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2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

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title2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 27
enddateMarch 4
skatingseason[2011–12](2011-12-figure-skating-season)
locationMinsk, Belarus
hostSkating Union of Belarus
championmenCHN Yan Han
championladiesRUS Yulia Lipnitskaya
championpairsCHN Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
championdanceRUS Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
previouscomp[2011 World Junior Championships](2011-world-junior-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[2013 World Junior Championships](2013-world-junior-figure-skating-championships)

The 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held in Minsk, Belarus from 27 February to 4 March 2012.

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2011, in their place of birth. Thus, competitors had to be born before July 1, 1998, but not earlier than July 1, 1992, except male pair skaters and ice dancers who could be born no earlier than July 1, 1990. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria.

The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2011 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline. Countries which qualified more than one entry in a discipline:

SpotsMenLadiesPairsDance32

If not listed above, one entry was allowed.

Entries

Member nations submitted the following entries: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva withdrew and was replaced by Polina Shelepen.

CountryMenLadiesPairsIce dancing
Slavik Hayrapetyan
Brendan KerryBrooklee HanVeera Kestila / Callum BullardHannah Sparke / Lochran Doherty
Bernhard PauliSabrina SchulzStina Martini / Severin Kiefer
Pavel IgnatenkoKristina ZakharankaMaria Paliakova / Mikhail FomichevViktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev
Eline Anthonissen
Anais Claes
Luiz ManellaIsadora Williams
Daniela StoevaAnjelika Ilieva / Pavel Petrov Savinov
Liam Firus
Nam NguyenKaetlyn OsmondKatherine Bobak / Ian Beharry
Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro
Hayleigh Bell / Alistair SylvesterNicole Orford / Thomas Williams
Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant
Yan Han
Zhang HeLi Zijun
Zhao ZiquanLi Meiyi / Jiang Bo
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Yu Xiaoyu / Jin YangZhang Yiyi / Wu Nan
Chih-I TsaoChaochih Liu
Petra Juric
Petr CoufalElizaveta UkolovaKarolina Prochazkova / Michal Ceska
Anita MadsenStephanie Baadsgaard Snider / Stepan Dubrovski
Viktor RomanenkovGerli LiinamäeJohanna Allik / Paul Bellantuono
Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand
Matthias VersluisJuulia TurkkilaSara Aghai / Jussiville Partanen
Lenaelle Gilleron-GorryCamille Mendoza / Christopher BoyadjiElektra Hetman / Benjamin Allain
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Armen Agaian
Martin RappeAngelika DubinskiLinda Wenzig / Matti LandgrafShari Koch / Christian Nuchtern
GBR Great BritainHarry MattickKate PowellOlivia Smart / Joseph Buckland
Oliya Clarkson
Harry Hau Yin LeeSumika Yamada
Kristóf ForgóRegina BorbélySzidónia Merkwart / Ádám Lukács
Margot KrisbergEkaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov
Maurizio ZandronCarol BressanuttiAlessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini
Bianca Manacorda / Nicollo MaciiSofia Sforza / Francesco Fioretti
Ryuju Hino
Keiji Tanaka
Shoma UnoSatoko Miyahara
Miu Sato
Risa Shoji
Denis TenRegina GlazmanKarina Uzurova / Ilias Ali
Alina FjodorovaKsenia Pecherkina / Aleksander Jakushin
Arturas GanzelaInga JanulevičiūtėIlona Birgelaite / Aivaras Stravinskas
Julian Zhi Jie Yee
Michelle QuinteroPilar Maekawa Moreno / Leonardo Maekawa Moreno
Maral-Erdene Gansukh
Florian GostelieKim BellRachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein
Madelaine ParkerAyesha Yigit / Shane Speden
Anne Line Gjersem
Michael Christian Martinez
Kamil DymowskiAlexandra KamienieckiMagdalena Klatka / Radoslaw ChruscinskiNatalia Kaliszek / Michal Kaliszek
Vlad IonescuSabina Mariuta
Zhan Bush
Artur Dmitriev, Jr.Adelina Sotnikova
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Polina ShelepenVasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat
Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurdyukov
Kamila Gainetdinova / Ivan BichVictoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov
Sandra Ristivojevic
Kai Jing Leong
Monika Simancikova
Patricia Glescic
Lee June-hyoungKim Hae-jin
Víctor BustamanteElena MangasAlexandra Rodriguez / Aritz MaestuCelia Robledo / Luis Fenero
Marcus Björk
Nicky ObreykovJoshi Helgesson
Carlo RöthlisbergerTina StuerzinerVictoria Bausback / Demid Rokachev
Suchet KongchimMelanie Swang
Osman AkgünSıla SaygıCagla Demirsal / Berk Akalin
Yakov GodorozhaAlina MilevskaiaJulia Lavrientieva / Yuri RudikMaria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk
Jason Brown
Joshua Farris
Timothy DolenskyGracie Gold
Christina Gao
Vanessa LamHaven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer
Kylie Duarte / Colin GraftonAlexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko

Some skaters were required to compete in a preliminary round, while others received a direct entry into the short program, after which the number of entries could be reduced further. If a country had a non-direct entry, its lowest-ranked skater according to the Worlds Standings competed in the preliminary round.

