International Challenge Cup

The International Challenge Cup (also known as the Aegon Challenge Cup after its title sponsor) is an annual figure skating competition generally held in February or March in The Hague, Netherlands. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was titled the Ennia Challenge Cup and held in November.[1]

Medals may be awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, novice, and pre-novice levels, such as "Debs". Some categories may be omitted in some years due to a lack of participants.

Senior medalists

Men

Senior men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008 Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson Italy Samuel Contesti Germany Clemens Brummer [2]
2009 Italy Samuel Contesti Belgium Kevin van der Perren Switzerland Jamal Othman [3]
2012 France Brian Joubert United States Jeremy Abbott Italy Samuel Contesti [4]
2013 France Brian Joubert United States Alexander Johnson France Chafik Besseghier [5]
2014 Japan Takahito Mura United States Douglas Razzano France Chafik Besseghier [6]
2015 Italy Ivan Righini Spain Javier Raya Japan Ryuju Hino [7]

Ladies

Senior ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2007 Netherlands Karen Venhuizen Austria Kathrin Freudelsperger Switzerland Viviane Käser [8]
2008 Japan Akiko Suzuki Turkey Tuğba Karademir United States Becky Bereswill [2]
2009 Sweden Viktoria Helgesson Sweden Joshi Helgesson Germany Constanze Paulinus [3]
2012 Italy Carolina Kostner Italy Valentina Marchei United States Alissa Czisny [4]
2013 Italy Carolina Kostner France Maé-Bérénice Méité Austria Kerstin Frank [5]
2014 Sweden Isabelle Olsson Japan Haruka Imai Switzerland Anna Ovcharova [6]
2015 Japan Kanako Murakami Sweden Joshi Helgesson Netherlands Niki Wories [7]

Pairs

Senior pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
1979 Soviet Union Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovsky Soviet Union Veronica Pershina / Marat Akbarov West Germany Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz [1]
1980 United States Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers [1]
1981 United States Vicki Heasley / Peter Oppegard [1]
1983 East Germany Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Canada Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom Canada Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler [1]
2013 France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès United States Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Germany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave [5]
2014 France Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Germany Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert Italy Giulia Foresti / Luca Demattè [6]
2015 United States Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay United Kingdom Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman Germany Minerva-Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert [7]

Junior medalists

Men

Junior men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008 United States Andrew Gonzales Jr. United States Daniel O'Shea Japan Yukihiro Yoshida [2]
2009 Japan Daisuke Murakami United States Joshua Farris Belgium Jorik Hendrickx [3]
2012 United Kingdom Peter James Hallam Turkey Osman Akgun United Kingdom Charlie Parry-Evans [4]
2014 Japan Sei Kawahara Japan Kazuki Tomono Germany Panagiotis Polizoakis [6]
2015 United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Finland Juho Pirinen Spain Héctor Alonso [7]

Ladies

Junior ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2007 United States Rachael Flatt United States Alexe Gilles United States Chrissy Hughes [8]
2008 United States Brittney Rizo Japan Shoko Ishikawa United States Amanda Dobbs [2]
2009 Japan Kanako Murakami United States Ellie Kawamura Sweden Isabelle Olsson [3]
2012 United States Leah Keiser Canada Gabrielle Daleman Italy Giada Russo [4]
2014 Japan Kaori Sakamoto United States Elena Taylor Finland Emmi Peltonen [6]
2015 United States Rebecca Peng Netherlands Kyarha van Tiel Belgium Loena Hendrickx [7]

Pairs

Junior pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2012 United States Jessica Pfund / A.J. Reiss Russia Anastasia Dolidze / Vadim Ivanov Germany Vanessa Bauer / Nolan Seegert [4]
2014 United States Jessica Lee / Robert Hennings United States Aya Takai / Brian Johnson Hong Kong Marin Ono / Hon Lam To [6]
2015 Japan Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet Ukraine Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei United States Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz [7]

Ice dancing

Junior ice dancing
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008 United States Kaylin Patitucci / Karl Edelman Poland Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzyński Austria Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer [2]

Advanced novice medalists

Men

Advanced novice men
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2008 Japan Keiji Tanaka United States David Wang Italy Filippo Ambrosini [2]
2009 Japan Sei Kawahara Switzerland Carlo Roethlisberger Switzerland Sergey Balashov [3]
2012 Canada Roman Sadovsky Japan Taichi Honda Norway Sondre Oddvoll Bøe [4]
2013 Sweden Illya Solomin Japan Reo Ishizuka United Kingdom Christopher Bland [5]
2014 Spain Aleix Gabara Xanco Italy Adrien Bannister Spain Ernesto Martinez [6]
2015 Japan Sena Miyake Spain Tomas LLorenç Guarino Germany Marvin Römpler [7]

Ladies

Advanced novice ladies
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2007 United States Angela Maxwell Austria Miriam Ziegler Austria Alessandra Laurencik [8]
2008 United States Marissa Secundy France Maé Bérénice Méité Japan Roanna Sari Oshikawa [2]
2009 Japan Mao Watanabe Norway Camilla Gjersem Japan Ayaka Osamura [3]
2012 Japan Yura Matsuda Finland Nelma Hede Sweden Victoria Englund [4]
2013 Japan Wakaba Higuchi Sweden Sallianna Öztürk Finland Emma Niemi [5]
2014 Japan Wakaba Higuchi Netherlands Kyarha van Tiel Latvia Nikola Mažgane [6]
2015 Japan Yuna Aoki Sweden Maggie Hills Germany Maële Oberlander [7]

Novice pairs

Novice pairs
Year Gold Silver Bronze Details
2009 Poland Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński Germany Karolin Salatzki / Nolan Seegert Netherlands Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ennia Challenge Cup". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on May 23, 2003.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Challenge Cup 2008". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Challenge Cup 2009". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 8 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Challenge Cup 2012". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Challenge Cup 2013". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Challenge Cup 2014". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. March 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Challenge Cup 2015". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 22 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Challenge Cup 2007". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012.

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