| ISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Inactive |
| Genre | ISU Junior Grand Prix |
| Frequency | Occasional |
| Location | Yerevan |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Inaugurated | 2018 |
| Most recent | 2023 |
| Organized by | Figure Skating Federation of Armenia |
TheISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia – also known as theArmenian Cup – is an internationalfigure skating competition sanctioned by theInternational Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by theFigure Skating Federation of Armenia. It is held periodically as an event of theISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded inmen's singles, women's singles,pair skating, andice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at theJunior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
TheISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by theInternational Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven internationalfigure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at theJunior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.[1]
Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before 1 July of the respective season, but not yet 19 (forsingle skaters), 21 (for men and women inice dance and women inpair skating), or 23 (for men in pair skating).[2] Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the priorWorld Junior Figure Skating Championships.[3]
Armenia hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 2018 inYerevan.Adam Siao Him Fa of France won the men's event,Alexandra Trusova of Russia won the women's event, andArina Ushakova andMaxim Nekrasov of Russia won the ice dance event.[4]
Plans to host a Junior Grand Prix competition in Yerevan in 2022 were cancelled following theAzerbaijani invasion of Armenia.[5] The ISU looked into re-allocating the assignment to another host nation, but when no feasible alternatives were found, the skaters who had been assigned to Yerevan were re-assigned to the other Junior Grand Prix events inGdańsk, Poland, andEgna, Italy.[6] The most recent iteration of this competition took place in 2023.[7]
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yerevan |  Adam Siao Him Fa |  Yuma Kagiyama |  Iliya Kovler | [4] |
| 2022 | Competition cancelled due to theAzerbaijani invasion of Armenia | [5] | |||
| 2023 |  Daniel Martynov | Shunsuke Nakamura |  Fedir Kulish | [7] | |
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yerevan |  Alexandra Trusova | Alena Kanysheva | Yuhana Yokoi | [4] |
| 2022 | Competition cancelled due to theAzerbaijani invasion of Armenia | [5] | |||
| 2023 | Mao Shimada | Elyce Lin-Gracey | Sherry Zhang | [7] | |
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yerevan |
| [4] | ||
| 2022 | Competition cancelled due to theAzerbaijani invasion of Armenia | [5] | |||
| 2023 | [7] | ||||
