2014–15 figure skating season

Competitive figure skating year, 2014/7/1 to 2015/6/30 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2014–15 figure skating season began on July 1, 2014, and ended on June 30, 2015. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2015 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships. 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 inaugural Challenger Series.

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2014–15 figure skating season
Date:July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015
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Beginning with this season, singles and pairs skaters were allowed to use music with lyrics in competition. Previously, they were restricted to instrumental music, including vocals without words.[1][2][3] Additionally, the Challenger Series, a series of senior international competitions below the Grand Prix series, was introduced this season.[4]

Age eligibility

Beginning with this season, the minimum age for senior events increased from 14 to 15 to match the minimum age for International Skating Union (ISU) Championship events. Skaters competing at the junior level were required to be at least 13 years of age before July 1, 2014. Those who turned 15 before that date were also eligible for all senior-level events. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.[5]

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Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles) Born before July 1, 1995 & June 30, 2000
Junior (males in pairs & ice dance) Born before July 1, 1993 & June 30, 2000
Senior (all disciplines) Born before July 1, 1999
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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 Ref.
July 2, 2014 Italy Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Pairs Dissolved [6]
July 6, 2014 Israel Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Ice dance Formed [7]
July 16, 2014 United States Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay Pairs Dissolved [8]
France Daria Popova / Andrei Novoselov Formed [9]
July 28, 2014 France Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac Ice dance Dissolved [10]
France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Formed
July 29, 2014 France Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet [11]
August 7, 2014 United States Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Pairs Dissolved [12]
United States Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay Formed
October 6, 2014 Russia Sofia Biryukova / Aleksandr Stepanov [13]
February 1, 2014 United States Isabella Cannuscio / Michael Bramante Ice dance Dissolved
January 30, 2015 United States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton [14]
March 3, 2015 Canada Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams [15]
March 17, 2015 United States Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton Formed [16]
March 25, 2015 Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Dissolved [17]
March 31, 2015 Japan Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs [18]
April 19, 2015 Japan Cathy Reed / Chris Reed Ice dance [19]
May 28, 2015 Canada Hayleigh Bell / Rudi Swiegers Pairs Formed [20]
May 30, 2015 Russia Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Dissolved [21]
June 1, 2015 Russia Natalja Zabijako / Yuri Larionov [22]
Russia Vasilisa Davankova / Alexander Enbert
Russia Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Formed
June 5, 2015 Russia Maria Stavitskaia / Anton Shibnev Ice dance [23]
June 17, 2015 Japan Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed [24]
Japan Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs [25]
June 24, 2015 Italy Bianca Manacorda / Niccolò Macii Dissolved [26]
Israel Allison Reed / Vasili Rogov Ice dance [27]
June 26, 2015 Canada Nicole Orford / Asher Hill Formed [28]
Canada Mackenzie Bent / Dmitre Razgulajevs [29]
June 30, 2015 United States DeeDee Leng / Simon Shnapir Pairs Dissolved [30]
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Retirements

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Date Skater(s) Disc. Ref.
July 16, 2014 United States Felicia Zhang Pairs [8]
August 6, 2014 Russia Vladislav Sesganov Men [31]
September 16, 2014 Russia Polina Shelepen Ladies [32]
October 14, 2014 Japan Daisuke Takahashi Men [33]
November 1, 2014 France Yrétha Silété Ladies [34]
November 3, 2014 China Zhang Kexin [35]
November 13, 2014 Japan Fumie Suguri [36]
December 28, 2014 Japan Tatsuki Machida Men [37]
March 25. 2014 Germany Alexander Gazsi Ice dance [17]
March 28, 2015 China Pang Qing / Tong Jian Pairs [38]
April 8, 2015 Sweden Viktoria Helgesson Ladies [39]
April 9, 2015 Switzerland Eveline Brunner [40]
April 14, 2015 Switzerland Anna Ovcharova [41]
April 18, 2015 Denmark Justus Strid Men [42]
April 19, 2015 Japan Cathy Reed Ice dance [19]
May 11, 2015 United States Samantha Cesario Ladies [43]
May 13, 2015 Finland Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo Ice dance [44]
May 18, 2015 Russia Polina Agafonova Ladies [45]
May 19, 2015 United States Douglas Razzano Men [46]
June 10, 2015 United States Stephen Carriere [47]
June 12, 2015 Canada Jeremy Ten [48]
June 17, 2015 United States Christina Gao Ladies [49]
June 30, 2015 United States Simon Shnapir Pairs [30]
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Coaching changes

