The 2020–21 figure skating season began on July 1, 2020, and ended on June 30, 2021. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2021 World Championships, as well as at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and the Challenger Series.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Skating Union (ISU) cancelled the Junior Grand Prix series and the Grand Prix Final.[1][2] Additionally, the 2021 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, and World Junior Championships were all cancelled, although the 2021 World Championships were still held.[2][3][4]
On May 1, 2020, the International Skating Union established a working group, chaired by ISU Vice-president for Figure Skating Alexander Lakernik, to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its responsibilities included determining the feasibility of holding events as scheduled, possibly behind closed doors, during the first half of the season, and the financial impact of any potential cancellations.[5] On August 31, the ISU published the official Guidelines for ISU Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
On July 9, the General Administration of Sport of China announced that no international sporting events would be held in China in 2020 except for 2022 Winter Olympics test events.[6] The Chinese Skating Association was scheduled to host several events during the season, including the Cup of China, the Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships. While the Grand Prix Final, scheduled to be hosted in Beijing, was exempt from the Chinese government's ruling due to its status as the test event for the Olympic Games, the ISU had not yet discussed a contingency plan regarding Grand Prix event cancellations at the time of the Chinese government's announcement.[7] The ISU announced on July 13 that the Cup of China would remain as scheduled in Chongqing due to its connection to the Beijing test event: the Grand Prix Final.[8]
On July 20, the ISU officially cancelled the Junior Grand Prix series, citing increased travel and entry requirements between countries and potentially excessive sanitary & health care costs for hosting members.[1] Over half of the events of the 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series were also either cancelled by the host federations or postponed to an unspecified later date.
On August 4, the ISU confirmed that the Grand Prix series would proceed as scheduled during the fall, with a decision to be made regarding the Grand Prix Final at a later date.[9] The competitions were expected to feature skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons; all officials would also be from the national organizing committee.[10] On September 25, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Skate America would be held without an audience in line with Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines regarding the pandemic.[11] On September 30, the ISU announced that the Grand Prix Final would not be held as scheduled in Beijing on December 10–13, and that they were searching for an alternate host outside China for the event.[12] On October 14, Skate Canada announced the cancellation of the 2020 Skate Canada International due to the worsening situation in Ontario.[13] The French Federation of Ice Sports informed the ISU of the cancellation of the 2020 Internationaux de France on October 19.[14] In November, the Grand Prix Final was first removed from China altogether, before being definitively cancelled on December 10, 2020.[2][15] The ISU later rescheduled the Beijing test event to the 2021 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in October.[16]
On October 16, the ISU announced the cancellation of the 2021 Four Continents Championships.[3] On November 24, the 2021 World Junior Championships were also cancelled.[4] On December 10, the ISU announced the definitive cancellation of the Grand Prix Final alongside the cancellation of the 2021 European Championships.[17] The 2021 World Championships were held as scheduled in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 22–28, although three positive COVID-19 cases were detected during the event.[18] In addition, the ISU slightly modified the qualification rules to allow additional skaters the opportunity to meet the minimum TES requirements.[19]
Due to the vast difference in skaters' travel restrictions, the ISU determined that it would be unfair to award ISU world standings and season's world ranking points at the Challenger Series and Grand Prix events.[20][21] Thus, the 2021 World Championships were the only event to affect the 2020–21 ISU world standings. As the Junior Grand Prix and World Junior Championships were cancelled, junior skaters had no opportunities to earn World Standing Points for the season.[22]
Scores earned at the domestic Grand Prix events did not count as official ISU scores for the purposes of achieving minimum TES requirements or as personal/season's bests.[21] Thus, the season's best scores list was composed entirely of scores earned on the Challenger Series, where the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy and 2020 Budapest Trophy were the only two of ten scheduled events to be held, the 2021 World Championships, and the 2021 World Team Trophy.
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.
