The 2022–23 figure skating season began on July 1, 2022, and ended on June 30, 2023. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU (International Skating Union) Championship level at the 2023 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series as well as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final.
On March 1, 2022, the International Skating Union banned all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending any international competitions following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The season was the first under newly elected ISU President Kim Jae-youl and ISU Vice President for Figure Skating Benoît Lavoie.
Season notes
Age eligibility Skaters were eligible to compete in ISU events on 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, 2003 & June 30, 2009 Junior Born between July 1, 2001 & June 30, 2009 Senior Born before July 1, 2007
Background At the ISU Congress held in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2022, members of the ISU Council accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum age limit for senior competition to 17 years old beginning with the 2024–25 season. In order to avoid forcing skaters who had already competed in the senior category to return to juniors, the age limit remained unchanged during the 2022–23 season, before increasing to 16 years old during the 2023–24 season, and then 17 years old during the 2024–25 season. Although there had been previous proposals to increase the age limit, the 2022 vote gained traction following the doping scandal of then 15-year-old Kamila Valieva of Russia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Death of Dmytro Sharpar On 23 January 2023, Ukrainian media reported that 25-year-old former pair skater Dmytro Sharpar () had been killed near Bakhmut, where the Ukrainian army was defending against invading Russian forces (see Battle of Bakhmut). Born in Kharkiv, Sharpar skated for Ukraine in partnership with Anastasia Pobizhenko at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
Changes 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 7, 2022 Ice dance Formed For Brazil July 10, 2022 Split July 13, 2022 Formed July 20, 2022 For Romania July 29, 2022 August 5, 2022 Pairs Split Walsh retired. August 20, 2022 Ice dance Smirnov retired. August 27, 2022 Fukase switched to synchronised skating for Canada; Cho retired. September 2, 2022 Pairs Formed Ice dance Split September 7, 2022 Pairs September 7, 2022 Formed For the United States September 8, 2022 September 17, 2022 September 22, 2022 For Austria September 28, 2022 For South Korea October 17, 2022 Ice dance For Turkey October 21, 2022 Pairs October 30, 2022 Split Formed November 17, 2022 Split Formed November 21, 2022 Split November 28, 2022 Ice dance Formed For Spain December 1, 2022 Split December 22, 2022 Pairs December 28, 2022 Ice dance Formed For Spain December 31, 2022 Pairs Split January 14, 2023 Ice dance January 16, 2023 Pairs Formed Ice dance January 17, 2023 Pairs Split January 24, 2023 Ice dance January 30, 2023 February 3, 2023 Pairs Keriven retired. February 8, 2023 Ice dance February 25, 2023 Wamsteeker retired. March 29, 2023 Pairs Blommaert retired. April 4, 2023 April 7, 2023 April 12, 2023 Ice dance Formed For Israel April 17, 2023 For Italy April 22, 2023 Pairs Split They plan to re-partner when they are both age-eligible for senior competitions. April 25, 2023 Ice dance Formed Shevchenko came out of retirement. April 27, 2023 Split May 6, 2023 Formed Pairs Split Adcock retired. Formed May 8, 2023 For the United States May 12, 2023 Ice dance For Sweden May 15, 2023 Pairs May 16, 2023 Ice dance May 18, 2023 Pairs May 22, 2023 Ice dance Split May 31, 2023 PairsFormed For Germany June 2, 2023 Ice dance June 5, 2023 Pairs June 6, 2023 Split Formed June 13, 2023 For Finland June 18, 2023 Split Formed For the United States June 22, 2023 Ice dance Split
Retirements Date Skater(s) July 7, 2022 Véronik Mallet Women July 11, 2022 Vanessa James / Eric Radford Pairs July 16, 2022 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Ice dance July 17, 2022 Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti July 18, 2022 Conor Stakelum Men July 19, 2022 Yuzuru Hanyu August 5, 2022 Evelyn Walsh Pairs August 10, 2022 Alisson Krystle Perticheto Women August 13, 2022 Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin Ice dance August 20, 2022 Grigory Smirnov Ice dance August 27, 2022 Eichu Cho August 30, 2022 Diana Mukhametzianova Pairs September 6, 2022 Ekaterina Ryabova Women October 12, 2022 Mariah Bell October 14, 2022 Konstantin Milyukov Men October 16, 2022 Matyáš Bělohradský November 26, 2022 Jenni Saarinen Women November 30, 2022 Kailani Craine James Min Men December 3, 2022 Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir Women December 22, 2022 Jelizaveta Žuková Pairs December 24, 2022 Yuhana Yokoi Women December 25, 2022 Mitsuki Sumoto Men January 3, 2023 Paul Fentz January 4, 2023 Polina Kostiukovich Pairs January 5, 2023 Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov January 20, 2023 Stanislava Konstantinova Women January 23, 2023 Nolan Seegert Pairs February 3, 2023 Coline Keriven February 25, 2023 Nikolas Wamsteeker Ice dance March 22, 2023 Daša Grm Women March 29, 2023 Ruben Blommaert Pairs May 1, 2023 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Ice dance May 6, 2023 Steven Adcock Pairs May 12, 2023 Natasha McKay Women May 26. 2023 Keegan Messing Men June 5, 2023 Morisi Kvitelashvili
