The 2017–18 figure skating season began on July 1, 2017, and ended on June 30, 2018. During this season, elite skaters competed at the European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships, as well as the 2018 Winter Olympics. They also competed at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final, and the Challenger Series.
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Date: | July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018 |
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Age eligibility
Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.[1]
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Date of birth |
Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles) |
Born between July 1, 1998 & June 30, 2004 |
Junior (males in pairs & ice dance) |
Born between July 1, 1996 & June 30, 2004 |
Senior (all disciplines) |
Born before July 1, 2002 |
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If skaters of different nationalities formed a team, the ISU required that they choose one country to represent. The date provided is the date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.
Partnership changes
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Date |
Skaters |
Disc. |
Type |
Notes |
Ref. |
August 2, 2017 |
Elena Ilinykh / Anton Shibnev |
Ice dance |
Formed |
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[2] |
December 20, 2017 |
Dissolved |
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[3] |
January 6, 2018 |
Justine Brasseur / Mark Bardei |
Pairs |
Formed |
For Canada |
[4] |
January 29, 2018 |
Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
Tobias retired. |
[5] |
February 1, 2018 |
Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet |
Alessandrini retired. |
[6] |
February 20, 2018 |
Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron |
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[7] |
March 5, 2018 |
Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet |
Pairs |
|
[8] |
March 20, 2018 |
Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit |
Ice dance |
Benoit retired. |
[9] |
March 30, 2018 |
Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata |
Pairs |
Takahashi retired. |
[10] |
April 10, 2018 |
Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch |
Moscovitch retired. |
[11] |
April 13, 2018 |
Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu |
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[12][13] |
Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson |
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Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson |
Formed |
April 17, 2018 |
Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran |
Dissolved |
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[14] |
April 27, 2018 |
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař |
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[15] |
April 29, 2018 |
Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski |
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[16] |
April 30, 2018 |
Adelina Galayavieva / Louis Thauron |
Ice dance |
Formed |
|
[17] |
May 2018 |
Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd |
Dissolved |
|
[18] |
May 2, 2018 |
Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran |
Pairs |
Formed |
|
[19] |
May 10, 2018 |
Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
Lorenz retired. |
[20] |
June 9, 2018 |
Chelsea Liu / Ian Meyh |
Pairs |
Formed |
|
[21] |
June 10, 2018 |
Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong |
Dissolved |
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[22] |
Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong |
Formed |
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June 24, 2018 |
Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov |
Dissolved |
Astakhova retired. |
[23] |
June 27, 2018 |
Anna Dušková / Radek Jakubka |
Formed |
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[24] |
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Retirements
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Date |
Skater(s) |
Disc. |
Ref. |
August 28, 2017 |
Yulia Lipnitskaya |
Ladies |
[25] |
September 22, 2017 |
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov |
Pairs |
[26] |
November 7, 2017 |
Joshi Helgesson |
Ladies |
[27] |
November 16, 2017 |
Franz Streubel |
Men |
[28] |
January 7, 2018 |
Kim Hae-jin |
Ladies |
[29] |
January 12, 2018 |
Isabelle Olsson |
[30] |
January 19, 2018 |
Peter Liebers |
Men |
[31] |
January 23, 2018 |
Alexandra Proklova |
Ladies |
[32] |
January 29, 2018 |
Isabella Tobias |
Ice dance |
[5] |
February 1, 2018 |
Lorenza Alessandrini |
[6] |
March 2, 2018 |
Haruka Imai |
Ladies |
[33] |
March 9, 2018 |
Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero |
Ice dance |
[34] |
March 16, 2018 |
Takahito Mura |
Men |
[35] |
March 20, 2018 |
Alex Benoit |
Ice dance |
[9] |
March 25, 2018 |
Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar |
[36] |
Misha Ge |
Men |
[37] |
March 30, 2018 |
Narumi Takahashi |
Pairs |
[10] |
April 10, 2018 |
Dylan Moscovitch |
[11] |
April 16, 2018 |
Patrick Chan |
Men |
[38] |
April 19, 2018 |
Max Aaron |
[39] |
April 23, 2018 |
Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley |
Ice dance |
[40] |
April 25, 2018 |
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford |
Pairs |
[41] |
May 4, 2018 |
Elladj Baldé |
Men |
[42] |
May 10, 2018 |
Kavita Lorenz |
Ice dance |
[20] |
May 14, 2018 |
Liam Firus |
Men |
[43] |