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Date of birth |
Junior (females in singles and pairs; males in singles) |
Born between July 1, 2001 & June 30, 2007 |
Junior (males in pairs) |
Born between July 1, 1999 & June 30, 2007 |
Junior (females in ice dance)[lower-alpha 1] |
Born between July 1, 2000 & June 30, 2007 |
Junior (males in ice dance)[lower-alpha 1] |
Born between July 1, 1998 & June 30, 2007 |
Senior (all disciplines) |
Born before July 1, 2005 |
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Due to disturbances in skaters' training schedules resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU extended the upper age limit for skaters in junior and novice ice dance by one year. However, the new age limit only applied to couples who competed together during the 2019–20 season and maintained the same programs for the 2020–21 season.[24]
If skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.
Date refers to 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. |
July 3, 2020 |
Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov |
Ice dance |
Formed |
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[25] |
Lila-Maya Seclet Monchot / Martin Chardain |
|
[26] |
July 6, 2020 |
Federica Zamponi / Marco Zandron |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[27] |
July 9, 2020 |
Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov |
Ice dance |
Formed |
For the United States |
[28] |
July 16, 2020 |
Chiara Calderone / Aleksei Dubrovin |
|
[29] |
July 18, 2020 |
Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov |
Pairs |
|
[30] |
July 24, 2020 |
Amanda Peterson / Maximilian Pfisterer |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
|
[31] |
Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer |
Formed |
|
July 26, 2020 |
Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin |
|
[32] |
July 31, 2020 |
Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin |
Pairs |
|
[33] |
August 2, 2020 |
Justine Brasseur / Zachary Daleman |
|
[34] |
August 3, 2020 |
Daria Boyarintseva / Maksim Shagalov |
|
[35] |
August 16, 2020 |
Ekaterina Kuznetsova / Oleksandr Kolosovskyi |
Ice dance |
For Azerbaijan |
[36] |
Lina Kudriavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[37] |
Valeria Ponosova / Dmitrii Ialin |
Formed |
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Evgenia Tumanova / Georgy Kunitsa |
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Stanislava Vislobokova / Andrey Shaderkov |
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August 21, 2020 |
Isabella Gamez / David-Alexandre Paradis |
Dissolved |
Paradis retired. |
[38] |
August 27, 2020 |
Emily Rose Brown / James Hernandez |
Ice dance |
Brown retired. |
[39] |
August 28, 2020 |
Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kam |
Formed |
For New Zealand |
[40][41] |
September 15, 2020 |
Elena Pavlova / Ruben Blommaert |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
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[42] |
Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert |
Formed |
For Germany |
September 16, 2020 |
Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
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[43] |
September 21, 2020 |
Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei |
Pairs |
|
[44] |
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao |
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Yu Xiaoyu / Wang Lei |
Formed |
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October 8, 2020 |
Maria Pavlova / Ilia Spiridonov |
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[45] |
Valeria Ponosova / Dmitrii Ialin |
Dissolved |
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Stanislava Vislobokova / Dmitrii Ialin |
Formed |
|
October 26, 2020 |
Yuliia Zhata / Berk Akalın |
Ice dance |
For Turkey |
[46] |
October 30, 2020 |
Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda |
