Competitive figure skating year, 2017/7/1 to 2018/6/30
2017–18 figure skating season Date: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018 Previous: 2016–17 Next: 2018–19
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 .
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]
Level 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
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 [ edit ] Date Skaters Disc. Type Notes Ref. August 2, 2017 Elena Ilinykh / Anton Shibnev Ice dance Formed [ 2] December 20, 2017 Dissolved [ 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 [ 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 [ 12] [ 13] Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Formed April 17, 2018 Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Dissolved [ 14] April 27, 2018 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař [ 15] April 29, 2018 Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski [ 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 [ 22] Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong Formed June 24, 2018 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Dissolved Astakhova retired. [ 23] June 27, 2018 Anna Dušková / Radek Jakubka Formed [ 24]
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]
Date 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]
Nationality changes [ edit ] International competitions [ edit ] Code key Color key 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
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
International medalists [ edit ]