The 2024/25 Challenger Series continues with an event in Tallinn, Estonia from the 12th-17th of November.
Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing at this event and some information about them.
Women
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 23/24 | Notable Results 24/25 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jade Hovine | Belgium | Denis Ten Memorial 2023 - 5th (154.51) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 3rd (148.88) | 2nd | SP: Bohemian Rhapsody / FS: A Short Elevator Ride/At Last/Yellow Moon/Angel By the Wings | 3Lz+2A | 69th |
| Nina Pinzarrone | Belgium | Europeans 2024 - 3rd (202.29) | Skate America 2024 - 4th (193.61) | 1st | SP: Swan Lake / FS: Escapes Within/Nocturne in D-Flat Major "Un reve" | 3Lo+2A+2T | 10th |
| Sara-Maude Dupuis | Canada | 4CC 2024 - 9th (172.45) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - 9th (166.31) | 6th | SP: Never Go Back / FS: Human (soundtrack) | 3Lz+2T+2Lo | 100th |
| Marilena Kitromilis | Cyprus | Denkova-Staviski Cup 2023 - 16th (135.99) | SP: Masquerade Suite / FS: En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor/Red Violin/Lux Radio Show | 3Lz+2T | 126th | ||
| Martaliis Kuslap | Estonia | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 2nd (111.42) | 11th | 3S+2T | |||
| Nataly Langerbaur | Estonia | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 6th (165.85) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 12th (148.82) | 2nd | SP: 13 Beaches / FS: No More Fight Left In Me | 3Lo+2A | 61st |
| Olesja Leonova | Estonia | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 16th (142.63) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 13th (99.09) | 10th | 3F+2T | ||
| Kristina Lisovskaja | Estonia | Tallinn Trophy 2023 - 3rd (169.34) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 9th (150.91) | 3rd | SP: Freed From Desire / FS: Cats | 3Lz+1Eu+2F | 84th |
| Karoliine Raudsepp | Estonia | Volvo Open Cup 2023 - 16th (85.47) | SP: Divenire/Experience / FS: Ave Maria | 3Lz+2Aq | |||
| Linnea Ceder | Finland | Tallinn Trophy 2023 - 5th (155.91) | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 8th (145.01) | 6th | SP: Because of You / FS: Wake Me Up | 3Lz+2A | 114th |
| Oona Ounasvuori | Finland | Bavarian Open 2024 - 6th (152.03) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 7th (131.21) | 3rd | SP: River / FS: Turandot | 3Lz+2T | 101st |
| Selma Valitalo | Finland | Volvo Open Cup 2023 - 5th (149.20) | Lombardia Trophy 2024 - 11th (139.00) | 8th | SP: Is This Now / FS: Addams Family/Tango de Amor | 3T+3T | 231st |
| Lea Serna | France | Grand Prix de France 2023 - 7th (180.77) | Grand Prix de France 2024 - 11th (160.91) | 3rd | SP: Tourner Dans Le Vide / FS: Exogensis Symphony/Uprising | 3F+2T+2Lo | 52nd |
| Sofia Samodelkina | Kazakhstan | Denis Ten Memorial 2024 - 2nd (189.67) | 3Lz+2A+2T | 125th | |||
| Anastasija Konga | Latvia | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 9th (157.37) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 13th (142.57) | SP: L'enfer / FS: Tron (soundtrack) | 3Lz+3T | 110th | |
| Emilija Ozola | Latvia | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 16th (110.41) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 11th (111.33) | 2A+2T+2Lo | |||
| Sofja Stepcenko | Latvia | Jelgava Cup 2023 - 1st (171.90) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - 12th (145.27) | SP: Bridges / FS: Le Bal des Folles (soundtrack) | 3F+2A+2A | 29th | |
| Meda Variakojyte | Lithuania | Bosporus Cup 2023 - 2nd (163.32) | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 6th (153.01) | 1st | SP: Je te laisserai des mots / FS: Van Gogh/Voila | 3Lz+1Eu+3S | 82nd |
| Linnea Kilsand | Norway | Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 - 10th (143.77) | Northern Lights Trophy 2024 - 1st (144.00) | 3rd | SP: Mercy / FS: Silver Key/Wicked Game | 3T+3T | 278th |
| Mia Risa Gomez | Norway | Nordics Open 2024 - 2nd (155.03) | Tayside Trophy 2024 - 10th (124.87) | 3Lz+2A | 85th | ||
| Lovisa Aav | Sweden | NRW Trophy 2023 - 3rd (134.12) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 20th (123.23) | 5th | SP: The Mystic's Dream / FS: Tango Jalousie/Negracha | 3S+2T | 202nd |
