2011–12 figure skating season

The 2011–2012 figure skating season began on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters competed on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 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.

2011–12 figure skating
Date:July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
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Season notes

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On September 26, 2011, American Brandon Mroz landed a quad Lutz in the short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational.[1][2] The U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned competition was a small non-ISU event with three men's entries, making it unclear whether the accomplishment would be recognized by the International Skating Union.[2][3] In October, the ISU announced it had ratified the jump as the first quad Lutz to be performed in a sanctioned competition.[4] World Champion Patrick Chan of Canada commented, "I don't think it can be an official ISU record until [Mroz] has done it in an ISU event."[5] On November 12, Mroz landed it in the short program at 2011 NHK Trophy, becoming the first skater to land it in an international competition.[6]

Between seasons, the ISU sometimes adjusts elements' base values and/or grades of execution. On December 28, 2011, the ISU announced it had discovered that the calculation program had not been updated with a new GOE introduced in July.[7] The ISU explained: "The calculation program used up to and including the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final had erroneously calculated the Dance result with the previous Grade of Execution (GOE) for the Combination Lift, which was upgraded with ISU Communication 1677 in July 2011."[7] The error affected the free dance results at the Grand Prix Final, with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir winning the segment instead of Meryl Davis and Charlie White, however, Davis and White remained in first place overall due to their lead from the short dance.[7]

In December 2011, the International Skating Union released details of the team figure skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[8]

Age eligibility

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Skaters competing on the junior level were required to be at least 13 but not 19 – or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers – before July 1, 2011. Those who had turned 14 were eligible for the senior Grand Prix series and senior B internationals. Those who turned 15 before July 1, 2011 were also eligible for the senior World, European, and Four Continents Championships.

Date of birth Eligibility
Born before July 1, 1998 Eligible for Junior Grand Prix
Born before July 1, 1997 Eligible for senior Grand Prix series, senior B internationals
Born before July 1, 1996 Eligible for senior Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents
Born before July 1, 1992 Not eligible for junior events (except male pair skaters and ice dancers)
Born before July 1, 1990 Male pair skaters and ice dancers not eligible for junior events
Rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships

Minimum scores

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Minimum score requirements were added to the senior Grand Prix series, following on requirements introduced in the previous season to the European, Four Continents, and World Championships. The Grand Prix minimums were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a senior Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following:[9]

Discipline Minimum
Men 168.60
Ladies 117.48
Pairs 130.71
Ice dance 111.15
Skaters who had not earned the minimums
in the previous season could attempt to do so at:
2011 Nebelhorn Trophy
2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
2011 Finlandia Trophy
2011 Coupe de Nice
2011 Ice Challenge
2011 NRW Ice Dance Trophy.[9]

The International Skating Union decided minimums were not required for "host picks", i.e. Canadians Adriana DeSanctis and Elladj Balde were allowed to compete at their home country's event, 2011 Skate Canada, despite failing to reach the minimums at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy.

Changes

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Partnership changes

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Date Skaters Disc. Type Notes Ref.
July 27, 2011
Ice dance Formed For Canada [10]
August 22, 2011 [11]
September 27, 2011 Dissolved Andreev retired. [12]
September 27, 2011 [13]
October 3, 2011 Formed For Slovakia [14]
November 2011 For the Czech Republic
November 19, 2011 Pairs [15]
January 2012 Dissolved Bidař with Martina Boček [16]
February 2012 Ice dance Teamed up again in July 2012 [17]
February 6, 2012 [18]
February 15, 2012 Pairs [19]
February 24, 2012 [20]
March 19, 2012 Ice dance Formed Russian/Georgian team to represent Georgia. [21]
March 21, 2012 Pairs Dissolved Shevchuk with Natalia Mitina [22]
March 21, 2012 [23]
March 22, 2012 Formed [24]
March 2012 Dissolved
March 23, 2012 Formed [25]
March 2012 Ice dance Dissolved [26]
Frolenkova with Vitali Nikiforov
[27]
Pairs
April 2012
Formed
April 10, 2012 Dissolved Evora retired. [28]
April 2012
Ice dance [29]
April 27, 2012 [30]
April 30, 2012
Formed [31]
April 30, 2012 Pairs Dissolved [32]
May 4, 2012 Formed [33]
May 6, 2012 Dissolved Zhang Hao with Peng Cheng; Zhang Dan retired. [34]
May 2012 Ice dance Formed Split in June 2012 [26]
June 2012 Dissolved [35]
July 5, 2012 Pairs [36]
July 23, 2012 Formed Russian/French team; did not officially represent a country competitively. [37]


