The ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

History The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before July 1 of the respective season, but not yet 19 (for single skaters), 21 (for men and women in ice dance and women in pair skating), or 23 (for men in pair skating). Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

The United States hosted the 1998 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final – the culminating event of the Junior Grand Prix series – in Detroit, Michigan. Vincent Restencourt of France won the men's event, Viktoria Volchkova of Russia won the women's event, Julia Obertas and Dmytro Palamarchuk of Ukraine won the pairs event, and Jamie Silverstein and Justin Pekarek of the United States won the ice dance event.

U.S. Figure Skating was scheduled to host the second event of the 2001 Junior Grand Prix Series from September 20 to 23 in Scottsdale, Arizona, but cancelled the competition due to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Scottsdale hosted the third event of the Junior Grand Prix Series the next year. Andrei Griazev of Russia won the men's event, Akiko Suzuki of Japan won the women's event, Ding Yang and Ren Zhongfei of China won the pairs event, and Nóra Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin of Hungary won the ice dance event.

The event has been held every few years in different cities: Long Beach, California (2004); Lake Placid, New York (2007, 2009, 2012, 2019); and Colorado Springs, Colorado (2015). Its most recent appearance was in Lake Placid in 2019.

Medalists

Men's singles +Men's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Detroit, Michigan Vincent Restencourt Ilia Klimkin Alexei Vasilevski 2001 Scottsdale, Arizona Competition cancelled due to the September 11 attacks 2002 Andrei Griazev Parker Pennington Ken Rose 2004 Long Beach, California Dennis Phan Christopher Mabee Princeton Kwong 2007 Lake Placid, New York Armin Mahbanoozadeh Austin Kanallakan Artem Grigoriev 2009 Ross Miner Kento Nakamura Mark Shakhmatov 2012 Joshua Farris Keiji Tanaka Roman Sadovsky 2015 Colorado Nathan Chen Daniel Samohin Sōta Yamamoto 2019 Lake Placid, New York Shun Sato Stephen Gogolev Gleb Lutfullin

Women's singles +Women's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Detroit, Michigan Viktoria Volchkova Sarah Hughes Daria Timoshenko 2001 Scottsdale, Arizona Competition cancelled due to the September 11 attacks 2002 Akiko Suzuki Beatrisa Liang Felicia Beck 2004 Long Beach, California Mao Asada Kimmie Meissner Danielle Kahle 2007 Lake Placid, New York Mirai Nagasu Alexe Gilles Angela Maxwell 2009 Kristine Musademba Ksenia Makarova Isabelle Olsson 2012 Satoko Miyahara Courtney Hicks Angela Wang 2015 Colorado Yuna Shiraiwa Marin Honda Vivian Le 2019 Lake Placid, New York Alysa Liu Yeonjeong Park Anastasia Tarakanova

Pairs +Pairs event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Detroit, Michigan 2001 Scottsdale, Arizona Competition cancelled due to the September 11 attacks 2002 2004 Long Beach, California 2007 Lake Placid, New York 2009 2012 2015 Colorado 2019 Lake Placid, New York

Ice dance +Ice dance event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Detroit, Michigan 2001 Scottsdale, Arizona Competition cancelled due to the September 11 attacks 2002 2004 Long Beach, California 2007 Lake Placid, New York 2009 2012 2015 Colorado 2019 Lake Placid, New York

References

External links ISU Junior Grand Prix at the International Skating Union U.S. Figure Skating JGP United States at Skating Scores