1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix

1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Season:	1998–99

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The 1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the second season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singes, pair skating, and ice dancing. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 1998–99 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Date	Event	Location
August 18–22, 1998	1998 JGP Grand Prix de Saint Gervais	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
September 9–13, 1998	1998 JGP Mexico Cup	Mexico City, Mexico
September 16–20, 1998	1998 JGP Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria
September 23–27, 1998	1998 JGP Ukrainian Souvenir	Kiev, Ukraine
October 7–10, 1998	1998 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany
October 14–18, 1998	1998 JGP Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest, Hungary
October 20–25, 1998	1998 JGP China Int. Junior Competition	Beijing, China
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 1998	1998 JGP Slovakia	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
March 12–14, 1999	1998–99 JGP Final	Detroit, United States

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 1998–99 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[1]

There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dancing.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Ilia Klimkin	Irina Nikolaeva	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali
2	Vincent Restencourt	Viktoria Volchkova	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
3	Yosuke Takeuchi	Tamara Dorofejev	Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voyko
4	Stefan Lindemann	Sarah Hughes	Meliza Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev
5	Ryan Bradley	Anna Jurkiewicz	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov
6	Alexei Vasilevsky	Daria Timoshenko	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexey Sokolov	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo
7	Lukáš Rakowski	Gwenaelle Jullien	–	–
8	Matthew Savoie	Chisato Shiina	–	–
Alternates
1st	Matthew Davies	Júlia Sebestyén	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Tatiana Kurkudym / Yuri Kocherzhenko
2nd	Scott Smith	Yoshie Onda	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai
3rd	Soshi Tanaka	Yuko Kawaguchi	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov	Nelly Gouverst / Cedric Pernet

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	13	9	8	30
2	United States	4	8	9	21
3	Ukraine	6	2	5	13
4	Japan	3	2	3	8
5	France	3	1	2	6
6	Italy	3	2	0	5
7	Hungary	2	3	0	5
8	China	2	1	2	5
9	Germany	0	2	3	5
10	Poland	0	2	2	4
11	Canada	0	2	1	3
12	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
12	Estonia	0	1	0	1
14	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Men

1998–99 Junior Grand Prix
Men's medalists
Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Vincent Restencourt	Ryan Bradley	Matthew Savoie
Mexico	Yosuke Takeuchi	Eiji Iwamoto	Jeffrey Franklin
Bulgaria	Ilia Klimkin	Stefan Lindemann	Soshi Tanaka
Ukraine	Andriy Kyforenko	Alexei Vasilevski	Oleksandr Smokvin
Germany	Vincent Restencourt	Stefan Lindemann	Scott Smith
Hungary	Ilia Klimkin	Yosuke Takeuchi	Ryan Bradley
China	Guo Zhengxin	Gao Song	Yu Wang
Slovakia	Johnny Weir	Lukáš Rakowski	Matthew Davies
Final	Vincent Restencourt	Ilia Klimkin	Alexei Vasilevski

Ladies

1998–99 Junior Grand Prix
Ladies' medalists
Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Irina Nikolaeva	Anna Jurkiewicz	Daria Timoshenko
Mexico	Yuko Kawaguchi	Sarah Hughes	Chisato Shiina
Bulgaria	Tamara Dorofejev	Daria Timoshenko	Sabina Wojtala
Ukraine	Viktoria Volchkova	Galina Maniachenko	Anna Neshcheret
Germany	Irina Nikolaeva	Anna Jurkiewicz	Sara Wheat
Hungary	Júlia Sebestyén	Sarah Hughes	Chisato Shiina
China	Yoshie Onda	Gwenaëlle Jullien	Wang Huan
Slovakia	Viktoria Volchkova	Tamara Dorofejev	Erin Pearl
Final	Viktoria Volchkova	Sarah Hughes	Daria Timoshenko

Pairs

1998–99 Junior Grand Prix
Pairs' medalists
Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Viktoria Shklover / Valdis Mintals	Jaisa MacAdam / Garrett Lucash
Mexico	Meliza Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	Eve Butchart / Clinton Petersen	Larisa Spielberg / Craig Joeright
Bulgaria	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Aneta Kowalska / Łukasz Różycki
Ukraine	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov
Germany	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov
Hungary	Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov	Stefanie Weiss / Matthias Bleyer
China	Zhang Xiaodan / Zhang Hao	Melica Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	Anna Kaverzina / Vitali Dubina
Slovakia	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Jacinth Lariviere / Lenny Faustino	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov
Final	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski

Ice dancing

1998–99 Junior Grand Prix
Ice dancing medalists
Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Tetyana Kurkudym / Yuriy Kocherzhenko	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Nelly Gourvest / Cédric Pernet
Mexico	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Jill Vernekohl / Jan Luggenholscher
Bulgaria	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev	Emilie Nussear / Brandon Forsyth
Ukraine	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voyko	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov	Olga Kudym / Anton Tereshenko
Germany	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Tetyana Kurkudym / Yuriy Kocherzhenko
Hungary	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Emilie Nussear / Brandon Forsyth
China	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Melissa Gregory / James Shufford	Nelly Gourvest / Cedric Pernet
Slovakia	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voyko	Jill Vernekohl / Jan Luggenhoelscher
Final	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev

References

↑ http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9899/jgp7.html

External links

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