Coaching changes

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Discipline Announced Skater(s) From To
Ladies November 2011[38]   Cynthia Phaneuf Annie Barabé, Sophie Richard Brian Orser
Ice dance December 2011[39]   Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz John Dunn Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon
Ice dance February 18, 2012[40]   Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov
Ice dance January 2012[41]   Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Roberto Pelizzola, Nicoletta Lunghi Pasquale Camerlengo, Massimo Scali, Anjelika Krylova
Ladies April 2012[42]   Mirai Nagasu Frank Carroll Wendy Olson
Men April 2012[43]   Michal Březina Petr Starec, Karel Fajfr Viktor Petrenko
Men April 16, 2012[44]   Patrick Chan Christy Krall
Ice dance April 25, 2012[45]   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov
Men April 25, 2012[46]   Yuzuru Hanyu Nanami Abe Brian Orser
Ice dance June 4, 2012[47][48]   Meryl Davis / Charlie White
  Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
  Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Igor Shpilband Continued with Marina Zueva
Ice dance June 12, 2012[49]   Madison Chock / Evan Bates Marina Zueva Continued with Igor Shpilband
Ice dance June 14, 2012[50]   Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Marina Zueva Continued with Igor Shpilband
Men June 15, 2012[51]   Daisuke Takahashi Not applicable
Continued with Utako Nagamitsu as primary coach
Nikolai Morozov as advisory coach
Ice dance June 2012[52]   Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam David Islam, Kelly Johnson, Tyler Myles Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova

Retirements

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Discipline Announced Skater(s)
Ladies March 25, 2012[53]   Laura Lepistö
Men April 2, 2012[54]   Kevin van der Perren
Men June 15, 2012[55]   Samuel Contesti

Competitions

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The following competitions were scheduled in the 2011–2012 figure skating season.[56]

