The 2018–19 figure skating season began on July 1, 2018, and ended on June 30, 2019. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2019 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final, and the Challenger Series.
Season notes
Age eligibility Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.
Level Date of birth Junior Born between July 1, 1999 & June 30, 2005 Junior Born between July 1, 1997 & June 30, 2005 Senior Born before July 1, 2003
Changes If skaters of different nationalities formed a team, the ISU required that they choose one country to represent. The date provided is the date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.
Partnership changes Date Skaters Type Notes July 1, 2018 Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam Pairs Dissolved July 18, 2018 Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin Ice dance July 19, 2018 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Pairs July 27, 2018 Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov August 9, 2018 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Ice dance August 15, 2018 Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev Ice dance Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Ksenia Konkina / Alexander Vakhnov Formed Sofia Polishchuk / German Shamraev August 22, 2018 Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Pairs Dissolved Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Amina Atakhanova / Nikita Volodin Formed Lina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov Alina Ustimkina / Alexei Rogonov August 28, 2018 Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye Ice danceDissolved Lewis retired. August 31, 2018 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Pairs Klimov retired. September 13, 2018 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek September 16, 2018 Ksenia Stolbova / Andrei Novoselov Formed For Russia September 21, 2018 Yura Min / Daniel Eaton Ice dance For South Korea September 25, 2018 Hanna Abrazhevich / Martin Bidař Pairs For the Czech Republic October 18, 2018 Kim Kyu-eun / Maxime Deschamps For South Korea October 20, 2018 Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno Ice dance Dissolved Tateno retired. November 5, 2018 Ksenia Konkina / Alexander Vakhnov Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Formed November 18, 2018 Natacha Lagouge / Corentin Rahier Dissolved Rahier retired. December 2018 Nadine Wang / Francis Boudreau-Audet Pairs Formed For Canada Alla Loboda / Anton Shibnev Ice dance March 4, 2019 Lubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Pairs April 2, 2019 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Ice dance Dissolved Rachel Parsons retired. April 5, 2019 Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville Natasha Purich / Bryce Chudak Pairs Formed April 7, 2019 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay Dissolved April 8, 2019 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara April 15, 2019 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert April 25, 2019 Shira Ichilov / Vadim Davidovich Ice dance May 13, 2019 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov May 17, 2019 Hanna Abrazhevich / Martin Bidař Pairs Elizaveta Zhuk / Martin Bidař Formed For the Czech Republic May 18, 2019 Kim Kyu-eun / Maxime Deschamps Dissolved May 24, 2019 Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Ice dance Törn retired. May 31, 2019 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Pairs June 13, 2019 Carolina Moscheni / Andrea Fabbri Ice dance Fabbri retired. June 20, 2019 Caroline Green / Gordon Green Gordon Green retired. Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Formed Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang For Japan June 26, 2019 Chelsea Liu / Xie Zhong Pairs For China Elena Pavlova / Ruben Blommaert For Germany June 28, 2019 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Andrey Filatov Ice dance
Retirements Date Skater(s) August 3, 2018 Grant Hochstein Men August 8, 2018 Kerstin Frank Ladies September 5, 2018 Fedor Klimov Pairs October 20, 2018 Aru Tateno Ice dance November 13, 2018 Li Zijun Ladies November 18, 2018 Corentin Rahier Ice dance November 19, 2018 Adam Rippon Men Kevin Reynolds January 7, 2019 Marissa Castelli Pairs January 26, 2019 Javier Fernández Men February 13, 2019 Max Settlage Pairs March 16, 2019 Phillip Harris Men March 23, 2019 Alexander Majorov April 2, 2019 Rachel Parsons Ice dance April 17, 2019 Timothy Dolensky Men April 18, 2019 Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson Ice dance April 23, 2019 Maxim Kovtun Men May 2, 2019 Kaetlyn Osmond Ladies May 7, 2019 Angela Wang May 10, 2019 Larkyn Austman May 14, 2019 Camilla Gjersem May 24, 2019 Cecilia Törn Ice dance May 31, 2019 Polina Tsurskaya Ladies June 6, 2019 Chloe Lewis Ice dance June 7, 2019 Joti Polizoakis June 11, 2019 Park So-youn Ladies June 13, 2019 Andrea Fabbri Ice dance June 16, 2019 Aimee Buchanan Ladies
