2015–16 ISU Challenger Series

The 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2015. It was the second season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2015–16 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 16 – December 5, 2015
Season:2015–16
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Competitions

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

Date Event Location Results
September 16–20   2015 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 24–26   2015 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 1–3   2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 8–11   2015 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 15–18   2015 Mordovian Ornament Saransk, Russia Details
October 20–25   2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup Sofia, Bulgaria Details
October 27 – November 1   2015 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details
November 18–22   2015 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
November 26–29   2015 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 2–5   2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Daniel Samohin   Keiji Tanaka   Ross Miner Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Elladj Baldé   Max Aaron   Konstantin Menshov Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Jason Brown   Mikhail Kolyada   Gordei Gorshkov Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Konstantin Menshov   Adam Rippon   Sergei Voronov Details
  Mordovian Ornament   Maxim Kovtun   Daniel Samohin   Moris Kvitelashvili Details
  Denkova-Staviski Cup   Misha Ge   Julian Zhi Jie Yee   Matteo Rizzo Details
  Ice Challenge   Artur Dmitriev   Jason Brown   Mikhail Kolyada Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Max Aaron   Dmitri Aliev   Deniss Vasiļjevs Details
  Warsaw Cup   Alexander Samarin   Anton Shulepov   Zhan Bush Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Denis Ten   Adam Rippon   Adian Pitkeev Details

Ladies' singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Satoko Miyahara   Elizabet Tursynbayeva   Angela Wang Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Kaetlyn Osmond   Alena Leonova   Courtney Hicks Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Evgenia Medvedeva   Anna Pogorilaya   Maria Artemieva Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Rika Hongo   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Joshi Helgesson Details
  Mordovian Ornament   Anna Pogorilaya   Adelina Sotnikova   Maria Artemieva Details
  Denkova-Staviski Cup   Isabelle Olsson   Angelīna Kučvaļska   Anne Line Gjersem Details
  Ice Challenge   Mirai Nagasu   Maria Artemieva   Tyler Pierce Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Maria Sotskova   Elizabet Tursynbayeva   Tyler Pierce Details
  Warsaw Cup   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Serafima Sakhanovich   Anastasia Galustyan Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Elizabet Tursynbayeva   Karen Chen Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea   Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Details
  Mordovian Ornament   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert   Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev Details
  Ice Challenge   Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert   Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji Details
  Warsaw Cup   Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam   Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
  Mordovian Ornament   Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev Details
  Denkova-Staviski Cup   Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar   Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev   Ludmila Sosnitskaia / Pavel Golovishnokov Details
  Ice Challenge   Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton   Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri   Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley   Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details
  Warsaw Cup   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev   Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)14121137
2  United States (USA)87924
3  Canada (CAN)4127
4  Israel (ISR)2305
5  Italy (ITA)2226
6  Germany (GER)2204
7  Japan (JPN)2103
8  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1304
9  Sweden (SWE)1012
10  Turkey (TUR)1001
  Uzbekistan (UZB)1001
12  Denmark (DEN)0112
  Great Britain (GBR)0112
  Latvia (LAT)0112
  Poland (POL)0112
16  Belarus (BLR)0101
  Malaysia (MAS)0101
  Slovakia (SVK)0101
19  Finland (FIN)0033
20  Armenia (ARM)0022
  Lithuania (LTU)0022
22  France (FRA)0011
  Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (23 entries)383838114

Challenger Series rankings

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The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[2]

Men's singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[3]
1 Jason Brown   United States Ondrej Nepela Trophy 239.37 Ice Challenge 240.65 480.02
2 Max Aaron Nebelhorn Trophy 222.94 Tallinn Trophy 252.16 475.10
3 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 229.59 Ice Challenge 239.77 469.36
4 Adam Rippon   United States Finlandia Trophy 224.18 Golden Spin of Zagreb 237.87 462.05
5 Daniel Samohin   Israel U.S. International Classic 223.67 Mordovian Ornament 235.14 458.81

Ladies' singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[4]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia Warsaw Cup 192.93 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.33 394.26
2 Anna Pogorilaya Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.38 Mordovian Ornament 214.07 392.45
3 Adelina Sotnikova Mordovian Ornament 203.89 Golden Spin of Zagreb 159.80 363.69
4 Elizabet Tursynbayeva   Kazakhstan U.S. International Classic 177.91 176.33 354.24
5 Maria Artemieva   Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 177.21 Mordovian Ornament 173.87 351.08

Pairs

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Germany Tallinn Trophy 214.42 Warsaw Cup 209.60 424.02
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 184.28 Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.22 376.50
3 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Mordovian Ornament 196.22 173.62 369.84
4 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 185.00 183.88 368.88
5 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   United States Nebelhorn Trophy 179.56 Ice Challenge 189.28 368.84

Ice dance

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[6]
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy Warsaw Cup 169.72 Golden Spin of Zagreb 172.28 342.00
2 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Israel Mordovian Ornament 160.98 Tallinn Trophy 160.84 321.82
3 Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev   Poland 150.60 Warsaw Cup 147.52 298.12
4 Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar   Turkey 145.34 Denkova-Staviski Cup 151.74 297.08
5 Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev   Belarus 142.86 148.08 290.94

Top scores

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Men's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Denis Ten   Kazakhstan 276.39 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Max Aaron   United States 252.16 2015 Tallinn Trophy
3 Artur Dmitriev   Russia 247.57 2015 Ice Challenge
4 Elladj Baldé   Canada 242.36 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Jason Brown   United States 240.65 2015 Ice Challenge
6 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 239.77
7 Adam Rippon   United States 237.87 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Maxim Kovtun   Russia 236.38 2015 Mordovian Ornament
9 Daniel Samohin   Israel 235.14
10 Jorik Hendrickx   Belgium 233.47 2015 Ice Challenge

Ladies' singles

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Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Anna Pogorilaya   Russia 214.07 2015 Mordovian Ornament
2 Adelina Sotnikova 203.89
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 201.33 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Rika Hongo   Japan 187.45 2015 Finlandia Trophy
5 Maria Sotskova   Russia 186.30 2015 Tallinn Trophy
6 Evgenia Medvedeva 183.94 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 183.64 2015 U.S. International Classic
8 Kaetlyn Osmond   Canada 179.41 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Elizabet Tursynbayeva   Kazakhstan 177.91 2015 U.S. International Classic
10 Maria Artemieva   Russia 177.21 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Germany 214.42 2015 Tallinn Trophy
2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 214.05 2015 Mordovian Ornament
3 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 202.79 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert 196.22 2015 Mordovian Ornament
5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 192.22 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 191.98 2015 Warsaw Cup
7 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Russia 190.28 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
8 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   United States 189.28 2015 Ice Challenge
9 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Russia 185.00 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
10 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 177.04 2015 Tallinn Trophy

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Russia 176.70 2015 Mordovian Ornament
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 172.28 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 169.50 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Canada 161.67 2015 Finlandia Trophy
5 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Israel 160.98 2015 Mordovian Ornament
6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 159.14 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland   Great Britain 156.22
8 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   United States 154.34
9 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 153.62 2015 U.S. International Classic
10 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 153.06 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb

References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 1933 Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
  2. ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
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