June 4, 2018 |
Anne Line Gjersem |
Ladies |
[44] |
June 14, 2018 |
Daisuke Murakami |
Men |
[45] |
June 24, 2018 |
Kristina Astakhova |
Pairs |
[23] |
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Coaching changes
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Skater(s) |
Disc. |
From |
To |
Ref. |
March 19, 2018 |
Serafima Sakhanovich |
Ladies |
Evgeni Plushenko |
Angelina Turenko |
[46] |
March 25, 2018 |
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
Ice dance |
Barbara Fusar-Poli & Stefano Caruso |
Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon & Romain Haguenauer |
[47] |
March 28, 2018 |
Anastasiia Gubanova |
Ladies |
Angelina Turenko |
Elena Buianova |
[48] |
March 30, 2018 |
Marin Honda |
Mie Hamada & Yamato Tamura |
Rafael Arutyunyan |
[49] |
April 5, 2018 |
Maxim Kovtun |
Men |
Inna Goncharenko |
Elena Buianova |
[50] |
April 11, 2018 |
Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov |
Ice dance |
Ksenia Rumiantseva & Ekaterina Volobueva |
Anjelika Krylova & Elena Tchaikovskaia |
[51] |
April 18, 2018 |
Lim Eun-soo |
Ladies |
Chi Hyun-jung |
Rafael Arutyunyan |
[52] |
April 20, 2018 |
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |
Ice dance |
Pasquale Camerlengo & Anjelika Krylova |
Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon |
[53] |
May 7, 2018 |
Evgenia Medvedeva |
Ladies |
Eteri Tutberidze |
Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
[54] |
Polina Tsurskaya |
Elena Buianova |
[55] |
May 8, 2018 |
Sergei Voronov |
Men |
Inna Goncharenko |
[56] |
May 14, 2018 |
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim |
Pairs |
Dalilah Sappenfield |
Aljona Savchenko, Alexander König & Jean-François Ballester |
[57] |
May 15, 2018 |
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov |
Nina Mozer, Andrei Hekalo & Robin Szolkowy |
Maxim Trankov & Robin Szolkowy |
[58] |
May 24, 2018 |
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier |
Rockne Brubaker & Stefania Berton |
John Zimmerman, Silvia Fontana & Jeremy Barrett |
[59][60] |
May 25, 2018 |
Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Ice dance |
Igor Shpilband |
Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon & Romain Haguenauer |
[61] |
May 29, 2018 |
Jason Brown |
Men |
Kori Ade |
Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
[62] |
June 5, 2018 |
Elizabet Tursynbaeva |
Ladies |
Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
Eteri Tutberidze |
[63] |
June 9, 2018 |
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor |
Pairs |
Nina Mozer, Andrei Pachin & Galina Pachin |
Richard Gauthier |
[64] |
June 12, 2018 |
Alexei Krasnozhon |
Men |
Peter Cain & Darlene Cain |
Olga Ganicheva & Alexey Letov |
[65] |
June 20, 2018 |
Yan Han |
Xu Zhaoxiao & Fu Caishu |
Pang Qing & Tong Jian |
[66] |
June 28, 2018 |
Andrew Torgashev |
Artem Torgashev & Ilona Melnichenko |
Christy Krall |
[67] |
June 29, 2018 |
Gracie Gold |
Ladies |
Marina Zueva & Oleg Epstein |
Vincent Restencourt |
[68] |
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2017
Dates |
Event |
Type |
Level |
Disc. |
Location |
Results |
July 27–29 |
Lake Placid Ice Dance International |
Other |
All |
D |
Lake Placid, New York, United States |
Details |
August 2–5 |
Asian Open Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L/P |
Hong Kong |
Details |
August 3–5 |
Philadelphia Summer International |
Other |
S/J |
M/L |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Details |
August 23–26 |
JGP Australia |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
M/L/D |
Brisbane, Australia |
Details |
August 26–27 |
Southeast Asian Games |
Other |
Senior |
M/L |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Details |
August 31 – September 2 |
JGP Austria |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
M/L/D |
Salzburg, Austria |
Details |
September 2–5 |
Slovenia Open |
Other |
Senior |
M/L |
Celje, Slovenia |
Details |
September 6–9 |
JGP Latvia |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
All |
Riga, Latvia |
Details |
September 13–17 |
U.S. International Classic |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Details |
September 14–17 |
Lombardia Trophy |
Challenger |
S/J |
All |
Bergamo, Italy |
Details |
September 20–24 |
JGP Belarus |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
All |
Minsk, Belarus |
Details |
September 20–23 |
Autumn Classic International |
Challenger |
S/J |
All |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Details |
September 21–23 |
Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
Details |
September 27–30 |
JGP Croatia |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
All |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Details |
Nebelhorn Trophy |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Oberstdorf, Germany |
Details |
October 4–7 |
JGP Poland |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
All |
Gdańsk, Poland |
Details |
October 6–8 |
Finlandia Trophy |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Espoo, Finland |
Details |
October 11–14 |
JGP Italy |
Grand Prix |
Junior |
M/L/D |
Egna, Italy |
Details |
October 11–15 |
International Cup of Nice |
Other |
S/J |
All |
Nice, France |
Details |
October 19–23 |
Kaunas Ice Autumn Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
Details |
October 20–22 |
Rostelecom Cup |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Moscow, Russia |
Details |
October 21–23 |
Halloween Cup |
Other |
J/N |
M/L/D |
Budapest, Hungary |
Details |
October 24–28 |
