World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Sporting event
Date(s)	Varying
Frequency	Annual
Country	Varying
Inaugurated	1976
Organised by	International Skating Union

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships, commonly referred to as "World Juniors" or "Junior Worlds", are annual figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for the titles of World Junior Champion.

The ISU guidelines for junior eligibility have varied throughout the years – currently, skaters must be at least 13 years old but not yet 19 before the previous 1 July, except for men competing in pair skating and ice dancing where the age maximum is 21.^[1]

This event is one of the four annual ISU figure skating championship events and the most prestigious international one for juniors. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The first World Junior Championships were held in March 1976 in Megève, France, and were originally named the "ISU Junior Figure Skating Championships".^[2] In 1977 the championships were held again under the same name at the same place. In 1978 these championships were officially renamed the "World Junior Figure Skating Championships", and held once again in Megève, France. Since then, the location has changed each year.^[3]

From its inception until 1980, the World Junior Championships were held in the spring. In 1981, the timing was changed to the November or December of the previous calendar year. In 2000, the timing was changed back to its previous form and the World Junior Championships were once again held in the spring.

Skaters qualify for the World Junior Championships by belonging to an ISU member nation. Each country is allowed one entry in every discipline by default. The most entries a country can have in a single discipline is three. Countries earn a second or third entry for the following year's competition by earning points through skater placement. The points are equal to the sum of the placements of the country's skaters (top two if they have three). Entries do not carry over and so countries must continue to earn their second or third spot every year. If a country only has one skater/team, that skater/team must place in the top ten to earn a second entry and in the top two to earn three entries to next year's championships. If a country has two skaters/teams, the combined placement of those teams must be 13 or less to qualify 3 entries, and 28 or less to keep their two entries. If they do not do so, they only have one entry for the following year.

Which skaters from each country attend the World Junior Championships is at the national governing body's discretion. Some countries rely on the results of their national championships while others have more varied criteria. Selections vary by country.

Skaters must be older than 13 and less than 19 (or less than 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers) by 1 July of the previous year. For example, to compete at the 2010 Junior Worlds, skaters had to be at least 13 and younger than 19 (or 21) by 1 July 2009. A skater must turn 13 before 1 July in their place of birth, e.g. Adelina Sotnikova was born a few hours into 1 July 1996 in Moscow and was not eligible to compete at the 2010 event.^[4]

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1976	Megève	Mark Cockerell	Takashi Mura	Brian Pockar	[6]
1977	Megève	Daniel Beland	Mark Pepperday	Richard Furrer
1978	Megève	Dennis Coi	Vladimir Kotin	Brian Boitano
1979	Augsburg	Vitali Egorov	Bobby Beauchamp	Alexandre Fadeev
1980	Megève	Alexandre Fadeev	Vitali Egorov	Falko Kirsten
1981	London	Paul Wylie	Yuri Bureiko	Scott Williams
1982	Oberstdorf	Scott Williams	Paul Guerrero	Alexander König
1983	Sarajevo	Christopher Bowman	Philippe Roncoli	Nils Köpp
1984	Sapporo	Viktor Petrenko	Marc Ferland	Tom Cierniak
1985	Colorado Springs	Erik Larson	Vladimir Petrenko	Rudy Galindo
1986	Sarajevo	Vladimir Petrenko	Rudy Galindo	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk
1987	Kitchener	Rudy Galindo	Todd Eldredge	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk
1988	Brisbane	Todd Eldredge	Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk
1989	Sarajevo	Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk	Shepherd Clark	Masakazu Kagiyama
1990	Colorado Springs	Igor Pashkevich	Alexei Urmanov	John Baldwin
1991	Budapest	Vasili Eremenko	Alexander Abt	Nicolas Pétorin
1992	Hull	Dmytro Dmytrenko	Konstantin Kostin	Damon Allen
1993	Seoul	Evgeni Pliuta	Michael Weiss	Ilia Kulik
1994	Colorado Springs	Michael Weiss	Naoki Shigematsu	Jere Michael
1995	Budapest	Ilia Kulik	Thierry Cerez	Seiichi Suzuki
1996	Brisbane	Alexei Yagudin	Takeshi Honda	Guo Zhengxin
1997	Seoul	Evgeni Plushenko	Timothy Goebel	Guo Zhengxin
1998	Saint John	Derrick Delmore	Sergei Davydov	Li Yunfei
1999	Zagreb	Ilia Klimkin	Vincent Restencourt	Yosuke Takeuchi
2000	Oberstdorf	Stefan Lindemann	Vincent Restencourt	Matthew Savoie	[7]
2001	Sofia	Johnny Weir	Evan Lysacek	Vincent Restencourt	[8]
2002	Hamar	Daisuke Takahashi	Kevin van der Perren	Stanislav Timchenko	[9]
2003	Ostrava	Alexander Shubin	Evan Lysacek	Alban Préaubert	[10]
2004	The Hague	Andrei Griazev	Evan Lysacek	Jordan Brauninger	[11]
2005	Kitchener	Nobunari Oda	Yannick Ponsero	Sergei Dobrin	[12]
2006	Ljubljana	Takahiko Kozuka	Sergei Voronov	Yannick Ponsero	[13]
2007	Oberstdorf	Stephen Carriere	Patrick Chan	Sergei Voronov	[14]
2008	Sofia	Adam Rippon	Artem Borodulin	Guan Jinlin	[15]
2009	Sofia	Adam Rippon	Michal Březina	Artem Grigoriev	[16]
2010	The Hague	Yuzuru Hanyu	Song Nan	Artur Gachinski	[17]
2011	Gangneung	Andrei Rogozine	Keiji Tanaka	Alexander Majorov	[18]
2012	Minsk	Yan Han	Joshua Farris	Jason Brown	[19]
2013	Milan	Joshua Farris	Jason Brown	Shotaro Omori	[20]
2014	Sofia	Nam Nguyen	Adian Pitkeev	Nathan Chen	[21]
2015	Tallinn	Shoma Uno	Jin Boyang	Sōta Yamamoto	[22]
2016	Debrecen	Daniel Samohin	Nicolas Nadeau	Tomoki Hiwatashi	[23]
2017	Taipei	Vincent Zhou	Dmitri Aliev	Alexander Samarin	[24]
2018	Sofia	Alexey Erokhov	Artur Danielian	Matteo Rizzo	[25]
2019	Zagreb	Tomoki Hiwatashi	Roman Savosin	Daniel Grassl	[26]
2020	Tallinn	Andrei Mozalev	Yuma Kagiyama	Petr Gumennik	[27]
2021	Harbin	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tallinn	Ilia Malinin	Mikhail Shaidorov	Tatsuya Tsuboi	[29]
2023	Calgary	Kao Miura	Naoki Rossi	Nozomu Yoshioka	[30]
2024	Taipei	Seo Min-kyu	Rio Nakata	Adam Hagara	[31]
2025	Debrecen
2026	Tallinn
2027	Sofia

