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2022–23 ISU Challenger Series
Type: ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 12 – December 10, 2022
Season: 2022–23
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The 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2022. It was the ninth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

Competitions

This season, the series included the following events. [1]

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 12–16 United States 2022 U.S. International Classic Lake Placid, New York, United States Details
September 16–19 Italy 2022 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 21–24 Germany 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 29 – October 1 Slovakia 2022 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details
October 5–9 Finland 2022 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 13–17 Hungary 2022 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs Details
October 26–29 Kazakhstan 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Almaty, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 9–13 Austria 2022 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria No pairs Details
November 17–20 Poland 2022 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 7–10 Croatia 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia Details

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2022.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Ilia Malinin France Kevin Aymoz United States Camden Pulkinen Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy France Adam Siao Him Fa Japan Koshiro Shimada Italy Nikolaj Memola Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Keegan Messing South Korea Lee Si-hyeong Canada Roman Sadovsky Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Italy Gabriele Frangipani South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili Sweden Andreas Nordebäck Details
Hungary Budapest Trophy| Italy Matteo Rizzo Switzerland Lukas Britschgi Italy Nikolaj Memola Details
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Georgia (country) Nika Egadze Kazakhstan Dias Jirenbayev Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev Details
Austria Ice Challenge United States Liam Kapeikis Sweden Andreas Nordebäck Germany Nikita Starostin Details
Poland Warsaw Cup France Kévin Aymoz Italy Daniel Grassl Switzerland Lukas Britschgi Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Camden Pulkinen Italy Matteo Rizzo Estonia Mihhail Selevko Details

Women's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic South Korea Kim Ye-lim South Korea You Young Japan Mana Kawabe Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Rinka Watanabe Japan Kaori Sakamoto Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Belgium Loena Hendrickx South Korea Wi Seo-yeong Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial United States Isabeau Levito Italy Lara Naki Gutmann South Korea Lee Hae-in Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy South Korea Kim Ye-lim South Korea Kim Chae-yeon Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Details
Hungary Budapest Trophy United States Ava Marie Ziegler Switzerland Kimmy Repond Estonia Niina Petrõkina Details
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge South Korea Kim Min-chae Kazakhstan Anna Levkovets South Korea Choi Da-bin Details
Austria Ice Challenge Italy Anna Pezzetta Canada Kaiya Ruiter Switzerland Kimmy Repond Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Switzerland Sarina Joos Finland Janna Jyrkinen Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Lindsay Thorngren United States Bradie Tennell Canada Madeline Schizas Details

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini United States Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe United States Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps Germany Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Germany Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert Canada Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Australia Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Germany Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia United States Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea Canada Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud Details

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson United States Eva Pate / Logan Bye United States Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Czech Republic Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Canada Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Canada Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha United States Eva Pate / Logan Bye France Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Details
Hungary Budapest Trophy Canada Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud United States Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Details
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Japan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Germany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan Hungary Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko Details
Austria Ice Challenge United States Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville France Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa Canada Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers Details
Poland Warsaw Cup France Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier Germany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan France Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius United States Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik Details

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States96520
2  Italy54211
3  Canada51612
4  South Korea45211
5  France3328
6  Japan2215
7  Great Britain2002
8  Germany1438
9  Georgia1113
10  Poland1012
11  Australia1001
  Belgium1001
13  Switzerland0325
14  Lithuania0303
15  Kazakhstan0202
16  Sweden0112
17  Estonia0033
18  Finland0022
19  Azerbaijan0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Hungary0011
  Latvia0011
Totals (22 entries)353535105

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.

Men's singles

As of December 12, 2022. [2]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kévin Aymoz   France U.S. International Classic 236.17 Warsaw Cup 258.02 494.19
2 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 239.66 253.66 493.32
3 Matteo Rizzo   Italy Budapest Trophy 253.34 Golden Spin of Zagreb 228.86 482.00
4 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea Nepela Memorial 226.32 Finlandia Trophy 253.20 479.52
5 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 244.57 Budapest Trophy 230.99 475.56

Women's singles

As of December 12, 2022. [3]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea U.S. International Classic 190.64 Finlandia Trophy 213.97 404.61
2 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland Lombardia Trophy 188.41 Warsaw Cup 189.98 378.39
3 Lindsay Thorngren   United States Finlandia Trophy 165.09 Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.48 361.57
4 Lee Hae-in   South Korea Nepela Memorial 164.88 Finlandia Trophy 195.72 360.60
5 Kimmy Repond   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 177.74 Ice Challenge 169.35 347.09

Pairs

As of December 12, 2022. [4]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy U.S. International Classic 189.22 Warsaw Cup 184.21 373.43
2 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 184.47 Finlandia Trophy 180.62 365.09
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert 186.17 177.11 363.28
4 Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Finlandia Trophy 165.58 Warsaw Cup 170.65 336.23
5 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   United States 152.88 Golden Spin of Zagreb 179.26 332.14