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July 17, 2014 United States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Ice dance Anjelika Krylova Marina Zueva & Massimo Scali [50]
July 29, 2014 Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva [11]
August 1, 2014 Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Ladies Alina Pisarenko Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov [51]
March 19, 2015 United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Pairs Silvia Fontana & John Zimmerman Ingo Steuer [52]
April 4, 2015 Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Kris Wirtz & Kristy Wirtz Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier & Sylvie Fullum [53][54]
April 8, 2015 Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Ladies Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov Alina Pisarenko [55]
United States Shotaro Omori Men Tammy Gambill Yuka Sato & Jason Dungjen [56]
April 11, 2015 United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Ice dance Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo & Natalia Annenko Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon [57]
April 14, 2015 Finland Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm Maurizio Margaglio Marina Zueva [58]
April 24, 2015 Canada Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Anjelika Krylova & Pasquale Camerlengo Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon & Romain Haguenauer [59]
April 29, 2015 Canada Gabrielle Daleman Ladies Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev & Michael Daleman Lee Barkell, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson [60]
May 8, 2015 Belarus Pavel Ignatenko Men Marina Selitskaia Anna Tsareva [61]
May 10, 2015 United Kingdom Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Ice dance Evgeni Platov & Philip Askew Igor Shpilband [62]
May 30, 2015 Russia Egor Zakroev Pairs Valentina Tiukova, Valeri Tiukov & Pavel Sliusarenko Natalia Pavlova [63]
Russia Maria Vigalova Nina Mozer [64]
June 1, 2015 United States Vincent Zhou Men Tammy Gambill Tom Zakrajsek & Becky Calvin [65]
June 5, 2015 Russia Maria Stavitskaia Ice dance Tatiana Mishina & Alexei Mishin Alexander Zhulin [23]
June 15, 2015 United States Hannah Miller Ladies Kirsten Miller-Zisholz Rafael Arutyunyan [66]
June 26, 2015 Canada Nicole Orford Ice dance Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe Carol Lane, Jon Lane & Juris Razgulajevs [67]
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Competitions

