Competitive figure skating year, 2015/7/1 to 2016/6/30
2015–16 figure skating season Date: July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 Previous: 2014–15 Next: 2016–17
The 2015–16 figure skating season began on July 1, 2015, and ended on June 30, 2016. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2016 European Championships , Four Continents Championships , World Junior Championships , and World Championships . They also competed at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series , culminating at the Grand Prix Final , and the Challenger Series .
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.[ 1]
Level Date of birth Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles) Born between July 1, 1996 & June 30, 2002 Junior (males in pairs & ice dance) Born between July 1, 1994 & June 30, 2002 Senior (all disciplines) Born before July 1, 2000
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 [ edit ] Date Skaters Disc. Type Ref. July 6, 2015 Narumi Takahashi / Alexandr Zaboev Pairs Formed [ 2] July 10, 2015 Olivia Smart / Joseph Buckland Ice dance Dissolved July 31, 2015 Daria Popova / Andrei Novoselov Pairs [ 3] Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov Formed August 9, 2015 Francis Boudreau Audet Dissolved [ 4] Spencer Howe Formed Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet October 16, 2015 Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz Ice dance Dissolved [ 5] December 13, 2015 Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz Formed [ 6] January 7, 2016 Thea Rabe / Timothy Koleto Dissolved [ 7] January 8, 2016 Jennifer Urban / Sevan Lerche [ 8] March 10, 2016 Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay Pairs [ 9] April 1, 2016 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Ice dance Formed [ 10] April 8, 2016 Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri Dissolved April 26, 2016 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Pairs [ 11] [ 12] Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Formed Peng Cheng / Jin Yang May 2, 2016 Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov Ice dance Dissolved [ 13] [ 14] Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Formed May 18, 2016 Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata Pairs [ 15] May 23, 2016 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc [ 16] [ 17] June 12, 2016 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Dissolved [ 18] Zoe Wilkinson / Christopher Boyadji Formed [ 19] June 18, 2016 Anna Yanovskaya / Ivan Guryanov Ice dance [ 20]
Date Skater(s) Disc. Ref. July 24, 2015 Ronald Lam Men [ 21] July 27, 2015 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Pairs [ 22] July 31, 2015 Daria Popova [ 3] August 27, 2015 Kiira Korpi Ladies [ 23] September 10, 2015 Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman Pairs [ 24] Danielle Montalbano [ 25] September 22, 2015 Katarina Gerboldt [ 26] December 24, 2015 Artur Gachinski Men [ 27] January 28, 2016 Florent Amodio [ 28] March 15, 2016 Takahiko Kozuka [ 29] April 4, 2016 Song Nan [ 30] June 1, 2016 Konstantin Menshov [ 31] June 12, 2016 Vanessa Grenier Pairs [ 18] June 15, 2016 Rudi Swiegers [ 32] June 16, 2016 Nicole Orford / Asher Hill Ice dance [ 33]
Date Skater(s) Disc. From To Ref. July 13, 2015 Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant Ice dance Shawn Winter & Elise Hamel Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs & Jon Lane [ 34] October 8, 2015 Serafima Sakhanovich Ladies Alina Pisarenko Evgeni Rukavicin [ 35] November 18, 2015 Yulia Lipnitskaya Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov Alexei Urmanov [ 36] December 13, 2015 Olivia Smart Ice dance Evgeni Platov & Philip Askew Marie-France Dubreuil , Patrice Lauzon & Romain Haguenauer [ 37] [ 6] February 20, 2016 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Marina Zueva , Oleg Epstein & Johnny Johns Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon [ 38] March 10, 2016 Adian Pitkeev Men Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov Elena Buianova [ 39] Sergei Voronov Inna Goncharenko April 9, 2016 Maria Sotskova Ladies Svetlana Panova Elena Buianova [ 40] April 24, 2016 Nam Nguyen Men Brian Orser , Ernest Pryhitka & Tracy Wilson David Glynn [ 41] April 25, 2016 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Pairs Ingo Steuer Rockne Brubaker & Stefania Berton [ 42] May 16, 2016 Maxim Kovtun Men Elena Buianova Inna Goncharenko [ 43] June 2, 2016 Li Zijun Ladies Gao Haijin Mingzhu Li & Pang Qing [ 44] [ 45] Yan Han Men Shuguang Jia June 20, 2016 Michal Březina Karel Fajfr Rafael Arutunian [ 46]
International competitions [ edit ] Code key Color key 2015 Dates Event Type Level Disc. Location Results July 16–19 Philadelphia Summer International Other S/J M/L Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States July 30–31 Lake Placid Ice Dance International Other S/J D Lake Placid, New York , United States August 5–8 Asian Open Trophy Other All M/L Bangkok, Thailand Details August 19–23 JGP Slovakia Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Bratislava, Slovakia Details August 26–30 JGP Latvia Grand Prix Junior All Riga, Latvia Details September 2–6 JGP United States Grand Prix Junior All Colorado Springs, Colorado , United States Details September 9–13 JGP Austria Grand Prix Junior All Linz, Austria Details September 16–20 U.S. International Classic Challenger Senior All Salt Lake City, Utah , United States Details September 17–20 Lombardia Trophy Other All All Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details September 23–27 JGP Poland Grand Prix Junior All Toruń, Poland Details September 24–26 Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 1–3 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Challenger