| Josefin Brovall | Sweden | Nordics Open 2024 - 4th (139.02) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - 16th (122.46) | 4th | SP: Secret Love Song / FS: The Hundred Foot Journey (soundtrack) | 3S+2T | 214th |
| Josefin Taljegard | Sweden | Tallinn Trophy 2023 - 2nd (176.20) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 1st (159.97) | 1st | SP: Wicked Game / FS: It's All Coming Back To Me Now | 3Lz+2T | 34th |
Men
| Skater | Country | Notable Results 23/24 | Notable Results 24/25 | Nationals | Program Information | Notable Jumps | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Gerber | Australia | Oceania International 2024 - 1st (142.26) | Asian Open Trophy 2024 - 10th (157.62) | 2nd | SP: Mosane / FS: The Handmaiden | 3Lz+3T | 159th |
| Roman Sadvosky | Canada | Worlds 2024 - 19th (221.57) | Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - 5th (225.24) | 6th | SP: Unconscious / FS: Interstellar | 4S | 42nd |
| Euken Alberdi | Spain | Tallink Hotels Cup 2024 - 8th (158.83) | 3rd | 3T+2A | |||
| Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate | Spain | NRW Trophy 2023 - 1st (215.98) | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 5th (216.34) | 1st | SP: Bee Jees medley / FS: Return to the Cabin/See You Around/Powershifter/The Ecstasy of Gold/Guns Go Bang/Cotton Eye Joe | 3Lz+2A+2A | 52nd |
| Iker Oyarzabal Albas | Spain | Triglav Trophy 2024 - 1st (170.81) | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 16th (137.99) | 2nd | SP: You Raise Me Up / FS: The Maze Runner (soundtrack) | 3A+1Eu+3S | |
| Arlet Levandi | Estonia | Denis Ten Memorial 2023 - 4th (216.12) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 11th (205.90) | 3rd | SP: The Fifth Element / FS: Brotsjor/G-minor/Title of the Glory/Gravitational Forces/Obscura | 3Lz+3T | 30th |
| Mihhail Selevko | Estonia | Finlandia Trophy 2023 - 5th (223.95) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 3rd (232.95) | 1st | SP: The Sound of Nightmares/Mephisto's Lullaby/Bodies Main Title/Dracula / FS: Westworld (soundtrack) | 4T+3T | 51st |
| Arttu Juusola | Finland | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 3rd (174.90) | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 12th (163.30) | 3rd | SP: Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack) / FS: Jean-Michel Blais medley | 2A+1Eu+3S | 208th |
| Matias Lindfors | Finland | Nordics Open 2024 - 2nd (181.05, J) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 6th (184.11) | 4th | SP: The Last Opera / FS: Dune (soundtrack) | 3Lz+2A+2T | 107th |
| Samy Hammi | France | Denis Ten Memorial 2023 - 6th (209.71) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 2nd (195.82) | 5th | 3Lz+2A | 76th | |
| Kai Jagoda | Germany | Bavarian Open 2024 - 5th (208.97) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 13th (141.08) | 1st | 3T+2A+2A | 127th | |
| Nikita Starostin | Germany | Challenge Cup 2024 - 4th (220.38) | Budapest Trophy 2024 - 3rd (199.08) | 2nd | SP: Never Gonna Give You Up / FS: Lascia ch'io pianga/Concerto in C Minor | 3Lz+2A+2A | 34th |
| Aleksandr Vlasenko | Hungary | Dragon Trophy 2024 - 1st (187.27) | Budapest Trophy 2024 - 6th (187.03) | 1st | SP: Standards / FS: The Boy King/Do You? | 3Lz+1Eu+3S | 67th |
| Corey Circelli | Italy | Nepela Memorial 2024 - 3rd (232.26) | 3rd | SP: Mon Dieu / FS: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninov) | 3Lz+3T / 4T | 89th | |
| Raffaele Francesco Zich | Italy | Tallink Hotels Cup 2024 - 2nd (211.38, J) | JGP Ljubljana Cup 2024 - 10th (189.69) | 4th | SP: Anybody Seen My Baby/Ghost Town / FS: The Silence of the Lambs/Bad Moon Rising/Hannibal/Aperitif | 3A+1A | 102nd |
| Daniel Korabelnik | Lithuania | Tirnavia Ice Cup 2023 - 5th (165.57) | Tirnavia Ice Cup 2024 - 3rd (158.89) | 1st | SP: Seven Nation Army / FS: All By Myself | 3Lz+2A | |
| Kornel Witkowski | Poland | Diamond Spin 2023 - 1st (199.03) | Diamond Spin 2024 - 1st (197.23) | 4th | SP: Echo Sax End / FS: Wild Side | 3A+2A | 96th |
| Casper Johansson | Sweden | Junior Worlds 2024 - 14th (193.66) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 12th (195.88) | 2nd | SP: Apologize / FS: Crossings/Camping/Freya | 3Lz+2A+2A | 124th |