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2014
Dates Event Type Level Disc. Location Results
August 6–10 Asian Open Trophy Other All M/L Taipei, Taiwan Details
August 14–16 Skate Down Under Other Senior L Dunedin, New Zealand Details
J/N M/L
August 20–24 JGP France Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Courchevel, France Details
August 27–31 JGP Slovenia Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Ljubljana, Slovenia Details
September 3–7 JGP Czech Republic Grand Prix Junior All Ostrava, Czech Republic Details
September 10–14 U.S. International Classic Challenger Senior All Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
JGP Japan Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Nagoya, Japan Details
September 18–21 Lombardia Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/P Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details
September 24–28 JGP Estonia Grand Prix Junior All Tallinn, Estonia Details
September 25–27 Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 1–5 JGP Germany Grand Prix Junior All Dresden, Germany Details
October 2–4 Master's de Patinage Other S/J All Orléans, France [68]
October 2–5 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Challenger Senior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details Archived 2019-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
October 4 Japan Open Other Senior M/L Saitama, Japan Details
October 8–12 JGP Croatia Grand Prix Junior All Zagreb, Croatia Details
October 9–12 Finlandia Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Espoo, Finland Details
New Zealand Championships Nationals All All Dunedin, New Zealand Details
October 15–18 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Challenger Senior All Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details
October 15–19 International Cup of Nice Other S/J All Nice, France Details
October 16–19 Ice Star Other Senior L/D Minsk, Belarus Details
J/N All
October 23–26 Crystal Skate of Romania Other Senior L Brașov, Romania Details
J/N M/L
Tirnavia Ice Cup Other J/N M/L Trnava, Slovakia Details
October 24–26 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Chicago, Illinois, United States Details
October 31 – November 2 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Senior All Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Details
November 5–9 Volvo Open Cup Challenger Senior All Riga, Latvia Details 1, 2
November 6–9 Golden Bear of Zagreb Other Senior L Zagreb, Croatia Details
J/N M/L
November 7–9 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Shanghai, China Details
NRW Trophy Other All D Dortmund, Germany Details
November 11–16 Ice Challenge Challenger Senior All Graz, Austria Details 1, 2
November 12–16 Skate Celje Other J/N M/L Celje, Slovenia Details
November 14–16 Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details
Merano Cup Other All M/L Merano, Italy Details
November 20–23 Open d'Andorra Other All M/L/D Canillo, Andorra Details
November 21–23 Trophée Éric Bompard Grand Prix Senior All Bordeaux, France Details
Grand Prize SNP Other J/N M/L Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Details
November 21–24 Warsaw Cup Challenger S/J All Warsaw, Poland Details
November 25–30 NRW Trophy Other All M/L/P Dortmund, Germany Details
November 26–30 British Championships Nationals Senior All Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Details
November 28–30 Pavel Roman Memorial Other All D Olomouc, Czech Republic Details
NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Osaka, Japan Details
November 29 – December 5 Australian Championships Nationals All All Brisbane, Australia Details
December 1–7 Santa Claus Cup Other All M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details
December 3–7 Tallinn Trophy Other All M/L/D Tallinn, Estonia Details
Skate Canada Challenge Other All All Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada Details
December 4–7 Golden Spin of Zagreb Challenger Senior All Zagreb, Croatia Details
December 5–7 Danish Championships Nationals All All Herning, Denmark Details
December 11–14 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix S/J All Barcelona, Spain Details
Swedish Championships Nationals All All Västerås, Sweden Details
December 12–13 Swiss Championships Nationals Senior All Lugano, Switzerland Details
December 12–14 Denkova-Staviski Cup Other All M/L Sofia, Bulgaria Details
December 13–14 Grand Prix of Bratislava Other J/N M/L Bratislava, Slovakia Details
German Championships Nationals Senior All Stuttgart, Germany Details
Latvian Championships Nationals All M/L Tukums, Latvia Details
December 18–20 Austrian Championships Nationals S/J All Dornbirn, Austria Details 1, 2
December 18–21 French Championships Nationals Senior All Megève, France Details
December 19–20 Ukrainian Championships Nationals Senior All Kyiv, Ukraine Details
December 19–21 Four Nationals Championships Nationals Senior All Budapest, Hungary Details
Finnish Championships Nationals S/J M/L/D Vantaa, Finland Details Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
Spanish Championships Nationals All All Granada, Spain Details
December 20–21 Belarusian Championships Nationals Senior All Minsk, Belarus Details
Estonian Championships Nationals Senior M/L/D Tallinn, Estonia Details
Italian Championships Nationals S/J All Turin, Italy Details
December 25–28 Russian Championships Nationals Senior All Sochi, Russia Details 1, 2
December 26–28 Japan Championships Nationals Senior All Nagano, Japan Details
December 27–28 Chinese Championships Nationals Senior All Changchun, China Details
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Dates Event Type Level Disc. Location Results
January 7–10 Mentor Toruń Cup Other All All Toruń, Poland Details
January 7–9 South Korean Championships Nationals S/J M/L/D Seoul, South Korea Details 1, 2, 3, 4
January 15–18 Reykjavik International Games Other All L Reykjavík, Iceland Details
January 16 Medal Winners Open Other Senior M/L Tokyo, Japan Details
January 18–25 U.S. Championships Nationals All All Greensboro, North Carolina, United States Details
January 19–25 Canadian Championships Nationals All All Kingston, Ontario, Canada Details
January 20–24 Skate Helena Other All M/L Belgrade, Serbia Details
January 24–25 Dutch Championships Nationals All M/L Den Bosch, Netherlands Details
January 26–28 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Other Junior M/L Vorarlberg, Austria Details
January 28 – February 1 European Championships Championships Senior All Stockholm, Sweden Details
February 2–8 Jégvirág Cup Other Senior M Miskolc, Hungary Details
J/N M/L
February 4–8 Winter Universiade Other Senior All Antequera, Spain Details 1, 2
February 9–15 Four Continents Championships Championships Senior All Seoul, South Korea Details
February 11–15 Bavarian Open Other All All Oberstdorf, Germany Details
Nordic Championships Other All M/L Stavanger, Norway Details
February 12–15 Dragon Trophy Other All M/L Ljubljana, Slovenia Details
February 18–22 International Challenge Cup Other All M/L/P The Hague, Netherlands Details
February 19–22 Sarajevo Open Other All M/L Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Details
February 24 – March 1 Hellmut Seibt Memorial Other All M/L Vienna, Austria Details
March 2–8 World Junior Championships Championships Junior All Tallinn, Estonia Details
March 3–8 Sportland Trophy Other J/N M/L/P Budapest, Hungary Details
March 13–15 Coupe du Printemps Other All M/L/P Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Details
March 22–24 Gardena Spring Trophy Other All M/L Sëlva, Italy Details
March 23–29 World Championships Championships Senior All Shanghai, China Details
March 27–29 Avas Cup Other All M/L Miskolc, Hungary Details
April 6–11 World Development Trophy Other J/N M/L Putrajaya, Malaysia Details
April 10–12 Hamar Trophy Other All M/L Hamar, Norway Details
April 16–19 Triglav Trophy Other All M/L Jesenice, Slovenia Details
World Team Trophy Other Senior All Tokyo, Japan Details
April 28–29 World Development Trophy Other J/N M/L Gdańsk, Poland Details
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International medalists

