2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: February 22 – March 1
Season: 2008–09
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Host: Bulgarian Skating Federation
Venue: Winter Sports Hall
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Adam Rippon
Ladies' singles:
Russia Alena Leonova
Pair skating:
Russia Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze
Ice dancing:
United States Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
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The 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2008–09 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The event was held between February 22 and March 1, 2009 at the Winter Sports Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event had been provisionally scheduled to be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, however, due to financial reasons, the Czech Figure Skating Association could not host. Therefore, on October 13, 2008, the International Skating Union definitively assigned the World Junior Championships to Sofia.[1]

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from ISU Member Nations who had reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008, but had not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance was 21.

The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than necessarily the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but are still age-eligible for World Juniors. Regardless of whether they have competed as seniors, all competitors perform programs that conform to the ISU rules for junior level competition in terms of program lengths, jumping passes, etc.

Number of entries per discipline

All members nations have one entry in each discipline by default. Member nations may earn more than entry based on their performance at the previous year's championships.

The following countries earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Junior Championships based on their performance at the 2008 World Junior Championships.[2]

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance
3  Russia
 United States
 United States  China
 Russia
 Canada
 Russia
 United States
2  Canada
 China
 Czech Republic
 France
 Canada
 Finland
 Germany
 Japan
 Russia
 Sweden
 Canada
 Estonia
 United States
 France
 Italy
 Ukraine

Schedule

All times are GMT+2.

Medals table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 2 2 2 6
2  Russia 2 1 2 5
3  Czech Republic 0 1 0 1

Results

Men

The men's podium at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Michal Březina (2nd), Adam Rippon (1st), Artem Grigoriev (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Adam Rippon  United States 222.00174.301147.70
2 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 204.88269.552135.33
3 Artem Grigoriev  Russia 184.40465.113119.29
4 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 183.77564.804118.97
5 Curran Oi  United States 182.89369.407113.49
6 Yang Chao  China 177.86762.256115.61
7 Song Nan  China 175.441058.705116.74
8 Elladj Balde  Canada 170.76860.638110.13
9 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 169.36663.8110105.55
10 Ross Miner  United States 164.80959.159105.65
11 Nikolai Bondar  Ukraine 161.931357.7511104.18
12 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 161.771158.1813103.59
13 Alexander Majorov  Sweden 154.061258.151695.91
14 Denis Wieczorek  Germany 153.731554.201599.53
15 Florent Amodio  France 153.701949.8012103.90
16 Stanislav Kovalev  Russia 151.931850.2614101.67
17 Peter Reitmayer  Slovakia 150.851455.651795.20
18 Mark Vaillant  France 145.901652.592093.31
19 Javier Raya  Spain 144.191750.501993.69
20 Petr Coufal  Czech Republic 143.452148.401895.05
21 Ruben Errampalli  Italy 133.032445.932187.10
22 Kim Min-seok  South Korea 129.872346.732283.14
23 Viktor Romanenkov  Estonia 124.092049.112374.98
24 Matthew Precious  Australia 121.932247.042474.89
25 Pavel Petrov Savinov  Bulgaria 88.593730.842557.75
Did not advance to free skating
26 Sebastian Iwasaki  Poland 2545.20
27 Stephen Li-Chung Kuo  Chinese Taipei 2643.14
28 Ruben Blommaert  Belgium 2743.12
29 Matthew Parr  United Kingdom 2842.84
30 Bela Papp  Finland 2942.59
31 Engin Ali Artan  Turkey 3040.16
32 Sarkis Hairapetyan  Armenia 3139.18
33 Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 3238.01
34 Dmitri Kagirov  Belarus 3337.98
35 Mario-Rafael Ionian  Austria 3437.74
36 Tomi Pulkkinen   Switzerland 3533.37
37 Zsolt Kosz  Romania 3633.24
38 Beka Shankulashvili  Georgia 3830.74
39 Boyito Mulder  Netherlands 3929.71
40 Ivor Mikolcevic  Croatia 4026.55
41 Cameron Hems  New Zealand 4125.91