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[47] |
November 3, 2020 |
Patricia Andrew / Steven Adcock |
Pairs |
|
[48] |
November 13, 2020 |
Villő Marton / Danijil Szemko |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
|
[49] |
November 20, 2020 |
Chiara Calderone / Aleksei Dubrovin |
|
[50] |
Chiara Calderone / Francesco Riva |
Formed |
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November 22, 2020 |
Darja Netjaga / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko |
Dissolved |
|
[51] |
December 4, 2020 |
Viktoria Yatsenko / Daniil Parkman |
Pairs |
|
[52] |
Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman |
Formed |
For Georgia |
Komila Faradjeva / Azizmurod Shabazov |
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Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala |
Ice dance |
|
[53] |
December 7, 2020 |
Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[54] |
December 10, 2020 |
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea |
|
[55] |
Arina Klimova / Filip Bojanowski |
Ice dance |
Formed |
For Poland |
[56] |
December 14, 2020 |
Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern |
Dissolved |
Nüchtern retired. |
[57] |
December 15, 2020 |
Elvira Nikolova / Léo Baeten |
Formed |
For Belgium |
[58] |
December 24, 2020 |
Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron |
Pairs |
For Spain |
[59] |
January 2, 2020 |
Kateryna Dzitsiuk / Ivan Pavlov |
Dissolved |
Pavlov retired. |
[60] |
January 3, 2021 |
Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko |
Ice dance |
Formed |
For Estonia |
[61] |
January 11, 2021 |
Liubov Efimenko / Dmitry Epstein |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[62] |
Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein |
Formed |
For the Netherlands |
January 17, 2021 |
Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez |
Ice dance |
|
[63] |
January 18, 2021 |
Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama |
Dissolved |
|
[64] |
January 27, 2021 |
Liu Jiaxi / Xie Zhong |
Pairs |
|
[65] |
January 30, 2021 |
Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach |
Formed |
|
[66] |
Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko |
Ice dance |
For Hungary |
[67] |
February 12, 2021 |
Stanislava Vislobokova / Dmitrii Ialin |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[68] |
February 19, 2021 |
Nadezhda Labazina / TJ Nyman |
|
[69] |
Brynne McIsaac / TJ Nyman |
Formed |
|
March 5, 2021 |
Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
|
[70] |
Anna Kolomenskaya / Andrei Pylin |
Formed |
|
March 13, 2021 |
Nika Dayneko / Aleksandr Vaskovich |
|
[71] |
Ekaterina Katashinskaia / Matvey Grachev |
|
Elise Montaner / Andrey Filatov |
Nationality pending |
[72] |
March 14, 2021 |
Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama |
|
[73] |
March 18, 2021 |
Cate Fleming / Chase Finster |
Pairs |
|
[74] |
March 28, 2021 |
Nadine Wang / Francis Boudreau-Audet |
Dissolved |
Wang retired. |
[75] |
March 30, 2021 |
Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru |
|
[76] |
April 1, 2021 |
Sofía Val / Nikita Vitryanyuk |
Ice dance |
Formed |
For Spain |
[77] |
April 2, 2021 |
Yu Xiaoyu / Wang Lei |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
Yu retired. |
[78] |
April 19, 2021 |
Ekaterina Mitrofanova / Vladislav Kasinski |
Ice dance |
Formed |
For Bosnia and Herzegovina |
[79] |
April 21, 2021 |
Vanessa James / Eric Radford |
Pairs |
For Canada |
[80] |
April 30, 2021 |
Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin |
Ice dance |
|
[81] |
May 3, 2021 |
Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[82] |
Diana Mukhametzianova / Vladislav Antonyshev |
Formed |
|
Ekaterina Geinish / Ilya Mironov |
|
May 5, 2021 |
Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd |
Ice dance |
Dissolved |
Konkina retired. |
[83][84] |
Angélique Abachkina / Pavel Drozd |
