The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Spain (originally called the Madrid Cup) is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Figure Skating Federation of Armenia. It is held periodically as an event of the Spanish Ice Sports Federation () (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
History The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before 1 July of the respective season, but not yet 19 (for single skaters), 21 (for men and women in ice dance and women in pair skating), or 23 (for men in pair skating). Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Results Men's singles Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 2008 Madrid Armin Mahbanoozadeh Artur Gachinski Tatsuki Machida Barcelona Shoma Uno Sota Yamamoto Alexander Petrov 2015 Logroño Nathan Chen Daniel Samohin Zhang He Barcelona Dmitri Aliev Sota Yamamoto
Women's singles Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 2008 Madrid Kristine Musademba Becky Bereswill Kanako Murakami Barcelona Evgenia Medvedeva Serafima Sakhanovich Wakaba Higuchi 2015 Logroño Yuna Shiraiwa Alisa Fedichkina Yura Matsuda Barcelona Polina Tsurskaya Maria Sotskova Marin Honda
Pairs Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Barcelona
Ice dance Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 2008 Madrid Barcelona 2015 Logroño Barcelona
References
External links ISU Junior Grand Prix at the International Skating Union Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo (Spanish Ice Sports Federation)