The first of the Junior Grand Prix events takes place in Courchevel, France from the 21st-24th August.
Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing at this event and some information about them.
There is no Pairs event at JGP Courchevel.
* Junior debut
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 18/19 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Paula Margarido Pereira | Andorra | Open d'Andorra - 16th (56.82, N) | 27th (N) | ||
| Stefanie Pesendorfer | Austria | Bavarian Open - 4th (147.01) | 2nd | SP: Radar Love / FP: Anything Goes/Back To Black/Got My Number | 3T+3T |
| Alison Schumacher | Canada | Junior Worlds - 10th (158.52) | 7th (S) | SP: Clair de Lune / FP: Ghost The Musical | 2A+3T |
| *Hengxin Jin | China | Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy - 10th (82.14, N) | 11th (S) | SP: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again / FP: Max Bruch medley | 3Lz+2T |
| Giorgia Isabella Sechi | Cyprus | Skate Victoria - 20th (62.22) | 3rd | SP: Arrow Theme Song/Dark Knight Arises Theme / FP: Peter Pan - Vouoi Volare Con Me | |
| Nikola Rychtarikova | Czech Republic | Prague Riedell Ice Cup - 6th (124.86) | 1st | SP: Something's Got a Hold On Me / FP: Hernando's Hideaway/Yo Soy Maria | 3S+2T |
| *Catharina Victoria Petersen | Denmark | Jysk Fynske Mesterskaber - 1st (104.37, N) | 1st (N) | SP: Gringo / FP: Anna Karenina (soundtrack) | 3S+2T |
| Laura Karhunen | Finland | Mentor Torun - 4th (141.42, S) | 9th (S) | SP: Desde Arentro/Libertango / FP: Miss Saigon | 3T+3T |
| Lorine Schild | France | Dragon Trophy - 2nd (146.91) | 3rd | SP: Coward / FP: Arte y compas/Ilusion (Alegrias)/Gitaneria | 3Lo+2T+2Lo |
| *Sophie Sprung | France | Mentor Torun Cup - 1st (94.32, N) | SP: Bei mir bist du schoen/Juming' Jack / FP: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | 3Lo+2T | |
| Alina Urushadze | Georgia | JGP Yerevan - 6th (165.37) | SP: Bolero / FP: Mas Que Nada/Hip Hip Chin Chin | 3Lz+2T | |
| *Nargiz Suleymanova | Germany | Bavarian Open - 5th (103.80, N) | 2nd (N) | SP: Pictures of an Exhibition/Hymn to the Rising Sun / FP: Romance/Palladio | 3S+2T (underotated 3Lz+3T at NRW Summer Trophy) |
| Cheuk Ka Kahlen Cheung | Hong Kong | International Halloween Cup - 6th (128.17) | SP: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) / FP: Carmen | 3S+2T | |
| Regina Schermann | Hungary | 60th Grand Prix of Bratislava - 1st (150.67) | SP: In the House / FP: Memoirs of a Geisha OST | 3T+1Eu+3S | |
| Viktoriia Iushchenkova | Israel | Open Ice Mall Cup - 3rd (146.33) | 3F+2T | ||
| Lara Naki Gutmann | Italy | Bosporus Cup - 2nd (150.37, S) | 3rd (S) | SP: The Sheltering Sky / FP: The Mission (soundtrack) | 3T+3T |
| Nana Araki | Japan | JGP Ostrava 5th (176.14) | 2nd (J), 13th (S) | SP: Destino (Kenji Miyamoto) / FP: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Miki Ando) | 3Lz+3T |
| Tomoe Kawabata | Japan | JGP Bratislava - 5th (173.84) | 3rd (J), 10th (S) | SP: Blue Danube / FP: Yumeji's Theme & Sikuriadas (Stephane Lambiel) | 3Lz+3T |
| Anete Lace | Latvia | European Youth Olympic Winter Festival - 11th (124.82) | 1st | 3Lz+2T | |
| *Jogaile Aglinskyte | Lithuania | Silver Skate Cup - 1st (97.98, N) | 1st (N) | SP: Never Enough / FP: She Is Like the Swallow | 3S+2T (underotated 3T+3T at NRW Summer Trophy) |
| Anne Marie Jordan | Luxembourg | Coupe du Printemps - 22nd (80.78) | SP: She / FP: Bohemian Rhapsody | ||
| Morgane Crausaz | Morocco | Bavarian Open - 18th (87.36) | |||