Formed |
For Russia |
May 10, 2021 |
Utana Yoshida / Seiji Urano |
For Japan |
[85] |
May 14, 2021 |
Laiken Lockley / Jedidiah Isbell |
Pairs |
|
[86] |
May 20, 2021 |
Alyssa Montan / Manuel Piazza |
Dissolved |
|
[87] |
Anna Valesi / Filippo Clerici |
|
Alyssa Montan / Filippo Clerici |
Formed |
|
Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza |
|
May 25, 2021 |
Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd |
Ice dance |
For Japan |
[88] |
June 1, 2021 |
Elizaveta Osokina / Andrei Rud |
Pairs |
|
[89] |
June 11, 2021 |
Brynne McIsaac / TJ Nyman |
Dissolved |
|
[90] |
Aljona Savchenko / TJ Nyman |
Formed |
For the United States |
June 13, 2021 |
Nadezhda Labazina / Alexei Svyatchenko |
|
[91] |
June 18, 2021 |
Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell |
Ice dance |
For Latvia |
[92] |
June 25, 2021 |
Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski |
Pairs |
Dissolved |
|
[93] |
Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski |
Formed |
June 26, 2021 |
Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea |
For the United States |
[94] |
June 30, 2021 |
Kate Finster / Matej Silecky |
|
[95] |
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Retirements
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Date |
Skater(s) |
Disc. |
Ref. |
July 8, 2020 |
Maria Sotskova |
Ladies |
[96] |
July 15, 2020 |
Polina Edmunds |
[97] |
July 23, 2020 |
Yuri Hulitski |
Ice dance |
[98] |
July 27, 2020 |
Viveca Lindfors |
Ladies |
[99] |
Emiliya Kalehanova |
Ice dance |
[100] |
August 3, 2020 |
Sofia Sula |
Ladies |
[101] |
September 1, 2020 |
Valentina Marchei |
Pairs |
[102] |
September 2, 2020 |
Daria Panenkova |
Ladies |
[103] |
September 11, 2020 |
Sergei Voronov |
Men |
[104] |
September 22, 2020 |
Elena Radionova |
Ladies |
[105] |
September 29, 2020 |
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès |
Pairs |
[106] |
October 15, 2020 |
Sofia Evdokimova |
Ice dance |
[107] |
October 17, 2020 |
Kyarha van Tiel |
Ladies |
[108] |
November 7, 2020 |
Igor Reznichenko |
Men |
[109] |
Oliwia Rzepiel |
Ladies |
Justyna Plutowska / Jérémie Flemin |
Ice dance |
November 13, 2020 |
Sean Rabbitt |
Men |
[110] |
December 2, 2020 |
Anna Litvinenko |
Ladies |
[111] |
December 14, 2020 |
Christian Nüchtern |
Ice dance |
[57] |
December 15, 2020[lower-alpha 1] |
Yuka Nagai |
Ladies |
[112] |
December 26, 2020 |
Ryuju Hino |
Men |
[113] |
January 2, 2021 |
Ivan Pavlov |
Pairs |
[60] |
January 3, 2021 |
Shari Koch |
Ice dance |
[114] |
January 29, 2021 |
Anastasia Shpilevaya |
[115] |
February 18, 2021 |
Zhang Hao |
Pairs |
[116] |
March 19, 2021 |
Sondre Oddvoll Bøe |
Men |
[117] |
April 2, 2021 |
Yu Xiaoyu |
Pairs |
[78] |
April 30, 2021 |
Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot |
[118] |
May 3, 2021 |
Lee June-hyoung |
Men |
[119] |
May 12, 2021 |
Alexei Krasnozhon |
[120] |
May 19, 2021 |
Ksenia Konkina |
Ice dance |
[84] |
May 26, 2021 |
Alaine Chartrand |
Ladies |
[121] |
May 28, 2021 |
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe |
Pairs |
[122] |
June 16, 2021 |
Rika Hongo |
Ladies |
[123] |
June 22, 2021 |
Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet |
Pairs |
[124] |
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Coaching changes
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Date |
Skater(s) |
Disc. |
From |
To |
Ref. |
July 2, 2020 |
Alexey Erokhov |
Men |
Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov |
Viktoria Butsaeva |
[125] |
Yaroslav Paniot |
Tammy Gambill |
Todd Eldredge |
[126] |
July 8, 2020 |
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius |
Ice dance |
Marina Zoueva, Rostislav Sinicyn & Martin Skotnický |
Romain Haguenauer & Maurizio Margaglio |
[127] |
July 17, 2020 |
Courtney Hicks |
Ladies |
Christy Krall |
Tammy Gambill |
[128] |
July 31, 2020 |
Alena Kostornaia |
Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz |
Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov |
[129] |
August 21, 2020 |
Bradie Tennell |
Denise Myers & Jeremy Allen |
Tom Zakrajsek |
[130] |
September 16, 2020 |
Evgenia Medvedeva |
Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz |
[131] |
September 17, 2020 |
Anastasia Tarakanova |
Svetlana Panova, Tatiana Moiseeva & Ilona Protasenia |
Ksenia Ivanova, Adian Pitkeev & Alexey Karpushov |
[132] |
September 20, 2020 |
Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege |
Ice dance |
Marina Zoueva & Alper Uçar |
Alper Uçar, John Kerr & Nadine Kerr |
[133] |
September 21, 2020 |
Vincent Zhou |
Men |
Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Mie Hamada |
Christy Krall, Tom Zakrajsek & Mie Hamada |
[134] |
September 24, 2020 |
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea |
Pairs |
Dalilah Sappenfield & Larry Ibarra |
Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora |
[135][55] |
October 5, 2020 |
Matteo Rizzo |
Men |
Franca Bianconi & Valter Rizzo |
Lorenzo Magri & Valter Rizzo |
[136] |
October 7, 2020 |
Rika Kihira |
Ladies |
Brian Orser & Mie Hamada |
Stéphane Lambiel & Mie Hamada |
[137] |
Satoko Miyahara |
Lee Barkell & Mie Hamada |
Lee Barkell & Yuka Sato |
[138] |
October 16, 2020 |
Andrew Torgashev |
Men |
Christy Krall, Erik Schultz & Joshua Farris |
Rafael Arutyunyan & Ilona Melnichenko |
[139] |
Ting Cui |
Ladies |
Tom Zakrajsek |
Natalia Linichuk |
[140] |
October 21, 2020 |
Alexander Petrov |
Men |
Alexei Mishin |
Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov |
[141] |
November 16, 2020 |
Lindsay van Zundert |
Ladies |
Ans Bocklandt |
Jorik Hendrickx & Carine Herrygers |
[142] |
December 11, 2020 |
Alysa Liu |
Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali |
Jeremy Abbott, Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali |
[143] |
December 12, 2020 |
Ekaterina Ryabova |
Evgeni Plushenko & Alexander Volkov |
Alexei Ryabov |
[144] |
January 12, 2021 |
Vladimir Litvintsev |
Men |
Alexei Chetverukhin & Anastasia Kazakova |
Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov |
[145] |
January 13, 2021 |
Stanislava Konstantinova |
Ladies |
Evgeni Plushenko & Alexander Volkov |
Viktoria Butsaeva |
[146] |
January 21, 2021 |
Kate Finster |
Pairs |
Dalilah Sappenfield & Larry Ibarra |
Todd Sand & Jenni Meno |
[147] |
January 26, 2021 |
Michael Christian Martinez |
Men |
Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk |
Nikolai Morozov |
[148] |
January 27, 2021 |
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |
Ice dance |
Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda & Natalia Deller |
Scott Moir |
[149] |
February 26, 2021 |
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov |
Pairs |
Vladislav Zhovnirski, Arina Ushakova & Filip Tarasov |
Nina Mozer |
[150] |
March 2, 2021 |
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius |
Ice dance |
Romain Haguenauer & Maurizio Margaglio |
Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon |
[151] |
March 3, 2021 |
Alena Kostornaia |
Ladies |
Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov |
Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz |
[152][153] |
March 9, 2021 |
Hanna Harrell |
Alexei Letov & Olga Ganicheva |
Misha Ge & Jun Ge |
[154] |
Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron |
Ice dance |
Anjelika Krylova |
Barbara Fusar-Poli, Roberto Pelizzola & Anjelika Krylova |
[155] |
March 20, 2021 |
Jin Boyang |
Men |
Xu Zhaoxiao & Fu Caishu |
Xu Zhaoxiao, Fu Caishu, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
[156] |
Ekaterina Kurakova |
Ladies |
Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
Lorenzo Magri, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson |
[157] |
April 8, 2021 |
Shingo Nishiyama |
Ice dance |
Andrew Hallam, Tracy Wilson, Joey Russell & Rie Arikawa |
Igor Shpilband |
[158] |
April 10, 2021 |
Denis Gurdzhi |
Men |
Julia Gnilozubova |