Coaching changes Date Skater(s) From To July 24, 2022 Adam Siao Him Fa Men Laurent Depouilly & Nathalie Depouilly Cedric Tour & Rodolphe Marechal August 17, 2022 Daniel Grassl Lorenzo Magri Alexei Letov & Olga Ganicheva August 19, 2022 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Ice dance Alexei Kiliakov & Elena Novak Charlie White, Tanith White & Greg Zuerlein August 20, 2022 Nicola Todeschini Men Gabriele Minchio, Giulia Garello & Stephanie Cuel Aljona Savchenko You Young Women Mie Hamada, Tammy Gambill & Chi Hyun-jung Mie Hamada, Viktor Pfeifer & Chi Hyun-jung August 22, 2022 Conrad Orzel Men Brian Orser & Tracey Wilson Ravi Walia Bradie Tennell Women Tom Zakrajsek Benoît Richaud & Cedric Tour August 25, 2022 Artur Danielian Men Elena Buyanova Evgeni Rukavicin Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Ice dance Alexei Sitnikov & Julia Zlobina Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon August 28, 2022 Lydia Smart / Harry Mattick Pairs Emma Davies & Richard Beamish Zoe Jones & Christopher Boyadji August 29, 2022 Alexia Paganini Women Gheorghe Chiper Zoltán Kelemen August 31, 2022 Eva-Lotta Kiibus Anna Levandi Thomas Kennes September 6, 2022 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud Ice dance Roxane Petetin, Fabian Bourzat & Alexander Zhulin Roxane Petetin, Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon September 22, 2022 Alexia Paganini Women Zoltán Kelemen Michael Huth October 1, 2022 Alexandra Trusova Eteri Tutberidze, Daniil Gleikhengauz & Sergei Dudakov Svetlana Sokolovskaya November 4, 2022 Ivan Shmuratko Men Michael Huth, Robert Dierking, Anna Bernauer & Marina Amirkhanova Laurent Depouilly, Nathalie Depouilly & Ivan Shmuratko December 5, 2022 Daniel Grassl Alexei Letov & Olga Ganicheva Lorenzo Magri, Alisa Mikonsaari, Eva Martinek & Angelina Turenko January 13, 2023 Lorenzo Magri, Alisa Mikonsaari, Eva Martinek & Angelina Turenko Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz January 16, 2023 Alena Kostornaia Pairs Elena Buianova Sergei Roslyakov Devid Naryzhnyy Ice dance Irina Zhuk & Alexander Svinin Denis Samokhin Irina Khavronina Alexei Gorshkov, Lyudmila Gorshkova, Nikolai Morozov & Ivan Volobuev February 19, 2023 Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich Alexei Sitnikov, Julia Zlobina & Alexander Zhulin Matteo Zanni, Barbora Řezníčková & Denis Lodola February 26, 2023 Júlia LángWomen Júlia Sebestyén & Szabolcs Vidrai Angelina Turenko, Alisa Mikonsaari, Lorenzo Magri & Eva Martinek March 22, 2023 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinIce dance Irina Zhuk, Alexander Svinin & Nikolai Morozov Alexander Zhulin & Petr Durnev April 10, 2023 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Denis Samokhin, Maria Borovikova & Oleg Sudakov April 22, 2023 You Young Women Mie Hamada, Viktor Pfeifer & Chi Hyun-jung Chi Hyun-jung May 1, 2023 Mone Chiba Soshi Tanaka Mie Hamada May 6, 2023 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Pairs Artur Minchuk & Tamara Moskvina Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz May 12, 2023 Anna Frolova Women Sergei Davydov Evgeni Rukavicin June 2, 2023 Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala Ice dance Maurizio Margaglio & Neil Brown Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khaliavin June 18, 2023 Alisa Efimova Pairs Florian Just Aleksei Letov & Olga Ganicheva June 28, 2023 Cha Jun-hwan Men Brian Orser & Chi Hyun-jung Chi Hyun-jung
Nationality changes If skaters of different nationalities formed a team, the ISU required that they choose one country to represent.
Date Skater(s) From To Notes July 7, 2022 Catharina Tibau / Cayden Dawson Ice dance July 13, 2022 Natalia Pallu-Neves / Jayin Panesar July 20, 2022 Jussiville Partanen Partnering with Malene Nichita August 9, 2022 Inga Gurgenidze Women August 20, 2022 Nicola Todeschini Men August 27, 2022 Rikako FukaseIce dance Switching to synchronized skating September 7, 2022 Lachlan Lewer Pairs Partnering with Naomi Williams September 28, 2022 Steven Adcock Partnering with Cho Hye-jin April 17, 2023 Noah Lafornara Ice dance May 7, 2023 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus May 8, 2023 Balázs Nagy Pairs Partnering with Chelsea Liu May 31, 2023 Nikita Volodin Partnering with Minerva Fabienne Hase June 5, 2023 Diana Davis / Gleb SmolkinIce dance June 15, 2023 Tim Dieck Partnering with Olivia Smart June 18, 2023 Alisa Efimova Pairs Partnering with Misha Mitrofanov
International competitions
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