ISU Junior Grand Prix in Turkey

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Turkey is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Turkish Ice Skating Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Pateni Federasyonu). 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.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Turkey
StatusActive
GenreISU Junior Grand Prix
FrequencyOccasional
Country Turkey
Inaugurated2009
Most recent2025
Organized byTurkish Ice Skating Federation

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 1 July 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 2009 Junior Grand Prix in Turkey champions: Yan Han of China (men's singles); Kiri Baga of the United States (women's singles), and Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia (ice dance)

Turkey hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 2009 in Istanbul. Yan Han of China won the men's event, Kiri Baga of the United States won the women's event, and Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin of Russia won the ice dance event. Turkey has hosted this event four additional times: in 2012 and 2023 in Istanbul, and in 2024 and 2025 in Ankara.

Medalists

The 2023 Junior Grand Prix in Turkey champions: Seo Min-kyu of South Korea (men's singles); Ami Nakai of Japan (women's singles); and Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia (pair skating)
Not pictured: Mariia Pinchuk and Mykyta Pogorielov of Ukraine (ice dance)

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Istanbul Yan Han Stanislav Kovalev Kento Nakamura
2012 Jason Brown Alexander Petrov Nam Nguyen
2023 Seo Min-kyu Rio Nakata Daiya Ebihara
2024 Ankara Jacob Sanchez Shunsuke Nakamura Arlet Levandi
2025 Seo Min-kyu Sena Takahashi Lucius Kazanecki

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Istanbul Kiri Baga Sofia Biryukova Christina Gao
2012 Leah Keiser Park So-youn Satoko Miyahara
2023 Ami Nakai Rena Uezono Kim Yu-jae
2024 Ankara Kim Yu-seong Ami Nakai Stefania Gladki
2025 Mayuko Oka Kim Yu-jae Sophie Joline von Felten

Pairs

In 2023, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava became the first pairs team from Georgia to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medal.

Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Istanbul No pairs competitions
2012
2023
  • Anastasiia Metelkina
  • Luka Berulava
  • Olivia Flores
  • Luke Wang
  • Jazmine Desrochers
  • Kieran Thrasher
2024 Ankara
  • Jazmine Desrochers
  • Kieran Thrasher
  • Sae Shimizu
  • Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
2025
  • Ava Kemp
  • Yohnatan Elizarov
  • Guo Rui
  • Zhang Yiwen
  • Julia Quattrocchi
  • Étienne Lacasse

Ice dance

In 2023, Gina Zehnder and Beda Leon Sieber became the first ice dance team from Switzerland to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix medal.

Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Istanbul
  • Ksenia Monko
  • Kirill Khaliavin
  • Ekaterina Pushkash
  • Jonathan Guerreiro
  • Isabella Cannuscio
  • Ian Lorello
2012
  • Alexandra Stepanova
  • Ivan Bukin
  • Shari Koch
  • Christian Nüchtern
  • Madeline Edwards
  • Zhao Kai Pang
2023
  • Mariia Pinchuk
  • Mykyta Pogorielov
  • Yahli Pedersen
  • Jeffrey Chen
  • Gina Zehnder
  • Beda Leon Sieber
2024 Ankara
  • Darya Grimm
  • Michail Savitskiy
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval
  • Hana Maria Aboian
  • Daniil Veselukhin
2025
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval
  • Charlie Anderson
  • Cayden Dawson
  • Léa Hienne
  • Louis Varescon

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