Senior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details Archived 2019-02-18 at the Wayback Machine October 1–4 JGP Spain Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Logroño, Spain Details October 3 Japan Open Other Senior M/L Tokyo, Japan Details October 7–11 JGP Croatia Grand Prix Junior M/L/D Zagreb, Croatia Details October 8–11 Finlandia Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Espoo, Finland Details October 9–11 Ice Star Other All M/L/D Minsk, Belarus Details October 12–15 Autumn Classic International Other S/J All Barrie, Ontario , Canada Details October 14–18 International Cup of Nice Other S/J All Nice, France Details October 15–18 Mordovian Ornament Challenger Senior All Saransk, Russia Details October 20–25 Denkova-Staviski Cup Challenger All M/L/D Sofia, Bulgaria Details October 22–25 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other J/N M/L Trnava, Slovakia Details Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine October 23–25 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Milwaukee, Wisconsin , United States Details October 27–31 Leo Scheu Memorial Other J/N M/L Graz, Austria Details October 27 - November 1 Ice Challenge Challenger Senior All Graz, Austria Details October 30 - November 1 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Senior All Lethbridge, Alberta , Canada Details November 3–8 Crystal Skate of Romania Other All M/L Brașov, Romania Details November 4–8 Volvo Open Cup Other All All Riga, Latvia Details November 6–8 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Beijing, China Details NRW Trophy Other All D Dortmund, Germany Details November 11–15 Skate Celje Other J/N M/L Celje, Slovenia Details November 12–15 Merano Cup Other All M/L Merano, Italy Details November 13–15 Trophée Éric Bompard Grand Prix Senior All Bordeaux, France Details November 18–21 Golden Bear of Zagreb Other All M/L/P Zagreb, Croatia Details November 18–22 Open d'Andorra Other All All Canillo, Andorra Details Tallinn Trophy Challenger Senior All Tallinn, Estonia Details November 20–22 Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details Grand Prix SNP Other J/N M/L Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Details Pavel Roman Memorial Other All D Olomouc, Czech Republic Details November 25–29 NRW Trophy Other All M/L/P Dortmund, Germany Details November 26–29 Warsaw Cup Challenger Senior All Warsaw, Poland Details November 27–29 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior All Nagano, Japan Details November 28 - December 4 Santa Claus Cup Other All M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details December 2–5 Golden Spin of Zagreb Challenger Senior All Zagreb, Croatia Details December 10–13 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix S/J All Barcelona, Spain Details December 18–20 Grand Prix of Bratislava Other J/N M/L/D Bratislava, Slovakia Details
2016 Dates Event Type Level Disc. Location Results January 6–10 Mentor Toruń Cup Other All All Toruń, Poland Details January 15 Medal Winners Open Other Senior M/L Osaka, Japan Details January 19–23 Skate Helena Other All M/L Belgrade, Serbia Details January 21–24 Reykjavik International Games Other Senior L Reykjavík, Iceland Junior M/L January 22–23 FBMA Trophy Other All M/L Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Details January 27–31 European Championships Championships Senior All Bratislava, Slovakia Details February 4–7 Dragon Trophy Other All M/L Ljubljana, Slovenia Details Sarajevo Open Other All M/L/P Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Details February 10–14 Sofia Trophy Other All M/L Sofia, Bulgaria Details February 12–14 Jégvirág Cup Other Senior L Miskolc, Hungary Details Junior M/L February 13–16 Winter Youth Olympics Olympics Junior All Lillehammer, Norway Details 1 , 2 Archived 2016-02-18 at the Wayback Machine February 16–21 Bavarian Open Other All All Oberstdorf, Germany Details February 18–21 Four Continents Championships Championships Senior All Taipei, Taiwan Details February 23–28 Hellmut Seibt Memorial Other All All Vienna, Austria Details February 24–28 Nordic Championships Other All M/L Aalborg, Denmark Details March 2–6 Sportland Trophy Other All M/L Budapest, Hungary Details March 9–13 Cup of Tyrol Other All M/L/P Innsbruck, Austria Details March 11–13 Coupe du Printemps Other All M/L Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Details Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine March 14–20 World Junior Championships Championships Junior All Debrecen, Hungary Details March 23–27 Triglav Trophy Other All M/L Jesenice, Slovenia Details March 28 – April 3 World Championships Championships Senior All Boston, Massachusetts , United States Details March 31 – April 2 Avas Cup Other All M/L Miskolc, Hungary Details March 31 – April 4 Coppa Europa Other Junior L Canazei, Italy Details April 11–17 World Development Trophy Other Junior M/L Gdańsk, Poland Details April 15–17 Gardena Spring Trophy Other All M/L Egna, Italy Details April 22–24 Team Challenge Cup Other Senior All Spokane, Washington , United States Details
International medalists [ edit ] 
French
Deutsch
Ronald Lam 
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin 
Daria Popova 
Kiira Korpi 
Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman 
Danielle Montalbano 
Katarina Gerboldt 
Takahiko Kozuka 
Song Nan 
Vanessa Grenier 
European Championships 
Javier Fernández
Four Continents Championships 
World Junior Championships 
JGP Latvia 
Choi Da-bin
JGP Austria 
JGP Poland 
JGP Croatia 
Renata Oganesian / Mark Bardei
Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
Lombardia Trophy 
Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev
Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert
Sarajevo Open 
Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın
Winter Youth Olympics