The ninth of the 2023/24 Challenger events is Golden Spin which takes place in Zagreb, Croatia from the 6th-9th of December.
Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing at this event and some information about them.
Pairs
| Team | Country | Notable Results 22/23 | Notable Results 23/24 | Nationals | Program Information | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yixi Yang / Shunyang Deng | China | Junior Worlds 2023 - 10th (131.97) | JGP Gdansk 2023 - 4th (129.79, J) | SP: Spring Blossoms / FS: The Artist (soundtrack) | 39th | |
| Milania Vaananen / Filippo Clerici | Finland | Finlandia Trophy 2023 - 4th (164.07) | 1st | SP: Bad To The Bone / FS: Young and Beautiful/Help | 47th | |
| Aurelie Faula / Theo Belle | France | Bavarian Open 2023 - 8th (127.10) | Lombardia Trophy 2023 - 11th (115.26) | 3rd | SP: I'll Take Care of You / FS: Experience/Charlie Chaplin | |
| Ioulia Chtchetinina / Michal Wozniak | Poland | Diamond Spin 2023 - 2nd (162.73) | 58th | |||
| Julia Mauder / Johannes Wilkinson | South Africa | Golden Spin 2022 - 14th (102.43) | Diamond Spin 2023 - 5th (124.84) | SP: O / FS: Deliver Us | 80th | |
| Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord | Sweden | Bavarian Open 2023 - 7th (131.47) | John Nicks Pairs Challenge 2023 - 4th (157.31) | 1st | SP: Bring Me Sunshine / FS: In The End/Will It Ever Be The Same/Survivor | 33rd |
| Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi | Ukraine | Nebelhorn Trophy 2022 - 12th (124.86) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 - 8th (156.48) | SP: Hit The Road Jack / FS: Smells Like Teen Spirit | 74th | |
| Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | USA | 4CC 2023 - 5th (169.09) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 - 7th (169.37) | 5th | SP: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / FS: Top Gun Maverick | 10th |
Ice dance
| Team | Country | Notable Results 22/23 | Notable Results 23/24 | Nationals | Program Information | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Harris / Jason Chan | Australia | Santa Claus Cup 2022 - 1st (178.16) | Shanghai Trophy 2023 - 4th (161.52) | RD: Madonna medley / FD: Ocean Lullaby/Gefion/Freya/Vale | 20th | |
| India Nette / Eron Westwood | Australia | Challenge Cup 2023 - 12th (124.51) | Bosphorus Cup 2023 - 17th (138.07) | 1st | 59th | |
| Adrienne Carhart / Oleksandr Kolosovskyi | Azerbaijan | Denis Ten Memorial 2022 - 6th (148.57) | Denis Ten Memorial 2023 - 6th (150.19) | 88th | ||
| Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov | Azerbaijan | Santa Claus Cup 2022 - 6th (148.73) | Lake Placid 2023 - 15th (130.53) | 125th | ||
| Natalia Pallu-Neves / Jayin Panesar | Brazil | Egna Dance Trophy 2023 - 10th (124.05) | Bosphorus Cup 2023 - 12th (151.03) | RD: INXS medley / FD: Prince medley | ||
| Solene Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko | Estonia | NRW Trophy 2023 - 1st (162.56) | 61st | |||
| Loicia Demougeot / Theo le Mercier | France | Warsaw Cup 2022 - 1st (182.00) | NHK Trophy 2023 - 5th (187.76) | 2nd | RD: Jump On It/Why Can't We Leave Together / FD: Clair de Lune/Waves | 12th |
| Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez | Great Britain | Junior Worlds 2023 - 4th (169.07) | Swiss Open 2023 - 2nd (177.06) | 1st (J) | RD: Prince medley / FD: Muse medley | 31st |
| Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter | Germany | NRW Trophy 2022 - 1st (152.59, J) | Mezzaluna Cup 2023 - 14th (142.63) | 2nd (J) | RD: INXS medley / FD: Exogenesis Symphony/Two Men In Love | 70th |
| Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers | Germany | Egna Dance Trophy 2023 - 3rd (162.81) | Swiss Open 2023 - 4th (158.25) | 2nd | RD: Pump Up The Jam/Sexual Healing/Get Up / FD: Eleanor Rigby | 62nd |
| Lucy Hancock / Ilias Fourati | Hungary | Denis Ten Memorial 2022 - 5th (148.75) | Pavel Roman Memorial 2023 - 2nd (151.04) | 2nd | RD: Pet Shop Boys medley / FD: Depeche Mode medley | 63rd |
| Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Ireland | Nebelhorn Trophy 2022 - 3rd (176.35) | Bosphorus Cup 2023 - 8th (158.18) | 1st | RD: Rick James medley / FD: Hier Encore/La Boheme | 27th |
| Victoria Manni / Carlo Roethlisberger | Italy | Egna Dance Trophy 2023 - 1st (177.64) | Warsaw Cup 2023 - 4th (168.23) | 2nd | 34th | |
| Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama | Japan | |||||
| Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita | Japan | |||||
| Paulina Ramanauskaite / Deividas Kizala | Lithuania | Lombardia Trophy 2022 - 9th (146.38) | Bosphorus Cup 2023 - 5th (171.03) | RD: I Love Rock n Roll/Crimson and Clover/Call Me / FD: En Contra/Duo de Amor | 73rd | |
| Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevicius | Lithuania | Worlds 2023 - 7th (199.20) | NHK Trophy 2023 - 3rd (196.86) | RD: Welcome To The Jungle/Paradise City / FD: Enough of Our Machines/Children | 11th | |
| Olexandra Borysova / Aaron Freeman | Poland | Pavel Roman Memorial 2022 - 6th (142.17) | Pavel Roman Memorial 2023 - 5th (137.00) | 3rd | RD: Super Freak/Black Velvet/Let's Dance / FD: Mozart L'Opera Rock | 116th |
| Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini | Switzerland | NRW Trophy 2022 - 6th (142.67) | Swiss Open 2023 - 5th (145.66) | 1st | RD: Bonnie Tyler medley / FD: The Great Gatsby | 116th |
| Emma Kivioja / Erik Pellnor | Sweden | Pavel Roman Memorial 2023 - 6th (133.62) | RD: Send Her My Love/Separate Ways / FD: Games of Thrones/Succession/Can't Pretend | |||
| Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov | USA | 10th | RD: Pour Some Sugar On Me/When Doves Cry / FD: West Side Story | |||
| Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik | USA | Golden Spin 2022 - 3rd (184.10) | Nepela Memorial 2023 - 4th (187.28) | 4th | RD: Michael Jackson medley / FD: Beauty and the Beast | 41st |
Men
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 22/23 | Notable Results 23/24 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurizio Zandron | Austria | Tayside Trophy 2022 - 1st (213.74) | Tayside Trophy 2023 - 1st (216.28) | 1st | SP: L'ultima notte di Amore (soundtrack) / FS: Adagio for strings | 3A+1Eu+3S | 37th |