| Andreas Nordeback | Sweden | Nordics Open 2024 - 1st (214.29) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 4th (226.50) | 3Lz+3T | 46th | ||
| Kyrylo Marsak | Ukraine | Tallink Hotels Cup 2024 - 4th (207.52) | Volvo Open Cup 2024 - 1st (221.87) | 1st | SP: Earth Song / FS: Ghost: The Musical | 3Lz+2A+2A | 56th |
| Ivan Shmuratko | Ukraine | Nepela Memorial 2023 - 8th (215.68) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 5th (218.19) | 2nd | SP: White Flowers Take Their Bath / FS: Summer 3/Summer 1/Get Up Offa That Thing | 3Lz+1Eu+3S | 50th |
| Jimmy Ma | USA | Cranberry Cup 2023 - 3rd (222.49) | Cranberry Cup 2024 - 3rd (236.77) | 6th | SP: Mexican Phonk Eki / FS: La Terre vue du ciel | 4T+3T | 43rd |
| Daniel Martynov | USA | JGP Yerevan 2023 - 1st (220.09, J) | Lombardia Trophy 2024 - 10th (207.01) | 9th | SP: Sing, Sing, Sing / FS: Inside | 3Lz+2A+2T | 66th |
| Jacob Sanchez | USA | JGP Bangkok 2023 - 4th (201.49, J) | JGP Ljubljana Cup 2024 - 1st (229.46, J) | SP: Music / FS: Io Ci Saro | 3Lz+2A+2A | 49th |
Ice Dance
| Team | Country | Notable Results 23/24 | Notable Results 24/25 | Nationals | Program Information | World Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Harris / Jason Chan | Australia | 4CC 2024 - 9th (176.34) | Ice Challenge 2024 - 1st (175.98) | RD: ABBA medley / FD: Clair de Lune/Bloodstream/I Love You/Bilune | 25th | |
| Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer | Canada | Challenge Cup 2024 - 3rd (175.88) | Denis Ten Memorial 2024 - 3rd (182.98) | 3rd | RD: Elvis Presley medley / FD: This Is A Man's Man's World/You Don't Own Me | 39th |
| Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers | Canada | Finlandia Trophy 2023 - 8th (157.48) | Denis Ten Memorial 2024 - 11th (157.43) | 4th | 108th | |
| Katerina Mrazkova / Daniel Mrazek | Czech Republic | Worlds 2024 - 13th (188.28) | Grand Prix de France 2024 - 5th (183.05) | 1st | RD: Beatles medley / FD: Kerry Muzzey medley | 18th |
| Sofia Val / Asaf Kazimov | Spain | Ephesus Cup 2024 - 1st (178.21) | Pavel Roman Memorial 2024 - 2nd (173.78) | 2nd | RD: I Was Made For Lovin' You/Last Train to London / FD: W.E. (soundtrack) | 62nd |
| Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud | France | Worlds 2024 - 8th (200.28) | Shanghai Trophy 2024 - 2nd (195.38) | 1st | RD: Night Flight to Venus/Rasputin / FD: BFRND medley | 7th |
| Lou Terreaux / Noe Perron | France | Bavarian Open 2024 - 3rd (167.05) | Ice Challenge 2024 - 5th (162.17) | 4th | RD: Time of the Season/Fever/A Little Less Conversation / FD: Piano Concerto No. 3/Requiem in D Minor | 58th |
| Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter | Germany | Mezzaluna Cup 2023 - 14th (142.63) | Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024 - 8th (149.57) | 3rd | RD: Sweet Home Alabama/La Grange/The Devil Went Down To Georgia / FD: Battle Remembered/Roxane's Dance | 92nd |
| Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Ireland | Worlds 2024 - 20th (171.67) | Lombardia Trophy 2024 - 5th (171.34) | RD: Got the Feeling/Anti Love Song/Get Up Offa That Thing / FD: It Had To Be You/Cry Me A River | 37th | |
| Victoria Manni / Carlo Roethlisberger | Italy | Warsaw Cup 2023 - 4th (168.23) | Denkova-Staviski Cup 2024 - 2nd (176.72) | 2nd | 38th | |
| Paulina Ramanauskaite / Deividas Kizala | Lithuania | Bosphorus Cup 2023 - 5th (171.03) | Budapest Trophy 2024 - 10th (156.01) | RD: These Boots Are Made For Walkin/Money / FD: Heaven Knows | 66th | |
| Sofiia Dovhal / Wiktor Kulesza | Poland | Bosphorus Cup 2023 - 7th (160.10) | Denkova-Staviski Cup 2024 - 5th (157.06) | 2nd | RD: And The Beat Goes On/YMCA / FD: Pilgrims on a Long Journey/Torn | 47th |
| Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville | USA | NHK Trophy 2023 - 6th (183.43) | Budapest Trophy 2024 - 2nd (189.91) | 3rd | RD: Brick House/Daddy Cool / FD: Ne Me Quitte Pas | 22nd |
| Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimitry Tsarevski | USA | Budapest Trophy 2023 - 5th (172.88) | JGP Solidarity Cup 2024 - 1st (166.88, J) | 9th | RD: Car Wash/Disco Inferno / FD: Moulin Rouge | 49th |