Coaching changes Date Skater(s) From To July 12, 2018 Anastasia Tarakanova Ladies Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz Evgeni Plushenko & Ksenia Ivanova July 25, 2018 Daria Panenkova Anna Tsareva August 6, 2018 Joseph Phan Men Yvan Desjardins & Violane Emard Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson August 31, 2018 Angela Wang Ladies Christy Krall, Ryan Bradley & Erik Schulz Ravi Walia September 7, 2018 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Pairs Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora Dalilah Sappenfield September 12, 2018 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Ice dance Nikolai Morozov Nikolai Morozov, Igor Shpilband & Pasquale Camerlengo September 25, 2018 Maé-Bérénice Méité Ladies Shanetta Folle John Zimmerman & Silvia Fontana October 13, 2018 Rika Hongo Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse & Miho Kawaume Joanne McLeod, Megumu Seki & Neil Wilson October 20, 2018 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Pairs Aljona Savchenko Todd Sand & Jenni Meno November 4, 2018 Anna Pogorilaya Ladies Anna Tsareva Viktoria Butsayeva November 27, 2018 Ekaterina Kurakova Inna Goncharenko Brian Orser March 2019 Alena Kanysheva Svetlana Panova & Tatiana Moiseeva Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz April 6, 2019 Maria Sotskova Elena Buianova Svetlana Sokolovskaya April 15, 2019 Anastasia Tarakanova Evgeni Plushenko & Ksenia Ivanova Svetlana Panova & Tatiana Moiseeva April 24, 2019 Camden Pulkinen Men Tom Zakrajsek Damon Allen & Tammy Gambill April 29, 2019 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Pairs Maxim Trankov & Nina Mozer Marina Zoueva & Nina Mozer May 10, 2019 Stephen Gogolev Men Lee Barkell Rafael Arutyunyan & Lee Barkell June 3, 2019 Shoma Uno Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi Stéphane Lambiel June 25, 2019 Vincent Zhou Tom Zakrajsek, Tammy Gambill & Christy Krall Tammy Gambill & Mie Hamada June 25, 2019 Gabrielle Daleman Ladies Lee Barkell, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson Lee Barkell
Nationality changes Date Skater(s) From To Notes July 16, 2018 Maurizio Zandron Men September 16, 2018 Andrei Novoselov Pairs Partnering with Ksenia Stolbova September 21, 2018 Daniel Eaton Ice dance Partnering with Yura Min September 25, 2018 Hanna Abrazhevich Pairs Partnering with Martin Bidař October 18, 2018 Maxime Deschamps Partnering with Kim Kyu-eun November 27, 2018 Ekaterina Kurakova Ladies December 2018 Francis Boudreau-Audet Pairs Partnering with Nadine Wang May 17, 2019 Elizaveta Zhuk Partnering with Martin Bidař May 23, 2019 Anastasiia Shabotova Ladies June 26, 2019 Chelsea Liu Pairs Partnering with Xie Zhong
International competitions
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+2018 Dates Event Type Level Location Results July 24–28 Lake Placid Ice Dance International Other All D Lake Placid, New York, United States Details 1, 2 July 30 – August 5 Philadelphia Summer International Other Senior M/L Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Details August 1–5 Asian Open Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Bangkok, Thailand Details 1 , 2 Other P August 9–12 NRW Trophy Other S/N D Dortmund, Germany Details Junior M/L/D August 22–25 JGP Slovakia Grand Prix Junior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details August 29 – September 1 JGP Austria Grand Prix Junior All Linz, Austria Details September 5–8 JGP Lithuania Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Kaunas, Lithuania Details September 12–15 JGP Canada Grand Prix Junior All Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Details September 12–16 Lombardia Trophy Challenger Senior All Bergamo, Italy Details U.S. International Classic Challenger Senior All Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 19–22 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Bratislava, Slovakia Details Other P September 20–22 Autumn Classic International Challenger Senior All Oakville, Ontario, Canada Details September 26–29 JGP Czech Republic Grand Prix Junior All Ostrava, Czech Republic Details Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 3–6 JGP Slovenia Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Ljubljana, Slovenia Details October 4–7 Finlandia Trophy Challenger Senior All Espoo, Finland Details October 6 Japan Open Other Senior M/L Saitama, Japan Details October 10–13 JGP Armenia Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Yerevan, Armenia Details October 18–21 Ice Star Other S/J All Minsk, Belarus Details October 19–21 Halloween Cup Other All M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Everett, Washington, United States Details October 24–28 Golden Bear of Zagreb Other All M/L Zagreb, Croatia Details Crystal Skate of Romania Other All M/L Otopeni, Romania Details October 26–28 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Senior All Laval, Quebec, Canada Details November 1–4 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other J/N M/L Trnava, Slovakia Details November 2–4 Grand Prix of Helsinki Grand Prix Senior All Helsinki, Finland Details November 7–11 Volvo Open Cup Other All All Riga, Latvia Details November 9–11 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Hiroshima, Japan Details Pavel Roman Memorial Other All D Olomouc, Czech Republic Details Riedell Ice Cup Other J/N M/L/P Prague, Czech Republic Details November 11–18 Alpen Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Innsbruck, Austria Details 1 , 2 Other P November 16–18 Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details November 21–25 Skate Celje Other J/N M/L Celje, Slovenia Details November 22–25 Warsaw Cup Other Senior M/L/D Warsaw, Poland Details November 23–25 Internationaux de France Grand Prix Senior All Grenoble, France Details November 26 – Tallinn Trophy Challenger Senior All Tallinn, Estonia Details November 27 – Bosphorous Cup Other All M/L/D Istanbul, Turkey Details Denkova-Staviski Cup Other All M/L Sofia, Bulgaria Details November 28 – Open d'Andorra Other All M/L/D Canillo, Andorra Details November 29 – Christmas Cup Other S/J M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details December 5–8 Golden Spin of Zagreb Challenger Senior All Zagreb, Croatia Details December 6–9 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix S/J All Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Details December 14–16 Grand Prix of Bratislava Other J/N All Bratislava, Slovakia Details December 14–18 Russian-Chinese Youth Winter Games Other Junior All Ufa, Russia Details