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1976	Megève	Suzie Brasher	Garnet Ostermeier	Tracey Solomons	[33]
1977	Megève	Carolyn Skoczen	Christa Jorda	Corine Wyrsch
1978	Megève	Jill Sawyer	Kira Ivanova	Petra Ernert
1979	Augsburg	Elaine Zayak	Manuela Ruben	Jacki Farrell
1980	Megève	Rosalynn Sumners	Kay Thomson	Carola Paul
1981	London	Tiffany Chin	Marina Serova	Anna Antonova
1982	Oberstdorf	Janina Wirth	Cornelia Tesch	Elizabeth Manley
1983	Sarajevo	Simone Koch	Karin Hendschke	Parthena Sarafidis
1984	Sapporo	Karin Hendschke	Simone Koch	Midori Ito
1985	Colorado Springs	Tatiana Andreeva	Susanne Becher	Natalia Gorbenko
1986	Sarajevo	Natalia Gorbenko	Susanne Becher	Linda Florkevich
1987	Kitchener	Cindy Bortz	Susanne Becher	Shannon Allison
1988	Brisbane	Kristi Yamaguchi	Junko Yaginuma	Yukiko Kashihara
1989	Sarajevo	Jessica Mills	Junko Yaginuma	Surya Bonaly
1990	Colorado Springs	Yuka Sato	Surya Bonaly	Tanja Krienke
1991	Budapest	Surya Bonaly	Lisa Ervin	Chen Lu
1992	Hull	Laëtitia Hubert	Lisa Ervin	Chen Lu
1993	Seoul	Kumiko Koiwai	Lisa Ervin	Tanja Szewczenko
1994	Colorado Springs	Michelle Kwan	Krisztina Czakó	Irina Slutskaya
1995	Budapest	Irina Slutskaya	Elena Ivanova	Krisztina Czakó
1996	Brisbane	Elena Ivanova	Elena Pingacheva	Nadezhda Kanaeva
1997	Seoul	Sydne Vogel	Elena Sokolova	Elena Ivanova
1998	Saint John	Julia Soldatova	Elena Ivanova	Viktoria Volchkova
1999	Zagreb	Daria Timoshenko	Sarah Hughes	Viktoria Volchkova
2000	Oberstdorf	Jennifer Kirk	Deanna Stellato	Sarah Meier	[7]
2001	Sofia	Kristina Oblasova	Ann Patrice McDonough	Susanna Pöykiö	[8]
2002	Hamar	Ann Patrice McDonough	Yukari Nakano	Miki Ando	[9]
2003	Ostrava	Yukina Ota	Miki Ando	Carolina Kostner	[10]
2004	The Hague	Miki Ando	Kimmie Meissner	Katy Taylor	[11]
2005	Kitchener	Mao Asada	Yuna Kim	Emily Hughes	[12]
2006	Ljubljana	Yuna Kim	Mao Asada	Christine Zukowski	[13]
2007	Oberstdorf	Caroline Zhang	Mirai Nagasu	Ashley Wagner	[14]
2008	Sofia	Rachael Flatt	Caroline Zhang	Mirai Nagasu	[15]
2009	Sofia	Alena Leonova	Caroline Zhang	Ashley Wagner	[16]
2010	The Hague	Kanako Murakami	Agnes Zawadzki	Polina Agafonova	[17]
2011	Gangneung	Adelina Sotnikova	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Agnes Zawadzki	[18]
2012	Minsk	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Gracie Gold	Adelina Sotnikova	[19]
2013	Milan	Elena Radionova	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Anna Pogorilaya	[20]
2014	Sofia	Elena Radionova	Serafima Sakhanovich	Evgenia Medvedeva	[21]
2015	Tallinn	Evgenia Medvedeva	Serafima Sakhanovich	Wakaba Higuchi	[22]
2016	Debrecen	Marin Honda	Maria Sotskova	Wakaba Higuchi	[23]
2017	Taipei	Alina Zagitova	Marin Honda	Kaori Sakamoto	[24]
2018	Sofia	Alexandra Trusova	Alena Kostornaia	Mako Yamashita	[25]
2019	Zagreb	Alexandra Trusova	Anna Shcherbakova	Ting Cui	[26]
2020	Tallinn	Kamila Valieva	Daria Usacheva	Alysa Liu	[27]
2021	Harbin	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tallinn	Isabeau Levito	Shin Ji-a	Lindsay Thorngren	[29]
2023	Calgary	Mao Shimada	Shin Ji-a	Ami Nakai	[30]
2024	Taipei	Mao Shimada	Shin Ji-a	Rena Uezono	[31]
2025	Debrecen
2026	Tallinn
2027	Sofia