| Lindsay Van Zundert | Netherlands | Ice Talent Trophy - 1st (134.53) | 3Lo+2T | ||
| *Ruth Xu | New Zealand | 2nd (Int N) | SP: Awoo / FP: Never Tear Us Apart | ||
| Julia Kierul | Poland | Bavarian Open - 12th (112.21) | 3rd | SP: La Vie en Rose / FP: The Great Gatsby (soundtrack) | 3Lo+2T |
| Jihun To | South Korea | JGP Richmond - 5th (164.96) | 8th (S) | SP: Ashes / FP: The Storm | 3Lz+2T+2Lo (3Lz+3T at JGP selection) |
| Seoyeong WI | South Korea | JGP Ostrava - 4th (176.50) | 6th (S) | SP: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack)/The Banquet OST / FP: Amelie OST | 3Lz+3T |
| *Maiia Khromykh | Russia | Hopes of Russia - 2nd (203.97) | SP: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra / FP: Ghost (soundtrack) | 3Lz+3T | |
| *Kamila Valieva | Russia | Hopes of Russia - 1st (220.55) | SP: Spiegel im Spiegel/Allerdale Hall / FP: Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 3 | 3F+1Eu+3S (4T at Russian Test Skates) | |
| Alexandra Michaela Filcova | Slovakia | Golden Spin - 6th (120.15) | 2nd | SP: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha / FP: Angel and Devil | 3T+2T+1Lo |
| Noémie Bodenstein | Switzerland | JGP Ostrava - 18th (118.87) | 12th (S) | SP: Variations of the Canon / FP: Marriage d'amour | 3S+1Eu+2F |
| Guzide Irmak Bayir | Turkey | JGP Richmond - 15th (115.91) | 1st | SP: Games of Thrones (soundtrack) / FP: I Was Here | 3T+1Eu+2F |
| *Kseniia Klymenko | Ukraine | Halloween Cup - 2nd (100.59, N) | 3rd (N) | SP: Yang Thousand Hands Guan Yin / FP: Galicia Flamenco/Flamenco Nights | 3S+2Lo |
| Calista Choi | USA | Egna Spring Trophy - 1st (159.68) | 1st (N) | SP: My Sweet and Tender Beast (Scott Brown) / FP: Nessun Dorma (Benoit Richaud) | 3Lz+2T |
| Hanna Harrell | USA | Junior Worlds - 7th (176.69) | 4th (S) | SP: Carmen's Story/Tanguera / FP: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (both Misha Ge) | 3Lz+3T |
Men
* Junior debut
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 18/19 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakau Zenko | Belarus | Tallink Hotels Cup - 4th (190.03, S) | 2nd, 1st (S) | SP: Blue Canary / FP: Blood and Stone | 3Lz+3T |
| Iliya Kovler | Canada | JGP Yerevan - 3rd (201.20) | 9th (S) | SP: Natural / FP: The Sound Of Silence | 3A+3T |
| Aleksa Rakic | Canada | JGP Ostrava - 6th (185.08) | 1st | SP: Stargazing / FP: Rachmaninov | 3Lz+3T |
| Yudong Chen | China | Russian-Chinese Winter Games - 3rd (195.74) | SP: No Man No Cry / FP: Tristan and Isolde | 3Lz+3T | |
| Lucas Strzelec | Denmark | Mini Europa - 2nd (116.92) | 2nd | SP: To Build A Home / FP: Astor Piazzolla | 3S+1Eu+2S |
| François Pitot | France | Triglav Trophy- 1st (110.71) | 12th | SP: Sherlock Holmes soundtrack / FP: Inception soundtrack | 3A |
| *Corentin Spinar | France | 10th | 3Lz+2T | ||
| Denis Gurdzhi | Germany | NRW Summer Trophy - 2nd (155.19) | 1st | SP: Caruso (Adam Solya) / FP: Je suis malade | 2A+1Eu+3S |
| Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel | JGP Ljubljana - 6th (205.19) | 3rd (S) | SP: Stop It (I Like It) / FP: Burnt by the Sun | 3Lz+3T (training a 3F+3A) |
| Yuma Kagiyama | Japan | Challenge Cup - 2nd (218.02, S) | 5th (J), 6th (S) | SP: Piano Concerto "Fate" (Soho Crime) / FP: Tucker soundtrack | 3Lz+3T (training a 4T, 4S+3T and 4T+3T) |
| *Douglas Gerber | New Zealand | 1st (N) | SP: Light of the Seven / FP: Libertango | ||
| *Jakub Lofek | Poland | Mini Europa - 1st (107.19) | 3rd | SP: Assassin's Tango / FP: The Godfather II (soundtrack) | 3T+2T |