Key
Olympics ISU Championships Grand Prix Other international Nationals
Date Event Type Level Disc. Location
2011
August 11–13 New Zealand Winter Games Other inter. Sen.–Nov. M/L Dunedin, New Zealand Details
August 24–28 Asian Trophy Other inter. Sen.–Nov. M/L Dongguan, China Details
September 1–3 JGP Volvo Cup Grand Prix Junior All Riga, Latvia Details
September 8–10 JGP Brisbane Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Brisbane, Australia Details
September 15–17 JGP Baltic Cup Grand Prix Junior All Gdańsk, Poland Details
September 20–23 Chinese Championships Nats. Senior All Changchun, China
September 21–24 Nebelhorn Trophy Other int. Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 22–24 JGP Brasov Cup Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Braşov, Romania Details
Sept. 28 – Oct. 2 Ondrej Nepela Memorial Other int. Senior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 JGP Cup of Austria Grand Prix Junior All Innsbruck, Austria Details
October 1 Japan Open Other int. Senior M/L Saitama, Japan Details
October 6–8 Master's de Patinage Other dom. Sen.–Jun. All Orléans, France Details
October 6–8 JGP Trofeo Lombardi Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Milan, Italy Details
October 6–9 Finlandia Trophy Other int. Senior M/L/D Vantaa, Finland Details
October 13–15 JGP Tallinn Cup Grand Prix Junior All Tallinn, Estonia Details
October 21–23 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Ontario, United States Details
October 26–30 Coupe de Nice Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Nice, France Details
October 27–29 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other int. Jun.–PJ. M/L Trnava, Slovakia Details
October 27–30 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Senior All Mississauga, Canada Details
November 1–6 Ice Challenge Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Graz, Austria Details
November 4–6 NRW Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Dortmund, Germany Details
November 4–6 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Shanghai, China Details
November 10–13 Skate Celje Other int. Jun.–PN. M/L Celje, Slovenia Details
Crystal Skate of Romania Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Brașov, Romania
November 11–13 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Sapporo, Japan Details
November 11–16 New Zealand Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Gore, New Zealand Details
November 17–20 Warsaw Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P Warsaw, Poland Details
November 18–20 Merano Cup Other int. Sen.–Jun. M/L Merano, Italy
Pavel Roman Memorial Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Olomouc, Czech Republic Details
November 18–20 Trophée Éric Bompard Grand Prix Senior All Paris, France Details
November 21–27 British Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Sheffield, United Kingdom Details
November 24–25 Tallinn Trophy Other int. Sen.–PN. M/L/D Tallinn, Estonia Details
November 24–26 Grand Prize SNP Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Details
November 24–27 Golden Bear of Zagreb Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/P Zagreb, Croatia Details
November 25–26 Belgian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Deurne, Belgium Details
November 25–27 Japan Junior Championships Nats. Junior M/L Hachinohe, Japan Details
November 25–27 Cup of Russia Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details
Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 NRW Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P Dortmund, Germany Details
December 1–4 Danish Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L/D Hvidovre, Denmark Details
December 1–4 Santa Claus Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details
December 2–10 Australian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Brisbane, Australia Details
December 8–10 Swiss Championships Nats. Senior All Basel, Switzerland Details
December 8–11 Golden Spin of Zagreb Other int. Senior All Zagreb, Croatia Details
December 8–11 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Sen.–Jun. All Quebec City, Canada Details
December 11–14 U.S. Junior Championships Nats. Juv.–Int. All East Lansing, United States Details
December 14–17 Istanbul Cup Other int. Sen.–Jun. M/L/D Istanbul, Turkey Details
December 15–18 Italian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Courmayeur, Italy Details
Swedish Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. M/L/P Malmö, Sweden Details
December 16–17 Three Nationals Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Ostrava, Czech Republic Details
December 16–18 Austrian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Graz, Austria Details 1, 2
Estonian Championships Nats. Senior M/L/D Premia, Estonia Details[permanent dead link]
French Championships Nats. Senior All Dammarie-lès-Lys, France Details
December 17–18 Dutch Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Amsterdam, Netherlands Details
Finnish Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. M/L/D Tampere, Finland Details
Latvian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Riga, Latvia Details
Spanish Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Jaca, Spain Details
December 21–22 Ukrainian Championships Nats. Senior All Kyiv, Ukraine Details
December 23–25 Japan Championships Nats. Senior All Kadoma, Japan Details
December 25–29 Russian Championships Nats. Senior All Saransk, Russia Details
2012
January 4–5 New Year's Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. All Bratislava, Slovakia Details
January 5–7 Mentor Nestle Nesquik Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Toruń, Poland Details
January 6–7 German Championships Nats. Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
January 6–8 South Korean Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Seoul, South Korea Details
January 6–8 International Trophy of Lyon Other int. Sen.–Nov. D Lyon, France Details
January 11–14 Skate Helena Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L Belgrade, Serbia Details
January 13–15 Norwegian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Trondheim, Norway Details
January 13–22 Winter Youth Olympics Other int. Junior All Innsbruck, Austria Details
January 16–22 Canadian Championships Nats. Sen.–Jun. All Moncton, Canada Details
January 22–29 U.S. Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All San Jose, United States Details
January 23–29 European Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Sheffield, United Kingdom Details
January 27–29 Volvo Open Cup Other int. Sen.–PN. M/L/D Riga, Latvia Details
February 2–5 Bavarian Open Other int. Sen.–Nov. All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
Dragon Trophy/Tivoli Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L Ljubljana, Slovenia Details
February 4–5 Baltic Cup Other int. Jun.–Nov. M/L/D Gdańsk, Poland Details
February 5–7 Russian Junior Championships Nats. Junior All Khimki, Russia Details
February 9–12 Four Continents Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Colorado Springs, United States Details
February 9–12 Nordic Championships Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Vantaa, Finland Details
February 10 Hungarian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. All Budapest, Hungary Details
February 18 Belgian Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. D Deurne, Belgium Details
February 24–26 French Junior Championships Nats. Junior M/L/D Charleville-Mézières, France Details
Feb. 27 – Mar. 4 World Junior Championships ISU Champ. Junior All Minsk, Belarus Details
March 8–11 International Challenge Cup Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L/P The Hague, Netherlands Details
March 16–18 Coupe du Printemps Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Luxembourg Details
Mar. 26 – Apr. 1 World Championships ISU Champ. Senior All Nice, France Details
April 4–8 Triglav Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Jesenice, Slovenia Details
April 12–15 Gardena Spring Trophy Other int. Sen.–Nov. M/L Sëlva, Italy Details
April 19–22 World Team Trophy Other int. Senior All Tokyo, Japan Details
May 6–8 South African Championships Nats. Sen.–Nov. M/L Kempton Park, South Africa Details

