The 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2015. It was the second season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
Competitions This season, the series included the following events.
Date Event Location Results September 16–20 2015 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 24–26 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 1–3 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details October 8–11 2015 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 15–18 2015 Mordovian Ornament Saransk, Russia Details October 20–25 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup Sofia, Bulgaria Details October 27 – 2015 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details November 18–22 2015 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details November 26–29 2015 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details December 2–5 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details
Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Daniel Samohin Keiji Tanaka Ross Miner Details Nebelhorn Trophy Elladj Baldé Max Aaron Konstantin Menshov Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Jason Brown Mikhail Kolyada Gordei Gorshkov Details Finlandia Trophy Konstantin Menshov Adam Rippon Sergei Voronov Details Mordovian Ornament Maxim Kovtun Daniel Samohin Moris Kvitelashvili Details Denkova-Staviski Cup Misha Ge Julian Zhi Jie Yee Matteo Rizzo Details Ice Challenge Artur Dmitriev Jason Brown Mikhail Kolyada Details Tallinn Trophy Max Aaron Dmitri Aliev Deniss Vasiļjevs Details Warsaw Cup Alexander Samarin Anton Shulepov Zhan Bush Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Denis Ten Adam Rippon Adian Pitkeev Details
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Satoko Miyahara Elizabet Tursynbayeva Angela Wang Details Nebelhorn Trophy Kaetlyn Osmond Alena Leonova Courtney Hicks Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Evgenia Medvedeva Anna Pogorilaya Maria Artemieva Details Finlandia Trophy Rika Hongo Yulia Lipnitskaya Joshi Helgesson Details Mordovian Ornament Anna Pogorilaya Adelina Sotnikova Maria Artemieva Details Denkova-Staviski Cup Isabelle Olsson Angelīna Kučvaļska Anne Line Gjersem Details Ice Challenge Mirai Nagasu Maria Artemieva Tyler Pierce Details Tallinn Trophy Maria Sotskova Elizabet Tursynbayeva Tyler Pierce Details Warsaw Cup Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Serafima Sakhanovich Anastasia Galustyan Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elizabet Tursynbayeva Karen Chen Details
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Details Nebelhorn Trophy Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Details Mordovian Ornament Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev Details Ice Challenge Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details Tallinn Trophy Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji Details Warsaw Cup Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Details Nebelhorn Trophy Madison Chock / Evan Bates Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Details Finlandia Trophy Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details Mordovian Ornament Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev Details Denkova-Staviski Cup Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Ludmila Sosnitskaia / Pavel Golovishnokov Details Ice Challenge Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm Details Tallinn Trophy Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details Warsaw Cup Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Details
Medal standings
Challenger Series rankings The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.
Men's singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Jason Brown Ondrej Nepela Trophy 239.37 Ice Challenge 240.65 480.02 2 Max Aaron Nebelhorn Trophy 222.94 Tallinn Trophy 252.16 475.10 3 Mikhail Kolyada Ondrej Nepela Trophy 229.59 Ice Challenge 239.77 469.36 4 Adam Rippon Finlandia Trophy 224.18 Golden Spin of Zagreb 237.87 462.05 5 Daniel Samohin U.S. International Classic 223.67 Mordovian Ornament 235.14 458.81
Ladies' singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Warsaw Cup 192.93 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.33 394.26 2 Anna Pogorilaya Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.38 Mordovian Ornament 214.07 392.45 3 Adelina Sotnikova Mordovian Ornament 203.89 Golden Spin of Zagreb 159.80 363.69 4 Elizabet Tursynbayeva U.S. International Classic 177.91 176.33 354.24 5 Maria Artemieva Ondrej Nepela Trophy 177.21 Mordovian Ornament 173.87 351.08
Pairs Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Tallinn Trophy 214.42 Warsaw Cup 209.60 424.02 2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 184.28 Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.22 376.50 3 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Mordovian Ornament 196.22 173.62 369.84 4 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 185.00 183.88 368.88 5 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Nebelhorn Trophy 179.56 Ice Challenge 189.28 368.84
Ice dance Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Warsaw Cup 169.72 Golden Spin of Zagreb 172.28 342.00 2 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Mordovian Ornament 160.98 Tallinn Trophy 160.84 321.82 3 Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev 150.60 Warsaw Cup 147.52 298.12 4 Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar 145.34 Denkova-Staviski Cup 151.74 297.08 5 Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev 142.86 148.08 290.94
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Denis Ten 276.39 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 Max Aaron 252.16 2015 Tallinn Trophy 3 Artur Dmitriev 247.57 2015 Ice Challenge 4 Elladj Baldé 242.36 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Jason Brown 240.65 2015 Ice Challenge 6 Mikhail Kolyada 239.77 7 Adam Rippon 237.87 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 8 Maxim Kovtun 236.38 2015 Mordovian Ornament 9 Daniel Samohin 235.14 10 Jorik Hendrickx 233.47 2015 Ice Challenge
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Anna Pogorilaya 214.07 2015 Mordovian Ornament 2 Adelina Sotnikova 203.89 3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 201.33 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Rika Hongo 187.45 2015 Finlandia Trophy 5 Maria Sotskova 186.30 2015 Tallinn Trophy 6 Evgenia Medvedeva 183.94 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 7 Satoko Miyahara 183.64 2015 U.S. International Classic 8 Kaetlyn Osmond 179.41 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 9 Elizabet Tursynbayeva 177.91 2015 U.S. International Classic 10 Maria Artemieva 177.21 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 214.42 2015 Tallinn Trophy 2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 214.05 2015 Mordovian Ornament 3 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 202.79 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert 196.22 2015 Mordovian Ornament 5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 192.22 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 191.98 2015 Warsaw Cup 7 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 190.28 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 8 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 189.28 2015 Ice Challenge 9 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 185.00 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 10 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert 177.04 2015 Tallinn Trophy
Ice dance +Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) Team Nation Score Event 1 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin 176.70 2015 Mordovian Ornament 2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 172.28 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 169.50 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 161.67 2015 Finlandia Trophy 5 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko 160.98 2015 Mordovian Ornament 6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 159.14 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland 156.22 8 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 154.34 9 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 153.62 2015 U.S. International Classic 10 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 153.06 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
References
External links ISU Challenger Series at the International Skating Union