The 2019–20 figure skating season began on July 1, 2019, and ended on June 30, 2020. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2020 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, and World Junior Championships, although the World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also competed in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in 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, 2000 & June 30, 2006 Junior Born between July 1, 1998 & June 30, 2006 Senior Born before July 1, 2004
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 3, 2019 Chloe Choinard / Mathieu Ostiguy PairsDissolved July 8, 2019 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Ice dance Bobrova retired. July 9, 2019 Sofia Polishchuk / German Shamraev July 13, 2019 Talisa Thomalla / Robert Kunkel Pairs Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Formed July 21, 2019 Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Ice dance July 26, 2019 Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi Pairs Dissolved Eva Pate / Logan Bye Ice dance Formed July 28, 2019 Laura Barquero / Tòn Cónsul Pairs July 29, 2019 Alla Loboda / Anton Shibnev Ice dance Dissolved Loboda retired. August 1, 2019 Svetlana Lizunova / Alexander Vakhnov Formed August 3, 2019 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Pairs For Hungary August 5, 2019 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara August 15, 2019 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps For Canada August 17, 2019 Anna Kublikova / Yuri Hulitski Ice dance Dissolved Kublikova retired. Arina Klinovitskaya / Jussiville Partanen Formed August 26, 2019 Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa September 20, 2019 Amina Atakhanova / Nikita Volodin Pairs Dissolved Atakhanova retired. Taisiya Sobinina / Nikita Volodin Formed September 26, 2019 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Ice dance December 10, 2019 Shira Ichilov / Laurent Abecassis For Israel December 12, 2019 Chiara Calderone / Pietro Papetti Dissolved December 15, 2019 Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya Yukhimuk Formed For Belarus January 7, 2020 Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer Dissolved January 21, 2020 Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste Pairs Toste retired. February 9, 2020 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin February 12, 2020 Ksenia Stolbova / Andrei Novoselov Stolbova retired. February 18, 2020 Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Formed February 26, 2020 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Dissolved Alexandrovskaya retired. Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Chris Knierim retired. February 28, 2020 Mira Polishook / Deividas Kizala Ice dance Polishook retired. March 1, 2020 Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin March 13, 2020 Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin Pairs Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti Ice dance Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti Formed Lydia Smart / Harry Mattick Pairs Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby March 20, 2020 Sofiia Nesterova / Artem Darenskyi Dissolved Nesterova retired. March 25, 2020 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier March 30, 2020 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier Formed April 2, 2020 Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno Ice dance April 7, 2020 Justine Brasseur / Mark Bardei Pairs Dissolved April 15, 2020 Nicole Kelly / Berk Akalın Ice dance Kelly retired. April 16, 2020 Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Pairs Bilodeau retired. Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Ice dance Carpenter retired. May 15, 2020 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Andrey Filatov Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Formed May 16, 2020 Olivia McIsaac / Corey Circelli Dissolved McIsaac retired. May 28, 2020 Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay Pairs Formed June 11, 2020 Taisiya Sobinina / Nikita Volodin Dissolved Viktoria Vasilieva / Nikita Volodin Formed June 17, 2020 Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi June 24, 2020 Anna Dušková / Radek Jakubka Dissolved Dušková retired. June 26, 2020 Laura Barquero / Tòn Cónsul June 29, 2020 Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik Ice dance