International medalists

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Men's singles

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Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  European Championships   Evgeni Plushenko   Artur Gachinski   Florent Amodio Details
  Four Continents Championships   Patrick Chan   Daisuke Takahashi   Ross Miner Details
  World Junior Championships   Yan Han   Joshua Farris   Jason Brown Details
  World Championships   Patrick Chan   Daisuke Takahashi   Yuzuru Hanyu Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  Skate America   Michal Březina   Kevin van der Perren   Takahiko Kozuka Details
  Skate Canada International   Patrick Chan   Javier Fernández   Daisuke Takahashi Details
  Cup of China   Jeremy Abbott   Nobunari Oda   Song Nan Details
  NHK Trophy   Daisuke Takahashi   Takahiko Kozuka   Ross Miner Details
  Trophée Éric Bompard   Patrick Chan   Song Nan   Michal Březina Details
  Cup of Russia   Yuzuru Hanyu   Javier Fernández   Jeremy Abbott Details
  Grand Prix Final   Patrick Chan   Daisuke Takahashi   Javier Fernández Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
JGP Riga, Latvia   Ryuju Hino   Zhang He   Timothy Dolensky Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia   Jason Brown   Keiji Tanaka   Liam Firus Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland   Joshua Farris   Artur Dmitriev, Jr.   Ryuichi Kihara Details
JGP Braşov, Romania   Maxim Kovtun   Ryuju Hino   Nam Nguyen Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria   Han Yan   Gordei Gorshkov   Keiji Tanaka Details
JGP Milan, Italy   Han Yan   Jason Brown   Lee June-hyoung Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia   Joshua Farris   Maxim Kovtun   Shoma Uno Details
JGP Final   Jason Brown   Han Yan   Joshua Farris Details
Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Nebelhorn Trophy   Yuzuru Hanyu   Michal Březina   Stephen Carriere Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Daisuke Murakami   Kevin van der Perren   Samuel Contesti Details
Finlandia Trophy   Takahito Mura   Douglas Razzano   Maciej Cieplucha Details
Coupe de Nice   Keegan Messing   Chafik Besseghier   Konstantin Menshov Details
Ice Challenge   Stephen Carriere   Misha Ge   Viktor Pfeifer Details
Merano Cup   Daisuke Murakami   Paolo Bacchini   Kim Lucine
NRW Trophy   Samuel Contesti   Peter Liebers   Kento Nakamura Details
Golden Spin   Tatsuki Machida   Denis Ten   Ivan Bariev Details
Bavarian Open   Franz Streubel   Martin Rappe   Christopher Caluza Details
Challenge Cup   Brian Joubert   Jeremy Abbott   Samuel Contesti Details
Triglav Trophy   Abzal Rakimgaliev   Viktor Pfeifer   Romain Ponsart Details

