2020–21 figure skating season

The 2020–21 figure skating season will begin on July 1, 2020, and end on June 30, 2021. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2021 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They will also compete in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger Series. 2020–21 synchronized skating season

2020–21 figure skating season
Date:July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
Previous:
2019–20
Next:
2021–22

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

On May 1, 2020, the International Skating Union established a working group, chaired by ISU Vice-President for Figure Skating Alexander Lakernik, to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its responsibilities include determining the feasibility of holding events as scheduled, possibly behind closed doors, during the first half of the season and the financial impact of any potential cancellations.[1]

Season notes

Age eligibility

Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events on the junior or senior levels according to their age:

Level Date of birth
Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles)Born between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2007
Junior (males in pairs)Born between July 1, 1999 and June 30, 2007
Junior (males in ice dance)[lower-alpha 1]Born between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 2007
Senior (all disciplines)Born before July 1, 2005
Rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships

Changes

If skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.
Date refers to date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.

Partnership changes

Retirements

Coaching changes

Nationality changes

Competitions

Scheduled competitions:[3]

Key
ISU Championships Grand Prix Challenger Series Other international
Date Event Type Level Disc. Location Results
2020
August 26–30 JGP Canada Grand Prix Junior All Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Cancelled[4]
September 2–5 JGP Slovakia Grand Prix Junior All Košice, Slovakia Cancelled[5]
September 9–10 JGP Hungary Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Budapest, Hungary
TBD[lower-alpha 2] Asian Open Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Beijing, China
September 16–19 Ondrej Nepela Challenger Senior M/L/D Bratislava, Slovakia Cancelled[5]
September 16–19 JGP Japan Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Shin-Yokohama, Japan
September 17–19 Autumn Classic Challenger Senior All Oakville, Ontario, Canada
September 23–26 Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany
September 23–26 JGP Czech Republic Grand Prix Junior All Ostrava, Czech Republic
Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 JGP Uzbekistan Grand Prix Junior All Tashkent, Uzbekistan
October 7–10 JGP Slovenia Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Ljubljana, Slovenia
October 8–11 Finlandia Trophy Challenger Senior All Espoo, Finland
October 14–17[lower-alpha 3] JPG Latvia Grand Prix Junior All Riga, Latvia
October 15–17 Budapest Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Budapest, Hungary
October 23–25 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 Denis Ten Memorial Challenger Senior All Almaty, Kazakhstan
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 Skate Canada Grand Prix Senior All Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
November 6–8 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Chongqing, China
November 12–15 Warsaw Cup Challenger Senior M/L/D Warsaw, Poland
November 13–15 Internationaux de France Grand Prix Senior All Grenoble, France
November 20–22 Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia
November 23–30 Alpen Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Innsbruck, Austria
November 23–30 Golden Spin of Zagreb Challenger Senior All Zagreb, Croatia
November 27–29 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Osaka, Japan
December 10–13 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Sen.–Jun. All Beijing, China
2021
January 21–31 Winter Universiade Other int. Senior M/L Lucerne, Switzerland
January 25–31 Europeans Championship Senior All Zagreb, Croatia
February 8–14 Four Continents Championship Senior All Sydney, Australia
March 1–7 Junior Worlds Championship Junior All Harbin, China
March 22–28 Worlds Championship Senior All Stockholm, Sweden

International medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Season's best scores

Men

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ladies

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Pairs

Best total score

Best short program score

Best free skating score

Ice dance

Best total score

Best rhythm dance score

Best free dance score

Standings and ranking

Current standings (top 30)

Men

As of April 20, 2020.[8]