Crystal Skate of Romania |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Bucharest, Romania |
Details |
October 25–29 |
Golden Bear of Zagreb |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Details |
October 26–29 |
Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
Challenger |
All |
All |
Minsk, Belarus |
Details 1, 2 |
October 27–29 |
Skate Canada International |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Details |
November 1–4 |
Denkova-Staviski Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Details |
November 2–5 |
Tirnavia Ice Cup |
Other |
J/N |
M/L |
Trnava, Slovakia |
Details |
November 3–5 |
Cup of China |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Beijing, China |
Details |
November 8–12 |
Volvo Open Cup |
Other |
All |
All |
Riga, Latvia |
Details |
Ice Challenge |
Other |
All |
All |
Graz, Austria |
Details 1, 2 |
November 10–12 |
NHK Trophy |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Osaka, Japan |
Details |
November 16–19 |
Warsaw Cup |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Warsaw, Poland |
Details |
Merano Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Merano, Italy |
Details |
November 17–19 |
Internationaux de France |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Grenoble, France |
Details |
November 20–25 |
Cup of Tyrol |
Other |
All |
M/L/P |
Innsbruck, Austria |
Details |
November 21–26 |
Tallinn Trophy |
Challenger |
All |
All |
Tallinn, Estonia |
Details |
November 22–26 |
Open d'Andorra |
Other |
All |
M/L/D |
Canillo, Andorra |
Details |
Skate Celje |
Other |
J/N |
M/L/P |
Celje, Slovenia |
Details |
November 24–26 |
Shanghai Trophy |
Other |
Senior |
All |
Shanghai, China |
Details |
Skate America |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Lake Placid, New York, United States |
Details |
December 4–10 |
Santa Claus Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L/D |
Budapest, Hungary |
Details |
December 6–9 |
Golden Spin of Zagreb |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Details |
December 7–10 |
Grand Prix Final |
Grand Prix |
S/J |
All |
Nagoya, Japan |
Details |
December 12–16 |
Istanbul Bosphorous Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L/D |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Details |
December 15–17 |
Grand Prix of Bratislava |
Other |
J/N |
M/L/D |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
Details |
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2018
Dates |
Event |
Type |
Level |
Disc. |
Location |
Results |
January 4–7 |
EduSport Trophy |
Other |
Senior |
L |
Bucharest, Romania |
Details |
J/N |
M/L |
FBMA Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Details |
January 15–21 |
European Championships |
Championships |
Senior |
All |
Moscow, Russia |
Details |
January 22–27 |
Four Continents Championships |
Championships |
Senior |
All |
Taipei, Taiwan |
Details |
January 23–27 |
Skate Helena |
Other |
Senior |
L |
Belgrade, Serbia |
Details |
J/N |
M/L |
January 26 |
Reykjavík International Games |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
Details |
January 26–31 |
Bavarian Open |
Other |
All |
All |
Oberstdorf, Germany |
Details |
January 30 – February 4 |
Mentor Toruń Cup |
Other |
All |
All |
Toruń, Poland |
Details |
January 31 – February 2 |
Open Ice Mall Cup |
Other |
J/N |
L/P |
Eilat, Israel |
Details |
February 1–4 |
Nordic Championships |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Rovaniemi, Finland |
Details |
February 2–4 |
Egna Dance Trophy |
Other |
All |
D |
Egna, Italy |
Details |
February 6–11 |
Sofia Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Details |
February 8–11 |
Dragon Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Details |
February 9–25 |
Winter Olympics |
Olympics |
Senior |
All |
Pyeongchang, South Korea |
Details |
February 14–18 |
Olympic Hopes |
Other |
J/N |
M/L |
Targu Secuiesc, Romania |
Details |
February 16–18 |
Jégvirág Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L/D |
Miskolc, Hungary |
Details |
February 22–25 |
International Challenge Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L/P |
The Hague, Netherlands |
Details |
March 1–4 |
Sarajevo Open |
Other |
All |
M/L/P |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Details |
March 5–11 |
World Junior Championships |
Championships |
Junior |
All |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Details |
March 16–18 |
Coupe du Printemps |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Details |
March 19–25 |
World Championships |
Championships |
Senior |
All |
Milan, Italy |
Details |
March 30 – April 1 |
Balkan Games |
Other |
Senior |
L |
Celje, Slovenia |
Details |
J/N |
M/L |
April 4–8 |
Triglav Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Jesenice, Slovenia |
Details |
April 5–8 |
Egna Spring Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L/P |
Egna, Italy |
Details |
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Ice dance
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Men's singles
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Ladies' singles
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Pairs
As of March 22, 2018[update][84]
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Ice dance
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Men's singles
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As of March 22, 2018[update][88]
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Ice dance
As of March 24, 2018[update][89]
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