Retirements Date Skater(s) July 1, 2019 Brooklee Han Ladies July 8, 2019 Ekaterina Bobrova Ice dance July 18, 2019 Silvia Hugec Ladies July 29, 2019 Alla Loboda Ice dance August 1, 2019 Ashley Wagner Ladies August 7, 2019 Gordon Green Ice dance August 8, 2019 Jorik Hendrickx Men August 17, 2019 Anna Kublikova Ice dance August 22, 2019 Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot Pairs September 17, 2019 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Ice dance September 25, 2019 Anna Tarusina Ladies October 15, 2019 Amina Atakhanova Pairs December 17, 2019 Hiroaki Sato Men December 31, 2019 Chris Reed Ice dance January 28, 2020 Alena Kanysheva Ladies February 12, 2020 Ksenia Stolbova Pairs February 14, 2020 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Ice dance February 18, 2020 Mathieu Ostiguy Pairs February 26, 2020 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Chris Knierim Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert March 1, 2020 Adelina Sotnikova Ladies March 20, 2020 Sofiia Nesterova Pairs April 16, 2020 Charlie Bilodeau Quinn Carpenter Ice dance May 16, 2020 Shu Nakamura Men Olivia McIsaac Ice dance June 22, 2020 Yakau Zenko Men June 24, 2020 Anna Dušková Pairs
Coaching changes Date Skater(s) From To July 15, 2019 Shoma Uno Men Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi Takeshi Honda Marin Honda Ladies Rafael Arutyunyan Rafael Arutyunyan & Takeshi Honda July 16, 2019 Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Ice dance Igor Shpilband & Fabian Bourzat Alexander Zhulin, Galina Churilova & Petr Durnev July 17, 2019 Anastasia Gubanova Ladies Elena Buianova Evgeni Rukavicin July 21, 2019 Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer Ice dance Julien Lalonde Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon & Romain Haguenauer July 22, 2019 Elizaveta Nugumanova Ladies Angelina Turenko Evgeni Rukavicin July 27, 2019 Tomoe Kawabata Nakako Tsuzuki & Shoichiro Tsuzuki Yukina Ota & Yutaka Higuchi July 30, 2019 Courtney Hicks Kori Ade Christy Krall September 12, 2019 Lim Eun-soo Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadezda Kanaeva & Vera Arutyunyan Chi Hyun-jung September 18, 2019 Satoko Miyahara Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Cathy Reed & Haruko Okamoto Lee Barkell & Mie Hamada October 16, 2019 Kim Ye-lim Lee Kyu-hyun Shin Hea-sook & Lee Eun-hee You Young Tom Zakrajsek Tammy Gambill & Mie Hamada December 11, 2019 Gracie Gold Vincent Restencourt Alex Zahradnicek & Pasha Filchenkov December 18, 2019 Shoma Uno Men Takeshi Honda Stéphane Lambiel January 2, 2020 Vincent Zhou Tammy Gambill, Christy Krall, Tom Zakrajsek & Mie Hamada Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Mie Hamada February 4, 2020 Amy Lin Ladies Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadezda Kanaeva & Vera Arutyunyan Namhoon Ryu February 7, 2020 Brendan Kerry Men Nikolai Morozov Elena Buianova, Maxim Zavozin & Alexander Uspenski February 11, 2020 Stanislava Konstantinova Ladies Valentina Chebotareva Alexander Volkov & Evgeni Plushenko February 25, 2020 Miyu Honda Mie Hamada & Yamato Tamura Takeshi Honda March 3, 2020 Zhu Yi Derrick Delmore, Ivan Dinev, Brian Orser & Angela Nikodinov Brian Orser, Oula Jääskeläinen & Derrick Delmore March 16, 2020 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galiamov Pairs Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov & Vasilii Velikov Tamara Moskvina April 16, 2020 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Ice dance Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon & Romain Haguenauer Carol Lane, Jon Lane & Juris Razgulajevs May 6, 2020 Alexandra Trusova Ladies Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz Evgeni Plushenko & Dmitri Mikhailov May 21, 2020 Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Ice dance Alexander Svinin & Irina Zhuk Denis Samokhin June 1, 2020 Adam Siao Him Fa Men Brian Joubert Laurent Depouilly June 8, 2020 Alena Kanysheva Ice dance Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz Nikita Nazarov & Denis Samokhin June 10, 2020 Jimmy Ma Men Peter Cain, Darlene Cain & Nikolai Morozov Olga Ganicheva & Aleksey Letov June 13, 2020 Rika Kihira Ladies Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Cathy Reed & Haruko Okamoto Brian Orser & Mie Hamada June 22, 2020 Alysa Liu Laura Lipetsky Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali June 24, 2020 Alexia Paganini Igor Krokavec Stéphane Lambiel June 26, 2020 Mikhail Kolyada Men Valentina Chebotareva Alexei Mishin
Nationality changes Date Skater(s) From To Notes July 9, 2019 Emmy Ma Ladies August 3, 2019 Ioulia Chtchetinina Pairs Partnering with Márk Magyar August 9, 2019 Konstantin Milyukov Men Viktoriia Safonova Ladies Viktoria Yatsenko / Daniil Parkman Pairs August 15, 2019 Deanna Stellato-Dudek Pairs Partnering with Maxime Deschamps September 1, 2019 Yaroslav Paniot Men September 14, 2019 Ashley Lin Ladies Competes using name Lin Shan (林姗) November 10, 2019 Larry Loupolover Men December 14, 2019 Jari Kessler December 15, 2019 Viktoria Semenjuk Ice dance Partnering with Ilya Yukhimuk May 7, 2020 Daisuke Murakami Men June 22, 2020 Bogdana Lukashevich / Alexander Stepanov Pairs
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