Schedule

Minsk time (UTC+03:00), subject to changes:

  • Monday, February 27
    • 10:00–14:30 – Preliminary round: Men
    • 15:30–18:20 – Preliminary round: Dance
    • 19:15–22:10 – Preliminary round: Pairs
  • Tuesday, February 28
    • 10:00–16:00 – Preliminary round: Ladies
  • Wednesday, February 29
    • 13:00–16:50 – Short dance
    • 18:30–19:00 – Opening ceremony
    • 19:15–22:35 – Pairs' short
  • Thursday, March 1
    • 13:30–17:55 – Men's short
    • 19:30–22:20 – Pairs' free
  • Friday, March 2
    • 13:00–17:25 – Ladies' short
    • 19:00–22:10 – Free dance
  • Saturday, March 3
    • 13:00–16:50 – Men's free
    • 18:30–22:15 – Ladies' free
  • Sunday, March 4
    • 14:30–17:00 – Exhibitions

Results

Men

RankNameNationTotal pointsPRSPFS456789101112131415161718192021222324Did not advance to free skating252627282930Did not advance to short program31323334353637383940WD
**1**Yan Han222.45274.881147.57
**2**Joshua Farris221.97175.432146.54
**3**Jason Brown214.90470.203144.70
Denis Ten208.20373.784134.42
Zhan Bush196.06565.216130.85
Zhang He193.97664.637129.34
Keiji Tanaka189.861157.705132.16
Liam Firus189.06762.108126.96
Ryuju Hino181.341456.599124.75
Shoma Uno175.921057.7110118.21
Martin Rappe171.385106.931257.1312114.25
Timothy Dolensky169.94957.7313112.21
Nam Nguyen168.201116.331851.1311117.07
Artur Dmitriev Jr166.96859.3615107.60
Michael Christian Martinez165.103109.421655.3214109.78
Luiz Manella162.534107.411755.0716107.46
Petr Coufal161.101356.7417104.36
Lee June-hyoung158.932110.481555.7418103.19
Harry MattickGBR Great Britain146.786105.172348.241998.54
Maurizio Zandron143.957101.471950.792193.16
Matthias Versluis143.20897.052049.962093.74
Brendan Kerry131.401089.762248.832282.57
Chih-I Tsao129.241285.152149.182380.06
Marcus Björk123.332446.832476.50
Yakov Godorozha2544.17
Slavik Hayrapetyan1188.312643.93
Carlo Röthlisberger1479.932742.24
Kamil Dymowski1384.892839.43
Daniel Albert Naurits2937.03
Pavel Ignatenko992.053036.97
Víctor Bustamante1578.33
Osman Akgün1677.76
Florian Gostelie1769.25
Suchet Kongchim1867.31
Arturas Ganzela1961.54
Julian Zhi Jie Yee2061.26
Armen Agaian2159.73
Zsolt Kosz2257.06
Wayne Wing Yin Chung2354.38
Bernhard Pauli2454.15
Kristóf Forgó

Ladies

Despite finishing out of the top 12, Belarus' Kristina Zakharanka qualified for the short program as she was the representative of the host country.

