Grand Slam (GS) is a term used in figure skating for the winning all three major annual senior-level international competitions (World Championships, Grand Prix Final, and European Championships or Four Continents Championships) within a single season within one of the four disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Winning all three major annual senior-level international competitions at any point during the course of a career is called a "Career Grand Slam". In pair skating and ice dancing, one team may accomplish a Career Grand Slam skating together or one skater may achieve it with different partners.
Winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games in addition to the three major annual senior-level international competitions in a single season is called a "Golden Grand Slam" or "Golden Slam". A skater who wins all three major annual senior-level international competitions and the Olympic gold medal during his or her career is said to have achieved a "Career Golden Grand Slam" or "Career Golden Slam".
Winning all major international competitions at both junior level (World Junior Championships, Junior Grand Prix Final) and senior level (Olympic Games, World Championships, Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, and either European Championships or Four Continents Championships) at any point during the course of a career is called a "Career Super Grand Slam" or "Super Slam".
History
The first World Figure Skating Championships ("WC") was held in 1896. The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final ("GPF", formerly Champions Series Final) was inaugurated in 1995. The European Figure Skating Championships ("EC"), open to skaters from European countries, first took place in 1891. The International Skating Union (ISU) established the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships ("4CC") in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-European countries. So the possibility of being the reigning champion of all three major annual senior-level international competitions (WC, GPF, and EC or 4CC) did not exist until the 1995–96 season.
Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games ("OG") in 1908. The first World Junior Figure Skating Championships ("JWC") were held in 1976. The Junior Grand Prix Final ("JGPF", formerly ISU Junior Series Final) was established in the 1997–98 season. So the possibility of being the super reigning champion of both major junior-level international competitions (JWC and JGPF) and all four major senior-level international competitions (OG, WC, GPF, and EC or 4CC) did not exist until the 1997–98 season.
On 29 June 2011, a report by CNN used the term Grand Slam to figure skating to describe the achievement of winning the Grand Prix Final, the Four Continents Championships, and the World Championships. On 1 April 2012, in a news report on the women's event of the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships by Sina Sports in the Chinese language, the term Grand Slam (大满贯) was used to describe the winning of the Grand Prix Final, the European Championships, and the World Championships. On 11 December 2016, a news report by Sina Sports on the ice dance event of the 2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in the Chinese language used the term Super Slam (超级大满贯) to describe the achievement of winning the World Junior Championships, the Junior Grand Prix Final, the Four Continents Championships, the World Championships, the Grand Prix Final, and the Olympic Games.
On 9 February 2020, a report by the International Skating Union (ISU) used the term Golden Slam to describe the achievement of winning all four major senior-level international competitions (Winter Olympics, World Championships, Grand Prix Final, and Four Continents Championships). On the same day, a report by the Olympic Channel, which is operated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), used the term Super Slam to figure skating to describe the achievement of winning all major international competitions at both junior level (World Junior Championships, Junior Grand Prix Final) and senior level (Olympic Games, World Championships, Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, and either European Championships or Four Continents Championships)
Grand Slam The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, of all skaters who have completed the Grand Slam ordered chronologically, the numbers of Grand Slams by nation, and the first (or youngest/oldest) skater who achieved the Grand Slam.
Men's singles Chronological
Four men's single skaters have completed the Grand Slam. Of these skaters, two have accomplished the feat twice: Alexei Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko.
# Season Skater Nation 1 1998–99 Alexei Yagudin 2 2000–01 Evgeni Plushenko 3 2001–02 Alexei Yagudin 4 2002–03 Evgeni Plushenko 5 2006–07 Brian Joubert 6 2011–12 Patrick Chan
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Grand Slams 1 4 2 1 2 1
Women's singles Chronological
Four women's single skaters have completed the Grand Slam. Of these skaters, only one (Evgenia Medvedeva) has accomplished the feat twice. She remains the only skater to ever complete two Grand Slams in a row, the only skater to win a Grand Slam during her first season as a senior, and the only skater to win two Grand Slams during her two first seasons as a senior.
# Season Skater Nation 1 2004–05 Irina Slutskaya 2 2011–12 Carolina Kostner 3 2014–15 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 4 2015–16 Evgenia Medvedeva 5 2016–17 Evgenia Medvedeva
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Grand Slams 1 4 2 1
Pairs Chronological
Seven pair teams have completed the Grand Slam. German couple of Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy is the only one pair team who has accomplished the feat twice.
# Season Couple Nation 1 1997–98 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze 2 2000–01 Jamie Salé / David Pelletier 3 2006–07 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo 4 2007–08 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 5 2010–11 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 6 2012–13 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 7 2014–15 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 8 2022–23 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Grand Slams 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 4 1
Ice dance Chronological
Eight ice dance teams have completed the Grand Slam. One Russian couple (Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov) and one American couple (Meryl Davis / Charlie White) are the only two ice dance teams who have accomplished the feat twice.