Lorenzo Magri |
[159] |
April 13, 2021 |
Artem Kovalev |
Alexander Volkov, Evgeni Plushenko & Martine Dagenais |
Alexander Volkov |
[160] |
April 15, 2021 |
Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov |
Pairs |
Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov, Vasilii Velikov & Denis Lunin |
Fedor Klimov |
[161] |
Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov |
Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov & Vasilii Velikov |
Arina Ushakova, Vladislav Zhovnirski & Andrei Filonov |
[161][162] |
April 27, 2021 |
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov |
Marina Zoueva, Maxim Trankov & Sergei Voronov |
Eteri Tutberidze & Maxim Trankov |
[163] |
April 29, 2021 |
Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin |
Ice dance |
Denis Samokhin, Maria Borovikova & Nikita Nazarov |
Ksenia Rumyantseva & Ekaterina Volobueva |
[81] |
May 1, 2021 |
Alexandra Trusova |
Ladies |
Evgeni Plushenko, Dmitri Mikhailov & Sergei Rozanov |
Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz |
[164] |
May 21, 2021 |
Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege |
Ice dance |
Alper Uçar, John Kerr & Nadine Kerr |
Alexander Zhulin, Petr Durnev, Sergei Petukhov, Dmitri Ionov, Alper Uçar & John Kerr |
[165] |
May 25, 2021 |
Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko |
Pairs |
Pavel Sliusarenko & Valentina Tiukova |
Tamara Moskvina & Artur Minchuk |
[166] |
June 7, 2021 |
Ivett Tóth |
Ladies |
Zsófia Tokaji-Kulcsár & Zoltán Tóth |
Ivana Reitmayerová |
[167] |
June 11, 2021 |
Alexia Paganini |
Stéphane Lambiel |
Gheorghe Chiper |
[168] |
June 16, 2021 |
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker |
Ice dance |
Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe |
Scott Moir |
[169] |
June 26, 2021 |
Danny O'Shea |
Pairs |
Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora |
Todd Sand & Jenni Meno |
[94] |
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Nationality changes
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Date |
Skater(s) |
Disc. |
From |
To |
Notes |
Ref. |
August 28, 2020 |
Richard Kam |
Ice dance |
South Korea |
New Zealand |
Partnering with Charlotte Lafond-Fournier |
[40] |
September 15, 2020 |
Alisa Efimova |
Pairs |
Russia |
Germany |
Partnering with Ruben Blommaert |
[42] |
October 22, 2020 |
Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan |
United States |
Switzerland |
|
[170] |
December 1, 2020 |
Clare Seo |
Ladies |
South Korea |
United States |
|
[171] |
December 3, 2020 |
Anastasiia Metelkina |
Pairs |
Russia |
Georgia |
Partnering with Daniil Parkman |
[52] |
Daniil Parkman |
Belarus |
Partnering with Anastasiia Metelkina |
December 24, 2020 |
Marco Zandron |
Italy |
Spain |
Partnering with Laura Barquero |
[59] |
January 3, 2021 |
Solène Mazingue |
Ice dance |
France |
Estonia |
Partnering with Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko |
[61] |
January 11, 2021 |
Nika Osipova |
Pairs |
Russia |
Netherlands |
Partnering with Dmitry Epstein |
[62] |
January 24, 2021 |
Tomás Llorenç Guarino Sabaté |
Men |
Switzerland |
Spain |
|
[172] |
January 30, 2021 |
Mariia Ignateva |
Ice dance |
Russia |
Hungary |
Partnering with Danijil Szemko |
[67] |
April 21, 2021 |
Vanessa James |
Pairs |
France |
Canada |
Partnering with Eric Radford |
[80] |
May 5, 2021 |
Angélique Abachkina |
Ice dance |
Russia |
Partnering with Pavel Drozd |
[83][173] |
May 18, 2021 |
Vladimir Samoilov |
Men |
Russia |
Poland |
|
[174] |
May 27, 2021 |
Egor Murashov |
Switzerland |
|
[175] |
June 6, 2021 |
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac |
Ice dance |
France |
Canada |
|
[176] |
June 11, 2021 |
Aljona Savchenko |
Pairs |
Germany |
United States |
Partnering with TJ Nyman |
[177][90] |
June 26, 2021 |
Chelsea Liu |
China |
Partnering with Danny O'Shea |
[94] |
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More information Dates, Event ...