Ladies

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Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans   Carolina Kostner   Kiira Korpi   Elene Gedevanishvili Details
Four Continents   Ashley Wagner   Mao Asada   Caroline Zhang Details
Junior Worlds   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Gracie Gold   Adelina Sotnikova Details
Worlds   Carolina Kostner   Alena Leonova   Akiko Suzuki Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America   Alissa Czisny   Carolina Kostner   Viktoria Helgesson Details
Skate Canada   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Akiko Suzuki   Ashley Wagner Details
Cup of China   Carolina Kostner   Mirai Nagasu   Adelina Sotnikova Details
NHK Trophy   Akiko Suzuki   Mao Asada   Alena Leonova Details
Trophée Bompard   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Carolina Kostner   Alissa Czisny Details
Rostelecom Cup   Mao Asada   Alena Leonova   Adelina Sotnikova Details
Grand Prix Final   Carolina Kostner   Akiko Suzuki   Alena Leonova Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia   Polina Shelepen   Li Zijun   Polina Agafonova Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia   Courtney Hicks   Risa Shoji   Vanessa Lam Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Satoko Miyahara   Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Braşov, Romania   Polina Shelepen   Polina Korobeynikova   Kim Hae-jin Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria   Vanessa Lam   Li Zijun   Polina Agafonova Details
JGP Milan, Italy   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Anna Shershak   Hannah Miller Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia   Gracie Gold   Risa Shoji   Samantha Cesario Details
JGP Final   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Polina Shelepen   Polina Korobeynikova Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy   Mirai Nagasu   Elene Gedevanishvili   Joshi Helgesson Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Maé Bérénice Méité   Shoko Ishikawa   Léna Marrocco Details
Finlandia Trophy   Sofia Biryukova   Jelena Glebova   Alisa Mikonsaari Details
Coupe de Nice   Polina Agafonova   Natalia Popova   Anna Ovcharova Details
Ice Challenge   Caroline Zhang   Natalia Popova   Linnea Mellgren Details
Merano Cup   Jelena Glebova   Lénaelle Gilleron-Gory   Joshi Helgesson
NRW Trophy   Viktoria Helgesson   Yuki Nishino   Kako Tomotaki Details
Golden Spin   Adelina Sotnikova   Haruna Suzuki   Maria Artemieva Details
Bavarian Open   Nathalie Weinzierl   Roberta Rodeghiero   Isabelle Olsson Details
Challenge Cup   Carolina Kostner   Valentina Marchei   Alissa Czisny Details
Triglav Trophy   Li Zijun   Kristina Zaseeva   Lénaëlle Gilleron Gory Details

Pairs

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Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Details
Four Continents   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Caydee Denney / John Coughlin   Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker Details
Junior Worlds   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat Details
Worlds   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Details
Skate Canada   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Wenjing Sui / Cong Han   Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Details
Cup of China   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Details
NHK Trophy   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Details
Trophée Bompard   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Details
Rostelecom Cup   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Details
Grand Prix Final   Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland   Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer   Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry   Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia   Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry   Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer   Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details
JGP Final   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry   Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek   Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Details
Coupe de Nice   Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek   Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert   Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker Details
Ice Challenge   Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim   Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave   Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details
NRW Trophy   Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave   Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk   Natalja Zabijako / Sergei Kulbach Details
Golden Spin   Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov   Katharina Gierok / Florian Just   Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details
Nesquik Cup   Tatiana Novik / Andrei Novoselov   Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski   Alexandra Herbríková / Rudy Halmaert Details
Bavarian Open   Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende   Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details

Ice dance

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Championships
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Europeans   Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Details
Four Continents   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Details
Junior Worlds   Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Details
Worlds   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Details
Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Skate America   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Details
Skate Canada   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Details
Cup of China   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Details
NHK Trophy   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Details
Trophée Bompard   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Details
Rostelecom Cup   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Details
Grand Prix Final   Meryl Davis / Charlie White   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Details
Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
JGP Riga, Latvia   Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk   Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Details
JGP Brisbane, Australia   Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams   Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager   Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin Details
JGP Gdańsk, Poland   Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski   Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov Details
JGP Braşov, Romania   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski   Mackenzie Bent / Garrett McKeen Details
JGP Innsbruck, Austria   Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton   Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk Details
JGP Milan, Italy   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin   Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager Details
JGP Tallinn, Estonia   Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov   Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand   Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Details
JGP Final   Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Details
Other internationals
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Nebelhorn Trophy   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi   Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Details
Finlandia Trophy   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   Madison Chock / Evan Bates Details
Coupe de Nice   Valeria Starygina / Ivan Volobuiev   Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones   Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz Details
Ice Challenge   Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt   Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello   Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Details
NRW Trophy   Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso   Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Details
Pavel Roman Memorial   Zsuzsanna Nagy / Mate Fejes   Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev   Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann Details
Golden Spin   Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland   Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Details
Nesquik Cup   Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland   Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun   Kira Geil / Tobias Eisenbauer Details
Inter. Trophy of Lyon   Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart   Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin   Louise Walden / Owen Edwards Details
Bavarian Open   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro   Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown Details

