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:
Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2
If not listed above, one entry was allowed.
Entries Member nations submitted the following entries:Entries Elizaveta Tuktamysheva withdrew and was replaced by Polina Shelepen. Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Slavik Hayrapetyan Brendan Kerry Brooklee Han Veera Kestila / Callum Bullard Hannah Sparke / Lochran Doherty Bernhard Pauli Sabrina Schulz Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer Pavel Ignatenko Kristina Zakharanka Maria Paliakova / Mikhail Fomichev Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Eline Anthonissen Anais Claes Luiz Manella Isadora Williams Daniela Stoeva Anjelika Ilieva / Pavel Petrov Savinov Liam Firus Nam Nguyen Kaetlyn Osmond Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Hayleigh Bell / Alistair Sylvester Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant Yan Han Zhang He Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan Li Meiyi / Jiang Bo Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan Chih-I Tsao Chaochih Liu Petra Juric Petr Coufal Elizaveta Ukolova Karolina Prochazkova / Michal Ceska Anita Madsen Stephanie Baadsgaard Snider / Stepan Dubrovski Viktor Romanenkov Gerli Liinamäe Johanna Allik / Paul Bellantuono Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand Matthias Versluis Juulia Turkkila Sara Aghai / Jussiville Partanen Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry Camille Mendoza / Christopher Boyadji Elektra Hetman / Benjamin Allain Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Armen Agaian Martin Rappe Angelika Dubinski Linda Wenzig / Matti Landgraf Shari Koch / Christian Nuchtern Great Britain Harry Mattick Kate Powell Olivia Smart / Joseph Buckland Oliya Clarkson Harry Hau Yin Lee Sumika Yamada Kristóf Forgó Regina Borbély Szidónia Merkwart / Ádám Lukács Margot Krisberg Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov Maurizio Zandron Carol Bressanutti Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini Bianca Manacorda / Nicollo Macii Sofia Sforza / Francesco Fioretti Ryuju Hino Keiji Tanaka Shoma Uno Satoko Miyahara Miu Sato Risa Shoji Denis Ten Regina Glazman Karina Uzurova / Ilias Ali Alina Fjodorova Ksenia Pecherkina / Aleksander Jakushin Arturas Ganzela Inga Janulevičiūtė Ilona Birgelaite / Aivaras Stravinskas Julian Zhi Jie Yee Michelle Quintero Pilar Maekawa Moreno / Leonardo Maekawa Moreno Maral-Erdene Gansukh Florian Gostelie Kim Bell Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein Madelaine Parker Ayesha Yigit / Shane Speden Anne Line Gjersem Michael Christian Martinez Kamil Dymowski Alexandra Kamieniecki Magdalena Klatka / Radoslaw Chruscinski Natalia Kaliszek / Michal Kaliszek Vlad Ionescu Sabina Mariuta Zhan Bush Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Adelina Sotnikova Yulia Lipnitskaya Polina Shelepen Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurdyukov Kamila Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Anna Yanovskaia / Sergey Mozgov Sandra Ristivojevic Kai Jing Leong Monika Simancikova Patricia Glescic Lee June-hyoung Kim Hae-jin Víctor Bustamante Elena Mangas Alexandra Rodriguez / Aritz Maestu Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero Marcus Björk Nicky Obreykov Joshi Helgesson Carlo Röthlisberger Tina Stuerziner Victoria Bausback / Demid Rokachev Suchet Kongchim Melanie Swang Osman Akgün Sıla Saygı Cagla Demirsal / Berk Akalin Yakov Godorozha Alina Milevskaia Julia Lavrientieva / Yuri Rudik Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk Jason Brown Joshua Farris Timothy Dolensky Gracie Gold Christina Gao Vanessa Lam Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton Alexandra 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 Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS 1 Yan Han 222.45 2 74.88 1 147.57 2 Joshua Farris 221.97 1 75.43 2 146.54 3 Jason Brown 214.90 4 70.20 3 144.70 4 Denis Ten 208.20 3 73.78 4 134.42 5 Zhan Bush 196.06 5 65.21 6 130.85 6 Zhang He 193.97 6 64.63 7 129.34 7 Keiji Tanaka 189.86 11 57.70 5 132.16 8 Liam Firus 189.06 7 62.10 8 126.96 9 Ryuju Hino 181.34 14 56.59 9 124.75 10 Shoma Uno 175.92 10 57.71 10 118.21 11 Martin Rappe 171.38 5 106.93 12 57.13 12 114.25 12 Timothy Dolensky 169.94 9 57.73 13 112.21 13 Nam Nguyen 168.20 1 116.33 18 51.13 11 117.07 14 Artur Dmitriev Jr 166.96 8 59.36 15 107.60 15 Michael Christian Martinez 165.10 3 109.42 16 55.32 14 109.78 16 Luiz Manella 162.53 4 107.41 17 55.07 16 107.46 17 Petr Coufal 161.10 13 56.74 17 104.36 18 Lee June-hyoung 158.93 2 110.48 15 55.74 18 103.19 19 Harry Mattick Great Britain 146.78 6 105.17 23 48.24 19 98.54 20 Maurizio Zandron 143.95 7 101.47 19 50.79 21 93.16 21 Matthias Versluis 143.20 8 97.05 20 49.96 20 93.74 22 Brendan Kerry 131.40 10 89.76 22 48.83 22 82.57 23 Chih-I Tsao 129.24 12 85.15 21 49.18 23 80.06 24 Marcus Björk 123.33 24 46.83 24 76.50 Did not advance to free skating 25 Yakov Godorozha 25 44.17 26 Slavik Hayrapetyan 11 88.31 26 43.93 27 Carlo Röthlisberger 14 79.93 27 42.24 28 Kamil Dymowski 13 84.89 28 39.43 29 Daniel Albert Naurits 29 37.03 30 Pavel Ignatenko 9 92.05 30 36.97 Did not advance to short program 31 Víctor Bustamante 15 78.33 32 Osman Akgün 16 77.76 33 Florian Gostelie 17 69.25 34 Suchet Kongchim 18 67.31 35 Arturas Ganzela 19 61.54 36 Julian Zhi Jie Yee 20 61.26 37 Armen Agaian 21 59.73 38 Zsolt Kosz 22 57.06 39 Wayne Wing Yin Chung 23 54.38 40 Bernhard Pauli 24 54.15 WD 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.
Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS 1 Yulia Lipnitskaya 187.05 1 63.09 1 123.96 2 Gracie Gold 171.85 2 58.00 2 113.85 3 Adelina Sotnikova 168.45 3 56.57 3 111.88 4 Satoko Miyahara 157.78 4 52.97 6 104.81 5 Li Zijun 157.31 6 51.74 5 105.57 6 Polina Shelepen 156.02 12 47.99 4 108.03 7 Christina Gao 151.09 5 52.66 7 98.43 8 Kim Hae-jin 149.71 3 93.97 7 51.56 8 98.15 9 Joshi Helgesson 147.88 6 80.36 8 50.74 9 97.14 10 Kaetlyn Osmond 146.25 1 97.36 9 50.15 10 96.10 11 Zhao Ziquan 143.19 2 94.53 10 49.22 11 94.70 12 Miu Sato 141.20 13 46.50 12 94.70 13 Vanessa Lam 138.94 11 48.82 13 90.12 14 Gerli Liinamäe 125.20 17 44.54 14 80.66 15 Monika Simančíková 124.36 16 45.10 15 79.26 16 Isadora Williams 123.93 12 71.30 14 46.22 18 77.71 17 Patricia Gleščič 122.39 7 79.69 15 45.35 19 77.04 18 Carol Bressanutti 119.40 20 41.59 17 77.81 19 Juulia Turkkila 119.21 22 41.03 16 78.18 20 Risa Shoji 113.08 18 43.13 22 69.95 21 Alina Fjodorova 112.99 11 71.52 19 42.49 21 70.50 22 Elizaveta Ukolova 110.97 4 82.09 24 39.61 20 71.36 23 Tina Stürzinger 108.29 21 41.39 23 66.90 24 Sabrina Schulz 104.53 23 39.93 24 64.60 Did not advance to free skating 25 Anine Rabe 9 75.26 25 39.58 26 Anita Madsen 8 76.70 26 39.44 27 Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry 27 39.38 28 Angelika Dubinski 10 74.88 28 38.57 29 Kristina Zakharanka 14 70.12 29 36.23 30 Brooklee Han 5 82.05 30 35.37 31 Anais Claes 31 28.00 Did not advance to short program 32 Inga Janulevičiūtė 13 71.21 33 Alexandra Kamieniecki 15 69.11 34 Sıla Saygı 16 66.38 35 Margot Krisberg 17 66.11 36 Katie Powell Great Britain 18 65.01 37 Elena Mangas 19 63.61 38 Eline Anthonissen 20 61.31 39 Melanie Swang 21 60.86 40 Oliya Clarkson 22 60.75 41 Sandra Ristivojevic 23 58.43 42 Kim Bell 24 56.98 43 Isabella Schuster 25 55.30 44 Alina Milevska 26 54.00 45 Regina Glazman 27 53.36 46 Vasilena Yakimova 28 53.23 47 Michelle Quintero 29 53.07 48 Amanda Sunyoto-Yang 30 50.79 49 Madelaine Parker 31 49.37 50 Raisa Rjenovschi 32 49.17 51 Kai Jing Leong 33 46.57 52 Regina Borbély 34 45.39 53 Maral-Erdene Gansukh 35 44.20 54 Ema Lipovscak 36 40.40
Pairs Sui / Han won their third World Junior title.
Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS 1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 175.69 1 59.29 1 116.40 2 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 167.48 1 96.37 2 54.72 2 112.76 3 Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat 153.66 5 50.50 3 103.16 4 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 150.55 2 91.58 4 50.81 4 99.74 5 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro 141.76 7 49.51 5 92.25 6 Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurdyukov 141.19 3 51.18 7 90.01 7 Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry 139.89 6 49.77 6 90.12 8 Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton 133.93 8 48.24 8 85.69 9 Li Meiyi / Jiang Bo 128.05 3 88.48 10 46.97 11 81.08 10 Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer 127.93 11 46.83 10 81.10 11 Kamila Gainetdinova / Ivan Bich 127.84 9 47.51 12 80.33 12 Hayleigh Bell / Alistair Sylvester 126.73 4 81.11 12 42.01 9 84.72 13 Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński 118.48 5 75.75 13 41.42 13 77.06 14 Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudik 110.03 10 65.23 15 39.71 15 70.32 15 Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer 109.77 7 71.49 16 38.92 14 70.85 16 Camille Mendoza / Christopher Boyadji 109.64 6 73.64 14 40.67 16 68.97 Did not advance to free skating 17 Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein 9 66.63 17 36.84 18 Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii 8 67.49 18 35.37 19 Maria Paliakova / Mikhail Fomichev 11 63.35 19 33.43 20 Alessandra Cernuschi / Filippo Ambrosini 20 29.91 Did not advance to short program 21 Alexandra Rodriguez / Aritz Maestu 12 59.19 22 Veera Kestila / Callum Bullard 13 56.16 23 Linda Wenzig / Matti Landgraf 14 52.61 24 Anjelika Ilieva / Pavel Petrov Savinov 15 51.53
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.