2020–2021
Dates |
Event |
Type |
Level |
Disc. |
Location |
Results |
September 23–26 |
Nebelhorn Trophy |
Challenger |
Senior |
All |
Oberstdorf, Germany |
Details |
October 3 |
Japan Open[lower-alpha 1] |
Other |
S/J |
M/L |
Saitama, Japan |
Details |
October 15–17 |
Budapest Trophy |
Challenger |
Senior |
M/L/D |
Budapest, Hungary |
Details |
Other |
Junior |
M/L/D |
October 23–25 |
Skate America |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Details |
October 29 – November 1 |
Ice Star |
Other |
All |
All |
Minsk, Belarus |
Details |
November 6–8 |
Cup of China |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Chongqing, China |
Details |
Volvo Open Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Riga, Latvia |
Details |
November 20–22 |
Rostelecom Cup |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
All |
Moscow, Russia |
Details |
November 26–29 |
NRW Autumn Trophy |
Other |
S/J |
All |
Dortmund, Germany |
Details |
Santa Claus Cup |
Other |
All |
M/L/D |
Budapest, Hungary |
Details |
November 27–29 |
NHK Trophy |
Grand Prix |
Senior |
M/L/D |
Osaka, Japan |
Details |
December 11–13 |
Winter Star |
Other |
S/J |
All |
Minsk, Belarus |
Details |
February 6–7 |
Egna Dance Trophy |
Other |
S/J |
D |
Egna, Italy |
Details |
February 10–13 |
LuMi Dance Trophy |
Other |
All |
D |
Odesa, Ukraine |
Details |
February 12–14 |
Celje Open |
Other |
Senior |
M/L |
Celje, Slovenia |
Details |
February 18–21 |
Tallink Hotels Cup |
Other |
S/J |
M/L |
Tallinn, Estonia |
Details |
February 25–28 |
International Challenge Cup |
Other |
Senior |
All |
The Hague, Netherlands |
Details |
February 26 – March 3 |
Sofia Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Details |
March 22–28 |
World Championships |
Championships |
Senior |
All |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Details |
April 1–3 |
Spring Talents Cup Ukraine |
Other |
Senior |
L |
Brovary, Ukraine |
Details |
J/N |
M/L |
April 8–11 |
Spring Star |
Other |
S/J |
All |
Minsk, Belarus |
Details |
April 14–18 |
Skate Helena |
Other |
Senior |
L |
Belgrade, Serbia |
Details |
J/N |
M/L |
April 15–18 |
World Team Trophy |
Other |
Senior |
All |
Osaka, Japan |
Details |
April 29 – May 2 |
Egna Spring Trophy |
Other |
All |
M/L |
Egna, Italy |
Details |
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This competition featured two teams composed entirely of Japanese skaters rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America).[179]
Cancelled events
Numerous competitions were cancelled by either the ISU, the host federation, or the local government due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 Winter Universiade and the 2021 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, originally scheduled for January 21–31, 2021, and February 6–13, 2021, respectively, were both postponed to the following season.[180][181][182]
More information Dates, Event ...