Rank Nation Skater Points Season ISU
Championships
or Olympics
(Junior) Grand
Prix and Final
Selected
International
Competition
Best Best 2nd Best Best 2nd Best
1 JPNYuzuru Hanyu37862020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840720400300
2018/2019 season (70%)756280280210
2 RUSAlexander Samarin30462020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)325583400250219
2018/2019 season (70%)529227204170139
3 RUSDmitri Aliev29572020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840472360300270
2018/2019 season (70%)204183189139
4 USANathan Chen28802020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)800400
2018/2019 season (70%)840560280
5 ITAMatteo Rizzo28592020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551324236270243
2018/2019 season (70%)476227204175153
6 USAJason Brown28442020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756360262300
2018/2019 season (70%)386252165210153
7 ITADaniel Grassl26582020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612250207300300
2018/2019 season (70%)347142115210175
8 GEOMorisi Kvitelashvili26512020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680292213270250
2018/2019 season (70%)237252134170153
9 JPNShoma Uno26402020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)292191300250
2018/2019 season (70%)613504280210
10 KORCha Jun-hwan26032020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551236191219
2018/2019 season (70%)347454227189189
11 CHNJin Boyang25712020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612525400300
2018/2019 season (70%)551183
12 CANKeegan Messing24872020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)402292292243
2018/2019 season (70%)428368252210
13 FRAKévin Aymoz21772020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)648360270
2018/2019 season (70%)428183149139
14 CANNam Nguyen21232020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496360262219
2018/2019 season (70%)228183165210
15 LATDeniss Vasiļjevs20752020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496262236243
2018/2019 season (70%)205149134175175
16 RUSArtur Danielian19232020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756225225219
2018/2019 season (70%)256127115
17 USACamden Pulkinen19072020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)293292191198178
2018/2019 season (70%)167175161127125
18 JPNKeiji Tanaka18612020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)324262300225
2018/2019 season (70%)312134134170
19 CZEMichal Březina16972020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446
2018/2019 season (70%)402408252189
20 RUSPetr Gumennik16872020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)405250230270
2018/2019 season (70%)136221175
21 USATomoki Hiwatashi16582020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)362262198
2018/2019 season (70%)350158158170
22 FRAAdam Siao Him Fa16532020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)293164120243160
2018/2019 season (70%)207179175112
23 USAVincent Zhou16522020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)243
2018/2019 season (70%)680204183189153
24 RUSAndrei Mozalev16442020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)500315250300
2018/2019 season (70%)175104
25 JPNYuma Kagiyama16282020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680255250
2018/2019 season (70%)158127158
26 JPNKazuki Tomono16102020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446262191160
2018/2019 season (70%)185227139
27 AUSBrendan Kerry15332020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)264213250203
2018/2019 season (70%)253175175
28 USAAndrew Torgashev15082020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)239182182270
2018/2019 season (70%)175127175158
29 RUSSergei Voronov14772020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)292236178
2018/2019 season (70%)330252189
30 AZEVladimir Litvintsev13872020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)362250203
2018/2019 season (70%)15584175158

Ladies

As of April 20, 2020.[9]

Rank Nation Skater Points Season ISU
Championships
or Olympics
(Junior) Grand
Prix and Final
Selected
International
Competition
Best Best 2nd Best Best 2nd Best
1 JPNRika Kihira41712020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840583360300250
2018/2019 season (70%)613560280210175
2 USABradie Tennell31332020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680525360270
2018/2019 season (70%)447227204210210
3 RUSAnna Shcherbakova28412020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756720400300
2018/2019 season (70%)315175175
4 RUSAlexandra Trusova27742020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680648400300
2018/2019 season (70%)350221175
5 JPNKaori Sakamoto27692020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551292292270
2018/2019 season (70%)551408252153
6 RUSAlena Kostornaia27602020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840800400300
2018/2019 season (70%)245175
7 JPNSatoko Miyahara26932020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)360292300250
2018/2019 season (70%)496330280210175
8 RUSAlina Zagitova26662020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)472360
2018/2019 season (70%)840504280210
9 KORLim Eun-soo25372020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)402262213300243
2018/2019 season (70%)326227165210189
10 RUSSofia Samodurova24142020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)262236300219
2018/2019 season (70%)588368252189
11 RUSElizaveta Tuktamysheva23722020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)324324300270
2018/2019 season (70%)454280210210
12 KORYou Young23682020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756324292270250
2018/2019 season (70%)207142127
13 RUSEvgenia Medvedeva21922020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)360262270
2018/2019 season (70%)680227204189
14 USAMariah Bell20202020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)324324300
2018/2019 season (70%)362204183170153
15 AZEEkaterina Ryabova19712020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496262243225
2018/2019 season (70%)237104104175125
16 KORKim Ye-lim19652020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496213270219
2018/2019 season (70%)281158158170
17  SUIAlexia Paganini18302020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612213178
2018/2019 season (70%)347204175101
18 JPNWakaba Higuchi16742020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612236236144
2018/2019 season (70%)165142139
19 USAStarr Andrews15532020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)239262191198198
2018/2019 season (70%)149158158
20 KAZElizabet Tursynbaeva14822020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)
2018/2019 season (70%)756183165189189
21 GERNicole Schott14252020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)237213243243
2018/2019 season (70%)173158158
22 JPNYuhana Yokoi13932020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)292236243225
2018/2019 season (70%)151142104
23 FINEmmi Peltonen13782020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551225182
2018/2019 season (70%)281139
24 ESTEva-Lotta Kiibus13692020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446133120225178
2018/2019 season (70%)92175
25 RUSStanislava Konstantinova13462020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)160
2018/2019 season (70%)428252183170153
26 USAAmber Glenn13062020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)362236213243
2018/2019 season (70%)127125
27 JPNMarin Honda12962020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)236213225198
2018/2019 season (70%)165134125
28 BULAlexandra Feigin12952020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)156250250
2018/2019 season (70%)20584175175
29 KORLee Hae-in12642020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)328250250
2018/2019 season (70%)167142127
30 FRAMaé-Bérénice Méité12532020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)362160
2018/2019 season (70%)312134170115