| Boyang Jin | China | 4CC 2023 - 7th (227.47) | Shanghai Trophy 2023 - 3rd (238.33) | SP: Vienna / FS: This | 4Lz | 24th | |
| Jari Kessler | Croatia | Tallink Hotels Cu 2023 - 4th (212.19) | Tirnavia Ice Cup 2023 - 3rd (199.77) | SP: Angela / FS: November/Spiegel im Spiegel | 3Lz+3T | 67th | |
| Aleksandr Selevko | Estonia | Challenge Cup 2023 - 4th (215.94) | Finlandia Trophy 2023 - 3rd (238.25) | 2nd | SP: Pharoah Ramses II/The Mummy's Curse / FS: Ad Martem | 3Lz+3T / 4T | 46th |
| Mihhail Selevko | Estonia | Worlds 2023 - 17th (230.94) | Finlandia Trophy 2023 - 5th (223.95) | 1st | SP: Break My Baby / FS: Game of Thrones (soundtrack) | 4S+3T | 27th |
| Makar Suntsev | Finland | JGP Riga 2022 - 5th (189.03, J) | Finlandia Trophy 2023 - 10th (200.55) | 2nd | SP: Moonlight Sonata / FS: Ghosts of Japan/Taki Burossamu Taki/The Geisha and the Samurai/The Way of the Samurai | 3Lz+3T | 109th |
| Luc Economides | France | Grand Prix de France 2022 - 6th (229.64) | Grand Prix de France 2023 - 6th (230.74) | SP: Selah / FS: Charlie Chaplin | 3A+1Eu+3S | 44th | |
| Edward Appleby | Great Britain | Volvo Open Cup 2023 - 1st (189.52) | Warsaw Cup 2023 - 9th (202.68) | 2nd | SP: You Should Be Dancing/Disco Inferno / FS: John Wick | 3A+2T | 47th |
| Dillon Judge | Ireland | Tayside Trophy 2022 - 5th (105.91, J) | Denkova-Staviski Cup 2023 - 10th (138.43) | 1st | SP: Smile / FS: My Homeland | 3S+2A | |
| Mikhail Shaidorov | Kazakhstan | 4CC 2023 - 5th (237.14) | Cup of China 2023 - 3rd (264.46) | SP: The Matrix / FS: Carmina Burana | 4T+3T | 20th | |
| Ze Zeng Fang | Malaysia | Thailand Open Trophy 2023 - 1st (149.80, J) | Asian Trophy 2023 - 7th (154.49) | SP: Make It Rain / FS: Bruno Mars medley | 3T+2A | ||
| Vladimir Samoilov | Poland | Volvo Open Cup 2022 - 1st (220.17) | Volvo Open 2023 - 1st (222.94) | 1st | SP: Fatboy Slim medley / FS: Notre Dame de Paris | 4Lz | 54th |
| David Sedej | Slovenia | Dragon Trophy 2023 - 5th (174.03) | Skate Celje 2023 - 1st (169.98) | 1st (S) | SP: The Question Of U / FS: Gladiator | 3Lz+3T | |
| Georgii Pavlov | Switzerland | Challenge Cup 2023 - 3rd (161.77) | JGP Budapest 2023 - 10th (163.46, J) | 2nd | SP: Chopinesque / FS: Ordinaire (Gabrielle) | 3F+1Eu+3S | 211th |
| Goku Endo | USA | World University Games 2023 - 12th (194.08) | Kings Cup 2023 - 1st (231.41) | 17th | 3Lz+2A+2A | ||
| Tomoki Hiwatashi | USA | Cranberry Cup 2022 - 2nd (206.30) | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 3rd (223.79) | 10th | SP: Romani Holiday / FS: Finlandia | 4T+3T | 61st |
Women
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 22/23 | Notable Results 23/24 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olga Mikutina | Austria | Tayside Trophy 2022 - 1st (174.70) | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 5th (169.49) | SP: El Mariachi/Uccen / FS: The Curse/Dawn of Faith | 3Lz+1Eu+3S | 38th | |
| Jade Hovine | Belgium | Golden Spin 2022 - 8th (161.66) | Denis Ten Memorial 2023 - 5th (154.51) | 2nd | SP: Billie Eilish medley / FD: Histoire d'un amour | 3Lz+2A | 67th |
| Emilia Murdock | Spain | NRW Trophy 2023 - 6th (122.95) | 3F+2T | ||||