2020–2021
Dates |
Event |
Type |
Location |
Ref. |
August 26–30 |
JGP Canada |
Grand Prix |
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
[183] |
September 2–5 |
JGP Slovakia |
Grand Prix |
Košice, Slovakia |
[184] |
September 9–10 |
JGP Hungary |
Grand Prix |
Budapest, Hungary |
[1] |
September 9–13 |
Asian Open Trophy |
Challenger |
Beijing, China |
[185] |
September 16–19 |
Nepela Memorial |
Challenger |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
[184] |
JGP Japan |
Grand Prix |
Shin-Yokohama, Japan |
[186] |
September 17–19 |
Autumn Classic International |
Challenger |
Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
[187][188] |
September 23–26 |
JGP Czech Republic |
Grand Prix |
Ostrava, Czech Republic |
[1] |
September 26 |
Tayside Trophy |
Other |
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
[189] |
September 30 – October 3 |
JGP Uzbekistan |
Grand Prix |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
[1] |
October 7–10 |
JGP Slovenia |
Grand Prix |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
[1] |
October 8–11 |
Finlandia Trophy |
Challenger |
Espoo, Finland |
[190] |
October 9–10 |
Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
Other |
Nice, France |
[191] |
October 14–17 |
JGP Latvia |
Grand Prix |
Riga, Latvia |
[1] |
October 21–24 |
Crystal Skate of Romania |
Other |
Bucharest, Romania |
[192] |
October 29–31 |
Autumn Talents Cup Ukraine |
Other |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
[193] |
October 29 – November 1 |
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
Challenger |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
[194] |
October 30 – November 1 |
Skate Canada International |
Grand Prix |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
[195] |
November 6–8 |
Icelab International Cup |
Other |
Bergamo, Italy |
[196] |
Pavel Roman Memorial |
Other |
Olomouc, Czech Republic |
[197] |
Prague Ice Cup |
Other |
Prague, Czech Republic |
[198] |
November 10–15 |
Denkova-Staviski Cup |
Other |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
[199] |
November 12–15 |
Warsaw Cup |
Challenger |
Warsaw, Poland |
[200] |
November 13–15 |
Internationaux de France |
Grand Prix |
Grenoble, France |
[201] |
November 18–22 |
Open d'Andorra |
Other |
Canillo, Andorra |
[202] |
November 25–28 |
Cup of Tyrol |
Challenger |
Innsbruck, Austria |
[203][204] |
December 2–5 |
Golden Spin of Zagreb |
Challenger |
Zagreb, Croatia |
[205] |
December 10–13 |
Grand Prix Final |
Grand Prix |
Beijing, China |
[2][206] |
Christmas Magic Cup |
Other |
Bucharest, Romania |
[207] |
December 11–13 |
Grand Prix of Bratislava |
Other |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
[208] |
Latvian Trophy |
Other |
Mārupe, Latvia |
[209] |
December 18–20 |
Sarajevo Open |
Other |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
[210] |
January 5–10 |
Mentor Toruń Cup |
Other |
Toruń, Poland |
[211] |
January 13–17 |
EduSport Trophy |
Other |
Bucharest, Romania |
[212] |
January 25–31 |
European Championships |
Championship |
Zagreb, Croatia |
[2] |
Bavarian Open |
Other |
Oberstdorf, Germany |
[213] |
January 29–31 |
Reykjavik International Games |
Other |
Reykjavík, Iceland |
[214] |
February 3–7 |
Nordic Championships |
Other |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
[215] |
February 4–7 |
Dragon Trophy & Tivoli Cup |
Other |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
[216] |
February 8–14 |
Four Continents Championships |
Championship |
Sydney, Australia |
[3] |
February 12–14 |
Jégvirág Cup |
Other |
Miskolc, Hungary |
[217] |
February 25–28 |
Bellu Memorial |
Other |
Bucharest, Romania |
[218] |
March 1–7 |
World Junior Championships |
Championship |
Harbin, China |
[4] |
March 11–14 |
Tirnavia Ice Cup |
Other |
Trnava, Slovakia |
[219] |
March 12–14 |
Coupe du Printemps |
Other |
Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg |
[220] |
March 18–21 |
Skate Celje |
Other |
Celje, Slovenia |
[221] |
March 26–27 |
Abu Dhabi Classic Trophy |
Other |
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
[222] |
April 7–11 |
Black Sea Ice Cup |
Other |
Kranevo, Bulgaria |
[223] |
Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup |
Other |
Jesenice, Slovenia |
[224] |
April 17–18 |
Kurbada Cup |
Other |
Riga, Latvia |
[225] |
May 14–16 |
Uzbekistan Open |
Other |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
[226] |
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