RankNameNationTotal pointsPRSPFS456789101112131415161718192021222324Did not advance to free skating25262728293031Did not advance to short program3233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354
**1**Yulia Lipnitskaya187.05163.091123.96
**2**Gracie Gold171.85258.002113.85
**3**Adelina Sotnikova168.45356.573111.88
Satoko Miyahara157.78452.976104.81
Li Zijun157.31651.745105.57
Polina Shelepen156.021247.994108.03
Christina Gao151.09552.66798.43
Kim Hae-jin149.71393.97751.56898.15
Joshi Helgesson147.88680.36850.74997.14
Kaetlyn Osmond146.25197.36950.151096.10
Zhao Ziquan143.19294.531049.221194.70
Miu Sato141.201346.501294.70
Vanessa Lam138.941148.821390.12
Gerli Liinamäe125.201744.541480.66
Monika Simančíková124.361645.101579.26
Isadora Williams123.931271.301446.221877.71
Patricia Gleščič122.39779.691545.351977.04
Carol Bressanutti119.402041.591777.81
Juulia Turkkila119.212241.031678.18
Risa Shoji113.081843.132269.95
Alina Fjodorova112.991171.521942.492170.50
Elizaveta Ukolova110.97482.092439.612071.36
Tina Stürzinger108.292141.392366.90
Sabrina Schulz104.532339.932464.60
Anine Rabe975.262539.58
Anita Madsen876.702639.44
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry2739.38
Angelika Dubinski1074.882838.57
Kristina Zakharanka1470.122936.23
Brooklee Han582.053035.37
Anais Claes3128.00
Inga Janulevičiūtė1371.21
Alexandra Kamieniecki1569.11
Sıla Saygı1666.38
Margot Krisberg1766.11
Katie PowellGBR Great Britain1865.01
Elena Mangas1963.61
Eline Anthonissen2061.31
Melanie Swang2160.86
Oliya Clarkson2260.75
Sandra Ristivojevic2358.43
Kim Bell2456.98
Isabella Schuster2555.30
Alina Milevska2654.00
Regina Glazman2753.36
Vasilena Yakimova2853.23
Michelle Quintero2953.07
Amanda Sunyoto-Yang3050.79
Madelaine Parker3149.37
Raisa Rjenovschi3249.17
Kai Jing Leong3346.57
Regina Borbély3445.39
Maral-Erdene Gansukh3544.20
Ema Lipovscak3640.40

Pairs

Sui / Han won their third World Junior title.

RankNameNationTotal pointsPRSPFS45678910111213141516Did not advance to free skating17181920Did not advance to short program21222324
**1**Sui Wenjing / Han Cong175.69159.291116.40
**2**Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang167.48196.37254.722112.76
**3**Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat153.66550.503103.16
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier150.55291.58450.81499.74
Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro141.76749.51592.25
Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurdyukov141.19351.18790.01
Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry139.89649.77690.12
Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton133.93848.24885.69
Li Meiyi / Jiang Bo128.05388.481046.971181.08
Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer127.931146.831081.10
Kamila Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich127.84947.511280.33
Hayleigh Bell / Alistair Sylvester126.73481.111242.01984.72
Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński118.48575.751341.421377.06
Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudik110.031065.231539.711570.32
Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer109.77771.491638.921470.85
Camille Mendoza / Christopher Boyadji109.64673.641440.671668.97
Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein966.631736.84
Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii867.491835.37
Maria Paliakova / Mikhail Fomichev1163.351933.43
Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini2029.91
Alexandra Rodriguez / Aritz Maestu1259.19
Veera Kestila / Callum Bullard1356.16
Linda Wenzig / Matti Landgraf1452.61
Anjelika Ilieva / Pavel Petrov Savinov1551.53

Ice dancing

All medalists were at their first World Junior Championships. In the free dance, Yanovskaia / Mozgov's music was stopped by the referee when Mozgov's bootstrap came loose.

RankNameNationTotal pointsPRSDFD4567891011121314151617181920Did not advance to free dance2122232425Did not advance to short dance26272829303132
**1**Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin153.81163.78190.03
**2**Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin147.74262.68285.06
**3**Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton141.14557.76383.38
Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov140.63358.89481.74
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron138.70458.09580.61
Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams134.61655.86678.75
Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager128.41854.53773.88
Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk123.93754.91869.02
Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern117.26172.36951.681065.58
Sofia Sforza / Francesco Fioretti116.25469.241051.061265.19
Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand115.661150.751364.91
Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko112.49370.401545.82966.67
Ksenia Pecherkina / Aleksandrs Jakushin111.11664.241445.841165.27
Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan109.48564.941346.351563.13
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons109.161645.371463.79
Sara Aghai / Jussiville Partanen107.84859.811247.151760.69
Olivia Smart / Joseph BucklandGBR Great Britain106.46761.191745.001661.46
Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın101.231058.311943.081958.15
Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev100.41958.992042.041858.37
Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant96.441843.812052.63
Karolina Prochazkova / Michal Ceska270.582141.84
Karina Uzurova / Ilias Ali1158.042240.09
Elektra Hetman / Benjamin Allain2339.22
Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero2438.23
Victoria Bausback / Demid Rokachev2535.27
Johanna Allik / Paul Bellantuono1257.30
Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov1356.10
Natalia Kaliszek / Michał Kaliszek1454.36
Stephanie Baadsgaard Snider / Stepan Dubrovski1554.21
Szidónia Merkwart / Ádám Lukács1644.68
Ayesha Yigit / Shane Speden1740.53
Hannah Sparke / Lochran Doherty1827.46

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement:

Ice dancingRUS Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZhiganshinRUS Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinUSA Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton

Small medals for placement in the short segment:

Ice dancingRUS Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZhiganshinRUS Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinRUS Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov

Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Ice dancingRUS Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan ZhiganshinRUS Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinUSA Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton

By country

Table of medals for overall placement:

References

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