Ladies

The ladies' podium at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Caroline Zhang (2nd), Alena Leonova (1st), Ashley Wagner (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Alena Leonova  Russia 157.18355.502101.68
2 Caroline Zhang  United States 154.671047.641107.03
3 Ashley Wagner  United States 153.57257.50396.07
4 Joshi Helgesson  Sweden 139.89455.14684.75
5 Katrina Hacker  United States 139.68551.06488.62
6 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 138.32160.321178.00
7 Sarah Hecken  Germany 135.83948.14587.69
8 Ivana Reitmayerová  Slovakia 129.40648.34881.06
9 Oksana Gozeva  Russia 126.701544.54782.16
10 Isabel Drescher  Germany 126.65848.161078.49
11 Francesca Rio  Italy 122.70748.241274.46
12 Maé Bérénice Méité  France 122.531643.98978.55
13 Diane Szmiett  Canada 119.091247.481571.61
14 Miriam Ziegler  Austria 116.201942.921373.28
15 Svetlana Issakova  Estonia 115.141843.381471.76
16 Haruka Imai  Japan 113.241743.581669.66
17 Chaochih Liu  Chinese Taipei 112.491346.821865.67
18 Geng Bingwa  China 111.711147.542164.17
19 Eleonora Vinnichenko  Ukraine 110.662042.421768.24
20 Sonia Lafuente  Spain 109.271446.162263.11
21 Kathryn Kang  Canada 104.822340.382064.44
22 Kwak Min-jeong  South Korea 103.692438.941964.75
23 Karly Robertson  United Kingdom 102.532240.582361.95
24 Katsiarina Pakhamovich  Belarus 88.502141.182547.32
25 Stefanie Pechlaner  Bulgaria 76.454428.822447.63
Did not advance to free skating
26 Mari Suzuki  Japan 2538.50
27 Romy Bühler   Switzerland 2637.60
28 Manouk Gijsman  Netherlands 2737.44
29 Karina Johnson  Denmark 2837.26
30 Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook  Thailand 2937.02
31 Alexandra Rout  New Zealand 3036.56
32 Angelica Olsson  Sweden 3136.50
33 Anne Line Gjersem  Norway 3234.30
34 Alexandria Riordan  Poland 3334.04
35 Beatrice Rozinskaite  Lithuania 3433.38
36 Chelsea Rose Chiappa  Hungary 3533.26
37 Georgia Glastris  Greece 3632.74
38 Matleena Laakso  Finland 3732.36
39 Jaimee Nobbs  Australia 3832.02
40 Zanna Pugaca  Latvia 3931.28
41 Kristina Kostková  Czech Republic 4031.06
42 Reyna Hamui  Mexico 4130.98
43 Mary Grace Baldo  Philippines 4230.66
44 Sofia Bardakov  Israel 4329.52
45 Noora Pitkänen  Finland 4528.22
46 Daša Grm  Slovenia 4628.14
47 Maria Dikanovic  Croatia 4727.08
48 Lydia Fuentes  Andorra 4827.04
49 Laurie Lougsami  Belgium 4926.72
50 Armine Stambultsyan  Armenia 5026.50
51 Birce Atabey  Turkey 5124.14
52 Mila Petrovic  Serbia 5223.54
53 Naida Akšamija  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5320.08
54 Anja Chong  Singapore 5415.46

Pairs

The pairs podium at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov(2nd), Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (1st), Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze  Russia 144.32155.12289.20
2 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov  Russia 138.591144.60193.99
3 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir  United States 137.47249.10488.37
4 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers  Canada 137.07448.64388.43
5 Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov  Russia 134.80348.84585.96
6 Maddison Bird / Raymond Schultz  Canada 127.63646.60681.03
7 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  Japan 126.64845.98780.66
8 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei  China 125.30745.98879.32
9 Brynn Carman / Chris Knierim  United States 124.93945.94978.99
10 Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz   Switzerland 123.60547.281076.32
11 Cheng Duo / Gao Yu  China 119.731044.941174.79
12 Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov  Estonia 116.381244.361272.02
13 Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta  Poland 107.811440.581367.23
14 Camille Foucher / Bruno Massot  France 104.261340.981563.28
15 Carolina Gillespie / Daniel Aggiano  Italy 101.431537.941463.49
16 Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák  Slovakia 101.081637.921663.16
17 Alexandra Herbríková / Lukáš Ovčáček  Czech Republic 98.261737.401760.86
18 Marylie Jorg / Benjamin Koenderink  Netherlands 97.631837.041860.59
19 Rie Aoi / Wen Xiong Guo  Hong Kong 91.282033.661957.62
20 Anna Khnychenkova / Sergei Kulbach  Ukraine 87.811934.242053.57
Did not advance to free skating
21 Tameron Drake / Edward Alton  United Kingdom 2130.82

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (2nd), Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (1st), Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total Points CD OD FD
1 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein  United States 172.55133.15157.29182.11
2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 162.15529.71452.10280.34
3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 161.80729.02253.80378.98
4 Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell  United States 161.34231.39353.44476.51
5 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill  Canada 152.76430.09649.58573.09
6 Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev  Russia 150.21330.44550.30969.47
7 Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle  Canada 149.50629.24848.06672.20
8 Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák  Czech Republic 146.041127.80749.181069.06
9 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi  Italy 145.611027.81947.67870.13
10 Terra Findlay / Benoît Richaud  France 145.171326.821047.11771.24
11 Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev  Russia 138.86828.571345.001265.29
12 Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon  Canada 138.381227.531245.331165.52
13 Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun  Ukraine 134.86927.921145.551461.39
14 Guan Xueting / Wang Meng  China 124.321525.372536.161362.79
15 Nikki Georgiadis / Graham Hockley  Greece 121.321823.211639.521558.59
16 Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer  Austria 121.071724.521838.811757.74
17 Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csolley  Slovakia 121.032022.761540.161658.11
18 Genevieve Deutch / Evan Roberts  United Kingdom 120.971426.371441.692252.91
19 Charlene Guignard / Guillaume Paulmier  France 119.881624.561938.221857.10
20 Paola Amati / Marco Fabbri  Italy 115.662122.612337.382055.67
21 Dora Turoczi / Balazs Major  Hungary 115.162422.232437.171955.76
22 Dominique Dieck / Michael Zenkner  Germany 114.292222.482137.652154.16
23 Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  Ukraine 113.041923.121739.172350.75
24 Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki  Finland 111.222322.442038.082450.70
25 Lora Semova / Dimitar Lichev  Bulgaria 99.112920.292931.282547.54
Did not advance to free dance
26 Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov  Belarus 57.952820.362237.59
27 Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzyński  Poland 56.442521.862634.58
28 Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost   Switzerland 54.413019.912734.50
29 Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev  Estonia 53.472720.452833.02
30 Alissandra Aronow / Aleksandr Pirogov  Lithuania 52.722621.803030.92
Did not advance to original dance
31 Ariana Weintraub / Avidan Brown  Israel 3119.87
32 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz  Spain 3219.86
33 Maria Popkova / Viktor Kovalenko  Uzbekistan 3319.77

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