2022–23 figure skating season
2022–23 figure skating season | |
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Date: | July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 |
Previous: 2021–22 | |
Next: 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 figure skating season began on July 1, 2022, and ended on June 30, 2023. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level at the 2023 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series as well as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final.
On March 1, 2022, the International Skating Union banned all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending any international competitions following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
The season was the first under newly elected ISU President Kim Jae-youl and ISU Vice President for Figure Skating Benoît Lavoie.[2]
Season notes[edit]
Age eligibility[edit]
Skaters were eligible to compete in ISU events on the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.
Level | Date of birth |
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Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles) | Born between July 1, 2003 & June 30, 2009 |
Junior (males in pairs & ice dance) | Born between July 1, 2001 & June 30, 2009 |
Senior (all disciplines) | Born before July 1, 2007 |
- Background
At the ISU Congress held in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2022, members of the ISU Council accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum age limit for senior competition to 17 years old beginning with the 2024–25 season. In order to avoid forcing skaters who had already competed in the senior category to return to juniors, the age limit remained unchanged during the 2022–23 season, before increasing to 16 years old during the 2023–24 season, and then 17 years old during the 2024–25 season.[3] Although there had been previous proposals to increase the age limit, the 2022 vote gained traction following the doping scandal of then 15-year-old Kamila Valieva of Russia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[4]
Death of Dmytro Sharpar[edit]
On 23 January 2023, Ukrainian media reported that 25-year-old former pair skater Dmytro Sharpar (Ukrainian: Дмитро Шарпар) had been killed near Bakhmut,[5][6] where the Ukrainian army was defending against invading Russian forces (see Battle of Bakhmut). Born in Kharkiv,[7] Sharpar skated for Ukraine in partnership with Anastasia Pobizhenko at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.[8]
Changes[edit]
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]
Retirements[edit]
Date | Skater(s) | Disc. | Ref. |
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July 7, 2022 | Véronik Mallet | Women | [107] |
July 11, 2022 | Vanessa James / Eric Radford | Pairs | [108] |
July 16, 2022 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Ice dance | [109] |
July 17, 2022 | Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti | [110][111] | |
July 18, 2022 | Conor Stakelum | Men | [112] |
July 19, 2022 | Yuzuru Hanyu | [113] | |
August 5, 2022 | Evelyn Walsh | Pairs | [20] |
August 10, 2022 | Alisson Krystle Perticheto | Women | [114] |
August 13, 2022 | Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin | Ice dance | [115] |
August 15, 2022 | Michelle Long | Women | [116] |
August 20, 2022 | Grigory Smirnov | Ice dance | [23] |
August 27, 2022 | Eichu Cho | [26] | |
August 30, 2022 | Diana Mukhametzianova | Pairs | [117] |
September 6, 2022 | Ekaterina Ryabova | Women | [118] |
October 12, 2022 | Mariah Bell | [119] | |
October 14, 2022 | Konstantin Milyukov | Men | [120] |
October 16, 2022 | Matyáš Bělohradský | [121] | |
November 26, 2022 | Jenni Saarinen | Women | [122] |
November 30, 2022 | Kailani Craine | [123] | |
James Min | Men | [124] | |
December 3, 2022 | Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir | Women | [125] |
December 22, 2022 | Jelizaveta Žuková | Pairs | [46] |
December 24, 2022 | Yuhana Yokoi | Women | [126] |
December 25, 2022 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Men | [127] |
January 3, 2023 | Paul Fentz | [128] | |
January 4, 2023 | Polina Kostiukovich | Pairs | [129] |
January 5, 2023 | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | [130] | |
January 20, 2023 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Women | [131] |
January 23, 2023 | Nolan Seegert | Pairs | [132] |
February 3, 2023 | Coline Keriven | [57] | |
February 25, 2023 | Nikolas Wamsteeker | Ice dance | [60] |
March 22, 2023 | Daša Grm | Women | [133] |
March 29, 2023 | Ruben Blommaert | Pairs | [63] |
April 9, 2023 | Kyeong Jae-seok | Men | [134] |
May 1, 2023 | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi | Ice dance | [135] |
May 6, 2023 | Steven Adcock | Pairs | [76] |
May 12, 2023 | Natasha McKay | Women | [136] |
May 26. 2023 | Keegan Messing | Men | [137] |
June 5, 2023 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | [92] |
Coaching changes[edit]
Nationality changes[edit]
International competitions[edit]
Scheduled competitions:[170][171]
- Code key
- S – Senior event
- J – Junior event
- N – Novice event
- M – Men's singles
- W – Women's singles
- P – Pair skating
- D – Ice dance
- Color key
- Other competition
Cancelled events[edit]
Several competitions were cancelled by either the ISU, the host federation, or local governments due to the Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Turkey–Syria earthquakes, among other reasons.
Dates | Event | Type | Location | Ref. |
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September 21–24 | JGP Armenia | Grand Prix | Yerevan, Armenia | [172][173] |
October 19–23 | Mentor Toruń Cup | Other | Toruń, Poland | [174] |
November 11–13 | Cup of China | Grand Prix | Beijing, China | [175] |
November 25–27 | Rostelecom Cup | Grand Prix | Moscow, Russia | [176] |
Mont Blanc Trophy | Other | Courmayeur, Italy | [177] | |
December 7–10 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | Other | Zagreb, Croatia | [178] |
December 8–11 | Magic Christmas Cup | Other | Bucharest, Romania | [179] |
February 3–5 | Icelab Cup | Other | Bergamo, Italy | [180] |
February 4–5 | Jégvirág Cup | Other | Miskolc, Hungary | [181] |
February 6–12 | Ephesos Cup | Other | İzmir, Turkey | [182] |
February 11–19 | ISF Winter Gymnasiade | Other | Erzurum, Turkey | [183] |
February 17–19 | Sarajevo Open | Other | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | [184] |
February 21–24 | Ice Mall Cup | Other | Eilat, Israel | [185] |
March 26–30 | Spring Talents Cup Ukraine | Other | Brovary, Ukraine | [186] |
April 6–9 | Black Sea Ice Cup | Other | Kranevo, Bulgaria | [187] |
April 13–16 | Egna Spring Trophy | Other | Egna, Italy | [188] |
International medalists[edit]
Men's singles[edit]
Women's singles[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
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Philadelphia Summer International | Isabeau Levito | Lindsay Thorngren | Gracie Gold | Details |
Cranberry Cup International | Audrey Shin | Sonja Hilmer |
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