the first South Korean and the first Asian ice dance team to win a Grand Prix Final medal (a silver medal) at either the junior or senior level.^[17]
Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek won Czech Republic's first Grand Prix Final medal (a bronze medal) in ice dance at either the junior or senior level.^[17]