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1976	Megève	Sherri Baier Robin Cowan	Lorene Mitchell Donald Mitchell	Elizabeth Cain Peter Cain	[35]
1977	Megève	Josée France Paul Mills	Elga Balk Gavin MacPherson	No other competitors
1978	Megève	Barbara Underhill Paul Martini	Jana Bláhová Luděk Feňo	Beth Flora Ken Flora
1979	Augsburg	Veronika Pershina Marat Akbarov	Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov	Lori Baier Lloyd Eisler
1980	Megève	Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov	Marina Nikitiuk Rashid Kadyrkaev	Kathia Dubec Xavier Douillard
1981	London	Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov	Lori Baier Lloyd Eisler	Marina Nikitiuk Rashid Kadyrkaev
1982	Oberstdorf	Marina Avstriyskaya Yuri Kvashnin	Inna Bekker Serguei Likhanski	Babette Preußler Torsten Ohlow
1983	Sarajevo	Marina Avstriyskaya Yuri Kvashnin	Peggy Seidel Ralf Seifert	Inna Bekker Serguei Likhanski
1984	Sapporo	Manuela Landgraf Ingo Steuer	Susan Dungjen Jason Dungjen	Olga Neizvestnaya Sergei Khudiakov
1985	Colorado Springs	Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov	Irina Mironenko Dmitri Shkidchenko	Elena Gud Evgeni Koltun
1986	Sarajevo	Elena Leonova Gennadi Krasnitski	Irina Mironenko Dmitri Shkidchenko	Ekaterina Murugova Artem Torgashev
1987	Kitchener	Elena Leonova Gennadi Krasnitski	Ekaterina Murugova Artem Torgashev	Kristi Yamaguchi Rudy Galindo
1988	Brisbane	Kristi Yamaguchi Rudy Galindo	Evgenia Chernyshyova Dmitri Sukhanov	Yulia Liashenko Andrei Bushkov
1989	Sarajevo	Evgenia Chernyshyova Dmitri Sukhanov	Angela Caspari Marno Kreft	Irina Saifutdinova Alexei Tikhonov
1990	Colorado Springs	Natalia Krestianinova Alexei Torchinski	Svitlana Prystav Viacheslav Tkachenko	Jennifer Heurlin John Frederiksen
1991	Budapest	Natalia Krestianinova Alexei Torchinski	Svitlana Prystav Viacheslav Tkachenko	Jennifer Heurlin John Frederiksen
1992	Hull	Natalia Krestianinova Alexei Torchinski	Caroline Haddad Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Svitlana Prystav Viacheslav Tkachenko
1993	Seoul	Inga Korshunova Dmitri Saveliev	Maria Petrova Anton Sikharulidze	Isabelle Coulombe Bruno Marcotte
1994	Colorado Springs	Maria Petrova Anton Sikharulidze	Caroline Haddad Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Galina Maniachenko Evgeni Zhigurski
1995	Budapest	Maria Petrova Anton Sikharulidze	Danielle Hartsell Steve Hartsell	Evgenia Filonenko Igor Marchenko
1996	Brisbane	Victoria Maksyuta Vladislav Zhovnirski	Evgenia Filonenko Igor Marchenko	Danielle Hartsell Steve Hartsell
1997	Seoul	Danielle Hartsell Steve Hartsell	Maria Petrova Teimuraz Pulin	Victoria Maksyuta Vladislav Zhovnirski
1998	Saint John	Julia Obertas Dmytro Palamarchuk	Svetlana Nikolaeva Alexei Sokolov	Victoria Maksyuta Vladislav Zhovnirski
1999	Zagreb	Julia Obertas Dmytro Palamarchuk	Laura Handy Paul Binnebose	Victoria Maksyuta Vladislav Zhovnirski
2000	Oberstdorf	Aliona Savchenko Stanislav Morozov	Julia Obertas Dmytro Palamarchuk	Julia Shapiro Alexei Sokolov	[7]
2001	Sofia	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Yuko Kawaguchi Alexander Markuntsov	Kristen Roth Michael McPherson	[8]