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Other international competitions
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
New Zealand Skate Down Under Australia Jaimee Nobbs Hong Kong Chelsea Chiyan Yim Hong Kong Tiffany Yong Yeu Lau [72]
France International Cup of Nice Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Japan Miyabi Oba Sweden Isabelle Olsson Details
Belarus Ice Star Belarus Janina Makeenka Lithuania Aleksandra Golovkina Estonia Helery Hälvin [73]
Romania Crystal Skate of Romania Romania Julia Sauter Italy Carol Bressanutti South Korea Kwak Min-jeong [74]
Croatia Golden Bear of Zagreb Italy Carol Bressanutti Slovenia Daša Grm Austria Sophie Almassy
Italy Merano Cup Italy Roberta Rodeghiero Italy Giada Russo Switzerland Eveline Brunner
Andorra Open d'Andorra Italy Sara Falotico Sweden Elin Hallberg Spain Sonia Lafuente [70]
Germany NRW Trophy Germany Nicole Schott Austria Kerstin Frank Luxembourg Fleur Maxwell Details
Hungary Santa Claus Cup Hungary Ivett Tóth Italy Giada Russo Romania Julia Sauter
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Latvia Angelina Kučvaļska Armenia Anastasia Galustyan Finland Liubov Efimenko
Bulgaria Denkova-Staviski Cup Denmark Pernille Sorensen Luxembourg Fleur Maxwell Italy Micol Cristini
Poland Mentor Toruń Cup Latvia Angelīna Kučvaļska Australia Kailani Craine Slovenia Daša Grm Details
Iceland Reykjavik International Games Iceland Nadía Margrét Jamchi No other competitors
Serbia Skate Helena Finland Juulia Turkkila Finland Emilia Toikkanen Finland Helena Stenbacka
Spain Winter Universiade Russia Alena Leonova France Maé-Bérénice Méité Russia Maria Artemieva Details
Germany Bavarian Open Japan Mariko Kihara Germany Lutricia Bock Netherlands Niki Wories Details
Norway Nordic Championships Finland Jenni Saarinen Norway Anne Line Gjersem Finland Viveca Lindfors
Slovenia Dragon Trophy Czech Republic Eliška Březinová Hungary Ivett Tóth Italy Ilaria Nogaro [71]
Netherlands International Challenge Cup Japan Kanako Murakami Sweden Joshi Helgesson Netherlands Niki Wories Details
Austria Hellmut Seibt Memorial Slovenia Daša Grm Italy Roberta Rodeghiero France Laurine Lecavelier Details
Luxembourg Coupe du Printemps Sweden Joshi Helgesson Japan Riona Kato Germany Nicole Schott
Italy Gardena Spring Trophy Japan Rin Nitaya Italy Guia Maria Tagliapietra Italy Ilaria Nogaro Details
Hungary Avas Trophy Hungary Júlia Bátori Hungary Eszter Szombathelyi United Kingdom Frances Howell Details
Norway Hamar Trophy Slovakia Ivana Reitmayerová No other competitors Details
Slovenia Triglav Trophy Japan Miyu Nakashio Japan Yura Matsuda Italy Ilaria Nogaro Details
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World standings

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Men's singles

As of March 28, 2015[91]

Ladies' singles

As of March 28, 2015[92]

Pairs

As of March 26, 2015[93]

Ice dance

As of March 27, 2015[94]

Current season's world rankings

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Men's singles

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Ladies' singles

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Pairs

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Ice dance

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