Ice dance

As of December 12, 2022. [5]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain U.S. International Classic 190.80 Nebelhorn Trophy 206.60 397.40
2 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Canada Nepela Memorial 193.35 Budapest Trophy 202.40 395.75
3 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania Nebelhorn Trophy 185.41 Golden Spin of Zagreb 189.47 374.88
4 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler   Czech Republic Lombardia Trophy 183.55 Finlandia Trophy 178.85 362.40
5 Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan   Germany Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 177.91 Warsaw Cup 181.50 359.41

Top scores

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2022–23 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kévin Aymoz   France 258.02 2022 Warsaw Cup
2 Daniel Grassl   Italy 257.76
3 Ilia Malinin   United States 257.28 2022 U.S. International Classic
4 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 253.66 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 253.34 2022 Budapest Trophy
6 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 253.20 2022 Finlandia Trophy
7 Keegan Messing   Canada 245.74 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 244.57 2022 Nepela Memorial
9 Camden Pulkinen   United States 242.09 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 237.19 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 91.06 2022 Finlandia Trophy
2 Kévin Aymoz   France 89.60 2022 Warsaw Cup
3 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 89.57 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Koshiro Shimada   Japan 89.18 2022 Lombardia Trophy
5 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 87.39 2022 Nepela Memorial
6 Maxim Naumov   United States 87.11 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Lee Si-hyeong   South Korea 86.78 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 86.51 2022 Warsaw Cup
9 Camden Pulkinen   United States 85.45 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 84.69 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin   United States 185.44 2022 U.S. International Classic
2 Daniel Grassl   Italy 181.32 2022 Warsaw Cup
3 Keegan Messing   Canada 170.89 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 170.21 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kévin Aymoz   France 168.42 2022 Warsaw Cup
6 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 167.15
7 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 162.14 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 160.20 2022 Budapest Trophy
9 Camden Pulkinen   United States 156.64 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 François Pitot   France 153.20 2022 Ice Challenge

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 213.97 2022 Finlandia Trophy
2 Rinka Watanabe   Japan 213.14 2022 Lombardia Trophy
3 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 208.05 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kim Chae-yeon   South Korea 205.51 2022 Finlandia Trophy
5 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 205.33 2022 Lombardia Trophy
6 Isabeau Levito   United States 198.99 2022 Nepela Memorial
7 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 197.56 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Lindsay Thorngren   United States 196.48 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Lee Hae-in   South Korea 195.72 2022 Finlandia Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell   United States 193.31 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 76.19 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 72.93 2022 Lombardia Trophy
3 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 71.88 2022 Finlandia Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell   United States 68.84 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 68.03 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Kim Chae-yeon   South Korea 67.84
7 Rinka Watanabe   Japan 66.83 2022 Lombardia Trophy
8 Lee Hae-in   South Korea 66.00 2022 Finlandia Trophy
9 Isabeau Levito   United States 65.37 2022 Nepela Memorial
10 Madeline Schizas   Canada 64.99 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Rinka Watanabe   Japan 146.31 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 142.09 2022 Finlandia Trophy
3 Kim Chae-yeon 137.67
4 Lindsay Thorngren   United States 135.99 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Isabeau Levito 133.62 2022 Nepela Memorial
6 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 132.40 2022 Lombardia Trophy
7 Wi Seo-yeong   South Korea 131.94 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 131.86
9 Ava Marie Ziegler   United States 130.24 2022 Budapest Trophy
10 Lee Hae-in   South Korea 129.72 2022 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 192.74 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 189.22 2022 U.S. International Classic
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 186.17 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Australia 185.53 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Germany 184.47 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe   United States 181.81 2022 U.S. International Classic
7 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia 179.26 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 178.83
9 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii   Italy 177.87 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud   Canada 176.88 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Germany 69.13 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 68.08
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 67.05
4 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 65.79 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii 64.85 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Australia 63.62 2022 Warsaw Cup
7 Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster   Germany 63.11
8 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   United States 62.44 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman   Georgia 62.15 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea   United States 62.07 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 124.66 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 124.44 2022 U.S. International Classic
3 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Australia 121.91 2022 Warsaw Cup
4 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe   United States 120.10 2022 U.S. International Classic
5 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 119.12 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel 117.04 2022 Finlandia Trophy
7 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   United States 116.82 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 116.76
9 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud   Canada 115.75
10 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii   Italy 113.02 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 211.85 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 206.60 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 203.76 2022 Finlandia Trophy
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 202.40 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 197.45 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   France 192.85 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 191.31 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 189.47
9 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 188.30 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
10 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis   Finland 186.30 2022 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 87.09 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 85.80 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Canada 82.09 2022 Budapest Trophy
4 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen 81.83 2022 Finlandia Trophy
5 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 79.56 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
6 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 78.98 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 78.90 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   France 76.83 2022 Budapest Trophy
9 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 76.54 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler   Czech Republic 75.41 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 124.76 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 121.93 2022 Finlandia Trophy
3 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 120.80 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Canada 120.31 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 118.55 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   France 116.02 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 114.77 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 112.26
9 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis   Finland 111.95 2022 Finlandia Trophy
10 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik   United States 110.96 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb

References

  1. ^ "Communication No. 2466 Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Women". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.

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