2002	Hamar	Elena Riabchuk Stanislav Zakharov	Julia Karbovskaya Sergei Slavnov	Ding Yang Ren Zhongfei	[9]
2003	Ostrava	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Ding Yang Ren Zhongfei	Jennifer Don Jonathon Hunt	[10]
2004	The Hague	Natalia Shestakova Pavel Lebedev	Jessica Dubé Bryce Davison	Maria Mukhortova Maxim Trankov	[11]
2005	Kitchener	Maria Mukhortova Maxim Trankov	Jessica Dubé Bryce Davison	Tatiana Kokoreva Egor Golovkin	[12]
2006	Ljubljana	Julia Vlassov Drew Meekins	Kendra Moyle Andy Seitz	Ksenia Krasilnikova Konstantin Bezmaternikh	[13]
2007	Oberstdorf	Keauna McLaughlin Rockne Brubaker	Vera Bazarova Yuri Larionov	Ksenia Krasilnikova Konstantin Bezmaternikh	[14]
2008	Sofia	Ksenia Krasilnikova Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Liubov Ilyushechkina Nodari Maisuradze	Dong Huibo Wu Yiming	[15]
2009	Sofia	Liubov Ilyushechkina Nodari Maisuradze	Anastasia Martiusheva Alexei Rogonov	Marissa Castelli Simon Shnapir	[16]
2010	The Hague	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran	Ksenia Stolbova Fedor Klimov	[17]
2011	Gangneung	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Ksenia Stolbova Fedor Klimov	Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran	[18]
2012	Minsk	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Yu Xiaoyu Jin Yang	Vasilisa Davankova Andrei Deputat	[19]
2013	Milan	Haven Denney Brandon Frazier	Margaret Purdy Michael Marinaro	Lina Fedorova Maxim Miroshkin	[20]
2014	Sofia	Yu Xiaoyu Jin Yang	Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov	Maria Vigalova Egor Zakroev	[21]
2015	Tallinn	Yu Xiaoyu Jin Yang	Julianne Séguin Charlie Bilodeau	Lina Fedorova Maxim Miroshkin	[22]
2016	Debrecen	Anna Dušková Martin Bidař	Anastasia Mishina Vladislav Mirzoev	Ekaterina Borisova Dmitry Sopot	[23]
2017	Taipei	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Harley Windsor	Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii	Gao Yumeng Xie Zhong	[24]
2018	Sofia	Daria Pavliuchenko Denis Khodykin	Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin	Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov	[25]
2019	Zagreb	Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov	Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov	Polina Kostiukovich Dmitrii Ialin	[26]
2020	Tallinn	Apollinariia Panfilova Dmitry Rylov	Kseniia Akhanteva Valerii Kolesov	Iuliia Artemeva Mikhail Nazarychev	[27]
2021	Harbin	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[28]
2022	Tallinn	Karina Safina Luka Berulava	Anastasia Golubeva Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Brooke McIntosh Benjamin Mimar	[29]
2023	Calgary	Sophia Baram Daniel Tioumentsev	Anastasia Golubeva Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	Violetta Sierova Ivan Khobta	[30]
2024	Taipei	Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava	Olivia Flores Luke Wang	Naomi Williams Lachlan Lewer	[31]
2025	Debrecen
2026	Tallinn
2027	Sofia

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1976	Megève	Kathryn Winter Nicky Slater