# Season Couple Nation 1 1995–96 Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov 2 1998–99 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov 3 1999–00 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat 4 2000–01 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio 5 2003–04 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov 6 2004–05 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov 7 2010–11 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 8 2012–13 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 9 2016–17 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 10 2017–18 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Grand Slams 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 1 4 1
All disciplines Chronological
To date, eight single skaters and fifteen couples have completed the Grand Slam. Of these skaters, three single skaters and three couples have accomplished the feat twice.
# Season Skater Nation Discipline 1 1995–96 Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Ice dance 2 1997–98 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze Pairs 3 1998–99 Alexei Yagudin Men's singles 4 1998–99 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Ice dance 5 1999–00 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat Ice dance 6 2000–01 Evgeni Plushenko Men's singles 7 2000–01 Jamie Salé / David Pelletier Pairs 8 2000–01 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Ice dance 9 2001–02 Alexei Yagudin Men's singles 10 2002–03 Evgeni Plushenko Men's singles 11 2003–04 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov Ice dance 12 2004–05 Irina Slutskaya Women's singles 13 2004–05 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov Ice dance 14 2006–07 Brian Joubert Men's singles 15 2006–07 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo Pairs 16 2007–08 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Pairs 17 2010–11 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Pairs 18 2010–11 Meryl Davis / Charlie White Ice dance 19 2011–12 Patrick Chan Men's singles 20 2011–12 Carolina Kostner Women's singles 21 2012–13 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Pairs 22 2012–13 Meryl Davis / Charlie White Ice dance 23 2014–15 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Women's singles 24 2014–15 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Pairs 25 2015–16 Evgenia Medvedeva Women's singles 26 2016–17 Evgenia Medvedeva Women's singles 27 2016–17 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Ice dance 28 2017–18 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Ice dance 29 2022–23 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Grand Slams Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Ice dance Total 1 4 4 2 4 14 2 1 0 2 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 Total 6 5 8 10 29
Career Grand Slam The career achievement of all three major annual senior-level international competitions (WC, GPF, and EC or 4CC) is termed a Career Grand Slam. Some skaters have won all three major competitions a second or more times, achieving a double, triple or quadruple Career Grand Slam.
The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, of all skaters who have completed the Career Grand Slam ordered chronologically, the numbers of Career Grand Slams by nation, and the first (or youngest/oldest) skater who achieved the Career Grand Slam. The major competition at which the Career Grand Slam was achieved is indicated in bold.
Men's singles Chronological
Ten men's single skaters have completed the Career Grand Slam. Of these skaters, Evgeni Plushenko has achieved a triple Career Grand Slam, Alexei Yagudin and Patrick Chan have achieved a double Career Grand Slam.
# Skater Nation WC GPF EC 4CC 1 Alexei Yagudin 1998 1999 1998 2 Elvis Stojko 1994 1997 2000 3 Evgeni Plushenko 2001 2000 2000 4 Alexei Yagudin 1999 2001 1999 5 Evgeni Plushenko 2003 2001 2001 6 Evgeni Plushenko 2004 2003 2003 7 Brian Joubert 2007 2004 2006 8 Evan Lysacek 2009 2009 2005 9 Patrick Chan 2011 2010 2009 10 Patrick Chan 2012 2011 2012 11 Daisuke Takahashi 2010 2012 2008 12 Nathan Chen 2018 2017 2017 13 Yuzuru Hanyu 2014 2013 2020 14 Shoma Uno 2022 2022 2019
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Career Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Career Grand Slams 1 5 2 3 2 3 4 2 5 1
Women's singles Chronological
Eight women's single skaters have completed the Career Grand Slam. Of these skaters, Mao Asada has achieved a triple Career Grand Slam, Irina Slutskaya and Evgenia Medvedeva have achieved a double Career Grand Slam.
# Skater Nation WC GPF EC 4CC 1 Irina Slutskaya 2002 2000 1996 2 Irina Slutskaya 2005 2001 1997 3 Mao Asada 2008 2005 2008 4 Yuna Kim 2009 2006 2009 5 Mao Asada 2010 2008 2010 6 Carolina Kostner 2012 2011 2007 7 Mao Asada 2014 2012 2013 8 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2015 2014 2015 9 Evgenia Medvedeva 2016 2015 2016 10 Evgenia Medvedeva 2017 2016 2017 11 Alina Zagitova 2019 2017 2018 12 Kaori Sakamoto 2022 2023 2018
Totals by nation
The following table shows the numbers of Career Grand Slams by nation.
# Nation Career Grand Slams 1 6 2 4 3 1 3 1
Pairs Chronological
Twelve pair teams have completed the Career Grand Slam. Of these teams, one German couple (Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy) has achieved a quadruple Career Grand Slam, one Chinese couple (Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo) has achieved a triple Career Grand Slam, and one Russian couple (Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin), one Japanese couple (Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara) have achieved a double Career Grand Slam.