2011–12 figure skating season

For the synchronized skating season, see 2011–12 synchronized 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

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

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

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

Partnership changes

Date	Skaters	Disc.	Type	Notes	Ref.
July 27, 2011	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Ice dance	Formed	For Canada	[10]
August 22, 2011	Emily Samuelson Todd Gilles				[11]
September 27, 2011	Jana Khokhlova Fedor Andreev		Dissolved	Andreev retired.	[12]
September 27, 2011	Nikola Višňová Lukáš Csölley				[13]
October 3, 2011	Federica Testa Lukáš Csölley		Formed	For Slovakia	[14]
November 2011	Lucie Myslivečková Neil Brown			For the Czech Republic
November 19, 2011	Nicole Della Monica Matteo Guarise	Pairs			[15]
January 2012	Klára Kadlecová Petr Bidař		Dissolved	Bidař with Martina Boček	[16]
February 2012	Tanja Kolbe Stefano Caruso	Ice dance		Teamed up again in July 2012	[17]
February 6, 2012	Anastasia Galyeta Alexei Shumski				[18]
February 15, 2012	Natalja Zabijako Sergei Kulbach	Pairs			[19]
February 24, 2012	Ashley Cain Joshua Reagan				[20]
March 19, 2012	Angelina Telegina Otar Japaridze	Ice dance	Formed	Russian/Georgian team to represent Georgia.	[21]
March 21, 2012	Alexandra Vasilieva Yuri Shevchuk	Pairs	Dissolved	Shevchuk with Natalia Mitina	[22]
March 21, 2012	Lubov Iliushechkina Nodari Maisuradze				[23]
March 22, 2012	Caitlin Yankowskas Joshua Reagan		Formed		[24]
March 2012	Katharina Gierok Florian Just		Dissolved
March 23, 2012	Kiri Baga Taylor Toth		Formed		[25]
March 2012	Maria Nosulia Evgeni Kholoniuk	Ice dance	Dissolved		[26]
	Nadezhda Frolenkova Mikhail Kasalo			Frolenkova with Vitali Nikiforov
	Isabella Cannuscio Ian Lorello				[27]
	Brittany Jones Kurtis Gaskell	Pairs
April 2012	Katherine Bobak Ian Beharry
	Brittany Jones Ian Beharry		Formed
April 10, 2012	Amanda Evora Mark Ladwig		Dissolved	Evora retired.	[28]
April 2012	Lauri Bonacorsi Travis Mager	Ice dance			[29]
April 27, 2012	Charlotte Lichtman Dean Copely				[30]
April 30, 2012	Anastasia Olson Keiffer Hubbell		Formed		[31]
April 30, 2012	Carolina Gillespie Luca Dematté	Pairs	Dissolved		[32]
May 4, 2012	Lindsay Davis Mark Ladwig		Formed		[33]
May 6, 2012	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao		Dissolved	Zhang Hao with Peng Cheng; Zhang Dan retired.	[34]
May 2012	Vanessa Crone Nikolaj Sorensen	Ice dance	Formed	Split in June 2012	[26]
June 2012	Emily Samuelson Todd Gilles		Dissolved		[35]
July 5, 2012	Anaïs Morand Timothy Leemann	Pairs			[36]
July 23, 2012	Lubov Iliushechkina Yannick Kocon		Formed	Russian/French team; did not officially represent a country competitively.	[37]

Coaching changes

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

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

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

Men's singles

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

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

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

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 / Sergey 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 / Sergey Mozgov	Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand	Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin	Details
JGP Final	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey 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

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:

Men

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

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

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

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

Main article: 2011–12 ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking

Men's singles

As of 9 April 2012^[update][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

As of 9 April 2012^[update][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

As of 30 March 2012^[update][63]

No.	Skater	Nation
1	Aljona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy	Germany
2	Tatiana Volosozhar Maxim Trankov	Russia
3	Pang Qing Tong Jian	China
4	Vera Bazarova Yuri Larionov	Russia
5	Yuko Kavaguti Alexander Smirnov
6	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	China
7	Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran	Japan
8	Stefania Berton Ondrej Hotarek	Italy
9	Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford	Canada
10	Maylin Hausch Daniel Wende	Germany

Ice dance

As of 31 March 2012^[update][64]

No.	Skater	Nation
1	Meryl Davis Charlie White	United States
2	Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat	France
3	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Canada
4	Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani	United States
5	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	Canada
6	Ekaterina Bobrova Dmitri Soloviev	Russia
7	Anna Cappellini Luca Lanotte	Italy
8	Pernelle Carron Lloyd Jones	France
9	Ekaterina Riazanova Ilia Tkachenko	Russia
10	Elena Ilinykh Nikita Katsalapov

Current season's world rankings

Men's singles

As of 9 April 2012^[update][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

As of 9 April 2012^[update][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

As of 30 March 2012^[update][63]

No.	Team	Nation
1	Tatiana Volosozhar Maxim Trankov	Russia
2	Aljona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy	Germany
3	Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran	Japan
4	Stefania Berton Ondrej Hotarek	Italy
5	Yuko Kavaguti Alexander Smirnov	Russia
6	Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford	Canada
7	Vera Bazarova Yuri Larionov	Russia
8	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	China
9	Caydee Denney John Coughlin	United States
10	Ksenia Stolbova Fedor Klimov	Russia

Ice dance

As of 31 March 2012^[update][64]

No.	Team	Nation
1	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Canada
2	Meryl Davis Charlie White	United States
3	Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat	France
4	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	Canada
5	Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani	United States
6	Ekaterina Bobrova Dmitri Soloviev	Russia
7	Nelli Zhiganshina Alexander Gazsi	Germany
8	Elena Ilinykh Nikita Katsalapov	Russia
9	Anna Cappellini Luca Lanotte	Italy
10	Penny Coomes Nicholas Buckland	Great Britain