| *Andrei Kutovoi | Russia | 9th | SP: Fly Me to the Moon / FP: Les Miserables | 3Lz+3Lo | |
| Egor Rukhin | Russia | 8th | SP: Evermore / FP: Your Song (Moulin Rouge) | 3Lz+3T (also has a 4S) | |
| Leon Auspurg | Switzerland | 14th European Youth Olympic Winter Festival - 12th (134.69) | 4th | 3Lo+2T | |
| Micah Kai Lynette | Thailand | Inge Solar Memorial Alpen Trophy - 11th (180.88, S) | 1st (S) | SP: Ameksa: The Shepard/Poeta en el viento / FP: Piano Concerto in F: Allegro | 3Lz+3T |
| Ömer Efe Sayici | Turkey | Mentor Torun Cup - 6th (147.36) | 3rd | SP: Hello / FP: My Way | 3Lz+2T |
| Hlib Smotrov | Ukraine | 8th (N) | SP: Run Boy Run / FP: Unholy War | 3Lz+2T | |
| Maxim Naumov | USA | SP: Uprising / FP: Who Wants To Live Forever | 3Lz+2T+2Lo | ||
| Matthew Nielsen | USA | Golden Bear - 5th (150.04) | 2nd (N) | SP: Come Together / FP: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing | 3T+3T (training 3A+3T, 3Lz+3T in summer comp) |
Ice Dance
* Junior debut
| Team | Country | Notable Results 18/19 | Nationals | Program Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karina Sidarenka / Maksim Yalenich | Belarus | Mentor Torun Cup - 13th (119.30) | 2nd (J), 3rd (S) | RD: The Mask / FD: Take It Easy On Me/Bang Bang Boom Boom |
| Emmy Bronsard / Aissa Bouaraguia | Canada | JGP Ostrava - 4th (140.67) | 6th | RD: Cabaret / FD: David Bowie medley |
| Olivia McIsaac / Corey Circelli | Canada | JGP Ostrava - 7th (134.19) | 8th | RD: Funny Girl / FD: Nature Boy/Danse Macabre medley |
| Xizi Chen / Jianing Xing | China | Russian-Chinese Winter Games - 4th (116.79) | RD: The Sound of Music / FD: They Don't Care About Us/Imagine | |
| *Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich | Cyprus | Open d’Andorra - 1st (124.02, N) | RD: Gypsy / FD: Raphael Beau medley | |
| Loicia Demougeot / Theo Le Mercier | France | Egna Dance Trophy - 1st (151.89) | 1st | RD: Ain’t Misbehavin / FD: Carmen |
| *Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux | France | Santa Claus Cup - 2nd (102.03, N) | RD: Singin' In The Rain / FD: Come, Gentle Night/Rue des Cascades | |
| Lou Terreau / Noe Perron | France | Egna Dance Trophy - 8th (126.12) | 5th | RD: My Girl/Hey Joe / FD: Odin/God's Whisperer/Decimator |
| *Lara Luft / Stephano Valentino Schuster | Germany | RD: Sweet Charity / FD: Yasmin Levy | ||
| Villõ Marton / Danyil Semko | Hungary | Christmas Cup - 2nd (133.42) | ||
| Carolina Portesi Peroni / Michael Chrastecky | Italy | Bosporus Cup - 2nd (133.30) | 3rd | RD: The Artist / FD: Io ci saro |
| *Olivia Oliver / Joshua Andari | Poland | RD: At Last/Why Don't You Do Right?/ FD: Sarabande | ||
| Ekaterina Katashinskaia / Aleksandr Vaskovich | Russia | Tallinn Trophy - 3rd (136.68) | 10th | RD: Sweet Charity / FD: Bailar/Temptation/Happy Brasilia |
| Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy | Russia | Grand Prix of Bratislava - 1st (160.03) | 4th | RD: Bonnie and Clyde / FD: River |
| Sofía Val / Linus Colmor Jepsen | Spain | Bavarian Open - 9th (124.59) | 1st | RD: Cole Porter / FD: Bruno Mars medley |
| Sofiia Lyzohub / Danylo Yefremenko | Ukraine | Bosporus Cup - 4th (125.68) | 1st (N) | RD: Let's Make Love / FD: Holmes and Watson soundtrack |
| *Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov | USA | Egna Dance Trophy - 1st (121.24, N) | 1st (N) | RD: The Little Mermaid / FD: Sherlock Holmes |
| *Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | USA | RD: Everything Old is New Again / FD: Sam Smith medley |