Pairs

As of April 20, 2020.[10]

Rank Nation Couple Points Season ISU
Championships
or Olympics
(Junior) Grand
Prix and Final
Selected
International
Competition
Best Best 2nd Best Best 2nd Best
1 CHNPeng Cheng /
Jin Yang
34882020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756720400243
2018/2019 season (70%)613504252
2 RUSEvgenia Tarasova /
Vladimir Morozov
34102020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756360324270
2018/2019 season (70%)756454280210
3 CANKirsten Moore-Towers /
Michael Marinaro
32032020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680525360300
2018/2019 season (70%)529227204189189
4 RUSAleksandra Boikova /
Dmitrii Kozlovskii
31092020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840583400
2018/2019 season (70%)496227204189170
5 CHNSui Wenjing /
Han Cong
28802020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840800400
2018/2019 season (70%)840
6 RUSDaria Pavliuchenko /
Denis Khodykin
27362020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680472360
2018/2019 season (70%)386330227142139
7 AUTMiriam Ziegler /
Severin Kiefer
26382020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496292262250219
2018/2019 season (70%)326204204210175
8 ITANicole Della Monica /
Matteo Guarise
25382020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612292191225
2018/2019 season (70%)428368252170
9 GERMinerva Fabienne Hase /
Nolan Seegert
25362020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551324213243198
2018/2019 season (70%)347183149175153
10 USATarah Kayne /
Danny O'Shea
24832020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551236236270219
2018/2019 season (70%)347252183189
11 RUSAnastasia Mishina /
Aleksandr Galliamov
23682020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)648400300250
2018/2019 season (70%)350245175
12 USAAshley Cain-Gribble /
Timothy LeDuc
23232020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)292262300300
2018/2019 season (70%)428227165210139
13 ITARebecca Ghilardi /
Filippo Ambrosini
17802020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)402213191250203
2018/2019 season (70%)253153115
14 RUSApollinariia Panfilova /
Dmitry Rylov
17722020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)500350250
2018/2019 season (70%)315199158
15 USAJessica Calalang /
Brian Johnson
17632020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612292236300
2018/2019 season (70%)170153
16 FRAVanessa James /
Morgan Ciprès
16382020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)
2018/2019 season (70%)588560280210
17 RUSAlisa Efimova /
Alexander Korovin
16082020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)292191270
2018/2019 season (70%)252183210210
18 USAAlexa Scimeca Knierim /
Chris Knierim
15842020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)292213270
2018/2019 season (70%)227204189189
19 RUSNatalia Zabiiako /
Alexander Enbert
15782020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)
2018/2019 season (70%)680408280210
20 CANEvelyn Walsh /
Trennt Michaud
15522020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496236191
2018/2019 season (70%)312183134
21 USAHaven Denney /
Brandon Frazier
13692020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)324324
2018/2019 season (70%)386165170
22 RUSKseniia Akhanteva /
Valerii Kolesov
13382020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)450284250
2018/2019 season (70%)179175
23 CANLiubov Ilyushechkina /
Charlie Bilodeau
12752020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446324262243
2018/2019 season (70%)
24 USAAudrey Lu /
Misha Mitrofanov
12562020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)191225198
2018/2019 season (70%)165149189139
25 CANCamille Ruest /
Andrew Wolfe
12092020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)236236
2018/2019 season (70%)281183134139
26 PRKRyom Tae-ok /
Kim Ju-sik
11852020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)262243
2018/2019 season (70%)293204183
27 GBRZoe Jones /
Christopher Boyadji
11652020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)264191182
2018/2019 season (70%)228158142
28 CHNTang Feiyao /
Yang Yongchao
11092020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)213213219
2018/2019 season (70%)25611593
29 RUSAlina Pepeleva /
Roman Pleshkov
10952020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)230203270250
2018/2019 season (70%)142
30 GERAnnika Hocke /
Robert Kunkel
10812020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446207203225
2018/2019 season (70%)

