The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Croatia – also known as the Croatia Cup – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Croatian Skating Federation (). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice 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 the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
History The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure 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 the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
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 (for single skaters), 21 (for men and women in ice dance and women in pair skating), or 23 (for men in pair skating). 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 prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Croatia hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in 1999 in Zagreb. Florian Just of Germany won the men's event, Olga Stepanova of Russia won the women's event, Aljona Savchenko and Stanislav Morozov of Ukraine won the pairs event, and Svetlana Kulikova and Arseni Markov of Russia won the ice dance event.
The event has been held repeatedly in Zagreb. The 2019 event was the competition's most recent iteration.
Medalists
Men's singles +Men's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1999 Zagreb Florian Just Laurent Porteret Denis Balandin 2003 Evan Lysacek Alban Préaubert Sergei Dobrin 2005 Adrian Schultheiss Geoffrey Varner Ryo Shibata 2007 Austin Kanallakan Ivan Bariev Armin Mahbanoozadeh 2009 Yuzuru Hanyu Ross Miner Zhan Bush 2012 Maxim Kovtun Yan Han Harrison Choate 2014 Shoma Uno Nathan Chen Lee June-hyoung 2015 Alexander Samarin Nicolas Nadeau Tomoki Hiwatashi 2017 Alexei Krasnozhon Joseph Phan Makar Ignatov 2019 Andrei Mozalev Artur Danielian Shun Sato
Women's singles +Women's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1999 Zagreb Olga Stepanova Svetlana Bukareva Svitlana Pylypenko 2003 Danielle Kahle Myriane Samson Elena Naumova 2005 Veronika Kropotina Nana Takeda Christine Zukowski 2007 Mirai Nagasu Jenni Vähämaa Kim Na-Young 2009 Kanako Murakami Kate Charbonneau Ellie Kawamura 2012 Angela Wang Hannah Miller Anna Pogorilaya 2014 Maria Sotskova Karen Chen Alexandra Proklova 2015 Marin Honda Wakaba Higuchi Diana Pervushkina 2017 Sofia Samodurova Mako Yamashita Anastasia Tarakanova 2019 Lee Hae-in Daria Usacheva Anna Frolova
Pairs +Pairs event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1999 Zagreb 2003 2005 2007 No pairs competitions 2009 2012 2014 2015 No pairs competition 2017 2019
Ice dance +Ice dance event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1999 Zagreb 2003 2005 2007 2009 2012 2014 2015 2017 2019
References
External links ISU Junior Grand Prix at the International Skating Union Croatian Skating Federation JGP Croatia at Skating Scores