| Nataly Langerbaur | Estonia | Volvo Open Cup 2023 - 2nd (172.40) | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 6th (165.85) | 2nd | SP: Love on the Brain / FS: Je t'aime | 3Lz+2A | 71st |
| Kristina Lisovskaja | Estonia | Tallin Hotels Cup 2023 - 3rd (168.14) | Tallinn Trophy 2023 - 3rd (169.34) | 4th | SP: Caught Out In The Rain / FS: Lighthouse | 3Lz+2T+2Lo | 66th |
| Niina Petrokina | Estonia | Tallink Hotels Cup 2023 - 1st (203.52) | Skate America 2023 - 3rd (194.55) | 1st | SP: Run / FS: Dusty Road/Prelude (Age of Heroes) | 3Lz+1Eu+3S | 10th |
| Oona Ounasvuori | Finland | Tallink Hotels Cup 2023 - 5th (158.72) | Volvo Open 2023 - 6th (148.84) | 5th | SP: Nothing Else Matters / FS: Violin Fantasy/Nessun Dorma | 3Lz+2T | 93rd |
| Clemence Mayindu | France | Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2022 - 11th (133.02) | Denkova-Staviski Cup 202 - 8th (139.83) | 6th | 3S+2A | ||
| Kristen Spours | Great Britain | Edu Sport Trophy 2023 - 1st (176.69) | Volvo Open 2023 - 3rd (154.04) | 2nd | SP: Love Is A Bitch / FS: Warriors | 3Lo+2A | 76th |
| Kristina Isaev | Germany | Golden Spin 2022 - 6th (163.79) | Warsaw Cup 2023 - 10th (153.02) | 2nd | SP: Why Don't You Do Right? / FS: Semblanzas de un Rio/Orobroy/Poeta En La Mar | 3T+3T | 86th |
| Regina Schermann | Hungary | Budapest Trophy 2022 - 11th (144.67) | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 22nd (132.18) | SP: Strange Birds / FS: Sherlock Holmes (soundtrack) | 3Lz+2T | 187th | |
| Katinka Anna Zsembery | Hungary | European Youth Olympic Festival 2023 - 7th (141.67) | 2nd | 3S+1Eu+2S | |||
| Lara Naki Gutmann | Italy | Dragon Trophy 2023 - 1st (180.89) | Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - 7th (168.33) | 1st | SP: Kiss of Death/Le Serpent/War Dance / FS: Hitchcock (soundtracks) | 3Lz+1Eu+3S | 27th |
| Sarina Joos | Italy | Warsaw Cup 2022 - 2nd (180.31) | Tallinn Trophy 2023 - 1st (181.90) | 3F+2A+2Lo | 72nd | ||
| Anna Pezzetta | Italy | Ice Challenge 2022 - 1st (174.49, S) | Warsaw Cup 2023 - 2nd (179.58) | 3rd | SP: Fly / FS: Winter | 3Lz+3T | 65th |
| Seoyeon Ji | South Korea | NHK Trophy 2022 - 6th (184.14) | 3Lz+3T | 96th | |||
| Katherine Ong Pui Khan | Malaysia | Sofia Trophy 2023 - 4th (126.46) | JGP Bangkok 2023 - 21st (105.26, J) | SP: Querer / FS: La Terre Due Ciel | 3S+2A | ||
| Marietta Atkins | Poland | Tallinn Trophy 2023 - 14th (98.66) | 2A | ||||
| Ema Doboszova | Slovakia | Bellu Memorial 2023 - 2nd (167.31) | Warsaw Cup 2023 - 19th (131.32) | 2nd | SP: Caught Out In The Rain / FS: Bang Bang/Boom Boom | 3S+3T | 105th |
| Anastasia Gozhva | Ukraine | Golden Spin 2022 - 10th (155.23) | Denkova-Staviski Cup 2023 - 2nd (162.61) | SP: Vuelvo al Sur / FS: Proud | 3Lz+2A | 94th | |
| Starr Andrews | USA | Skate Canada 2022 - 2nd (191.26) | Skate Canada 2023 - 8th (174.82) | 4th | SP: Alien Superstar / FS: Being Good Isn't Good Enough/Strong and Higher | 3F+2A+2T | 29th |
| Amber Glenn | USA | Skate America 2022 - 3rd (197.61) | Skate America 2023 - 5th (189.63) | 3rd | SP: Heads Will Roll / FS: Exogenesis Symphony | 3F+3T / 3A | 18th |