Ice dance

As of April 20, 2020.[11]

Rank Nation Couple Points Season ISU
Championships
or Olympics
(Junior) Grand
Prix and Final
Selected
International
Competition
Best Best 2nd Best Best 2nd Best
1 RUSVictoria Sinitsina /
Nikita Katsalapov
37342020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840472400300
2018/2019 season (70%)756504252210
2 ITACharlène Guignard /
Marco Fabbri
34622020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612324324300300
2018/2019 season (70%)476454252210210
3 USAMadison Hubbell /
Zachary Donohue
34582020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680648400
2018/2019 season (70%)680560280210
4 CANPiper Gilles /
Paul Poirier
33312020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756525400300
2018/2019 season (70%)476227227210210
5 USAMadison Chock /
Evan Bates
32832020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)840720360300300
2018/2019 season (70%)588175
6 RUSAlexandra Stepanova /
Ivan Bukin
31342020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)680583360
2018/2019 season (70%)613408280210
7 FRAGabriella Papadakis /
Guillaume Cizeron
30762020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)756800400
2018/2019 season (70%)840280
8 GBRLilah Fear /
Lewis Gibson
26822020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551324292270219
2018/2019 season (70%)347204183153139
9 CHNWang Shiyue /
Liu Xinyu
26662020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)612292262270225
2018/2019 season (70%)312165165210153
10 ESPSara Hurtado /
Kirill Khaliavin
25402020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446324262300270
2018/2019 season (70%)312252204170
11 POLNatalia Kaliszek /
Maksym Spodyriev
25032020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)362292236270250
2018/2019 season (70%)386183165189170
12 ESPOlivia Smart /
Adrián Díaz
24462020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)402292292250219
2018/2019 season (70%)281183149189189
13 USAKaitlin Hawayek /
Jean-Luc Baker
23162020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496292262270
2018/2019 season (70%)386330280
14 GEOMaria Kazakova /
Georgy Reviya
20412020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)450350250243225
2018/2019 season (70%)207158158
15 CANCarolane Soucisse /
Shane Firus
19312020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)446213191243198
2018/2019 season (70%)183134170153
16 CANMarjorie Lajoie /
Zachary Lagha
19232020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)551236213219
2018/2019 season (70%)350179175
17 FRAMarie-Jade Lauriault /
Romain Le Gac
18622020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)191191300243
2018/2019 season (70%)228204165170170
18 USAChristina Carreira /
Anthony Ponomarenko
18512020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)236236300270
2018/2019 season (70%)227183210189
19 RUSTiffany Zahorski /
Jonathan Guerreiro
18152020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)496262262
2018/2019 season (70%)368252175
20 USAAvonley Nguyen /
Vadym Kolesnik
16572020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)500315250
2018/2019 season (70%)256175161
21 LTUAllison Reed /
Saulius Ambrulevičius
16072020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)293262250198
2018/2019 season (70%)166165158115
22 CANLaurence Fournier Beaudry /
Nikolaj Sørensen
15652020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)324324300270
2018/2019 season (70%)347
23 FRAAdelina Galyavieva /
Louis Thauron
13372020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)264191225203
2018/2019 season (70%)185142127
24 RUSBetina Popova /
Sergey Mozgov
12812020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)191243219
2018/2019 season (70%)149134175170
25 USALorraine McNamara /
Quinn Carpenter
12712020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)243219
2018/2019 season (70%)227204189189
26 RUSSofia Evdokimova /
Egor Bazin
12462020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)236203
2018/2019 season (70%)253204175175
27 UKROleksandra Nazarova /
Maxim Nikitin
12402020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)325250243
2018/2019 season (70%)113134175
28 ITAJasmine Tessari /
Francesco Fioretti
12382020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)173250203
2018/2019 season (70%)150134175153
29 RUSElizaveta Shanaeva /
Devid Naryzhnyy
12242020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)405284250
2018/2019 season (70%)158127
30 RUSSofia Shevchenko /
Igor Eremenko
11672020/2021 season (100%)
2019/2020 season (100%)213250
2018/2019 season (70%)284245175

Notes

  1. Due to disturbances in skaters' training schedules resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU extended the upper age limit for males in junior and novice ice dance by one year. However, the new age limit only applies to couples who competed together during the 2019–20 season and maintain the same programs for the 2020–21 season.[2]
  2. Originally scheduled for September 9–13.[6]
  3. Added on June 15, following the cancellation of JGP Canada and JGP Slovakia.[7]

References

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