Season's best scores

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Top scores according to the ISU Season's Best standings. All scores are from ISU Championships (World, European, Four Continents, Junior World) or the Grand Prix series (both senior and junior), except for skaters who have no such assignments. In the latter case, a score from another international event may be included with an asterisk. As of April 21, 2012:

Rank Name Country Best: Total score[57] Event
1 Daisuke Takahashi   276.72 World Team
2 Patrick Chan   273.94 Four Continents
3 Evgeni Plushenko   261.23 Europeans
4 Yuzuru Hanyu   251.06 Worlds
5 Javier Fernández   250.33 Skate Canada
6 Artur Gachinski   246.27 Europeans
7 Brian Joubert   244.58 Worlds
8 Florent Amodio   243.03 Worlds
9 Michal Březina   239.55 Worlds
10 Jeremy Abbott   238.82 GP Final

Ladies

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Rank Name Country Best: Total score[58] Event
1 Ashley Wagner   192.41 Four Continents
2 Carolina Kostner   189.94 Worlds
3 Mao Asada   188.62 Four Continents
4 Akiko Suzuki   188.62 ISU World Team Trophy
5 Yulia Lipnitskaya   187.05 World Junior Championships
6 Alena Leonova   184.28 World Championships
7 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   182.89 ISU GP Trophee E. Bompard
8 Alissa Czisny   179.15 ISU GP Trophee E. Bompard
9 Caroline Zhang   176.18 Four Continents
10 Kanako Murakami   175.41 World Championships

Pairs

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Rank Name Country Best: Total score[59] Event
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   212.26 GP Final
2 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   212.08 GP Final

Ice dance

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Rank Name Country Best: Total score[60] Event
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White   188.55 GP Final
2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   183.34 GP Final

World standings

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Men's singles

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As of 9 April 2012[61]

No. Skater Nation
1 Patrick Chan   Canada
2 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan
3 Michal Brezina   Czech Republic
4 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan
5 Artur Gachinski   Russia
6 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan
7 Jeremy Abbott   United States
8 Nobunari Oda   Japan
9 Florent Amodio   France
10 Tomas Verner   Czech Republic

Women's singles

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As of 9 April 2012[62]

No. Skater Nation
1 Carolina Kostner   Italy
2 Akiko Suzuki   Japan
3 Alena Leonova   Russia
4 Miki Ando   Japan
5 Alissa Czisny   United States
6 Kiira Korpi   Finland
7 Kanako Murakami   Japan
8 Mao Asada
9 Mirai Nagasu   United States
10 Viktoria Helgesson   Sweden

Pairs

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As of 30 March 2012[63]

No. Skater Nation
1   Germany
2   Russia
3   China
4   Russia
5
6   China
7   Japan
8   Italy
9   Canada
10   Germany

Ice dance

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As of 31 March 2012[64]

No. Skater Nation
1   United States
2   France
3   Canada
4   United States
5   Canada
6   Russia
7   Italy
8   France
9   Russia
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Current season's world rankings

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Men's singles

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As of 9 April 2012[61]

No. Skater Nation
1 Patrick Chan   Canada
2 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan
3 Daisuke Takahashi
4 Michal Brezina   Czech Republic
5 Jeremy Abbott   United States
6 Javier Fernandez   Spain
7 Denis Ten   Kazakhstan
8 Samuel Contesti   Italy
9 Artur Gachinski   Russia
10 Ross Miner   United States

Women's singles

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As of 9 April 2012[62]

No. Skater Nation
1 Carolina Kostner   Italy
2 Akiko Suzuki   Japan
3 Alena Leonova   Russia
4 Viktoria Helgesson   Sweden
5 Mao Asada   Japan
6 Ashley Wagner   United States
7 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia
8 Kanako Murakami   Japan
9 Adelina Sotnikova   Russia
10 Alissa Czisny   United States

Pairs

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As of 30 March 2012[63]

No. Team Nation
1   Russia
2   Germany
3   Japan
4   Italy
5   Russia
6   Canada
7   Russia
8   China
9   United States
10   Russia

Ice dance

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As of 31 March 2012[64]

No. Team Nation
1   Canada
2   United States
3   France
4   Canada
5   United States
6   Russia
7   Germany
8   Russia
9   Italy
10   Great Britain

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