Competitive figure skating year, 2018/7/1 to 2019/6/30
2018–19 figure skating season Date: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 Previous: 2017–18 Next: 2019–20
The 2018–19 figure skating season began on July 1, 2018, and ended on June 30, 2019. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2019 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, 1999 & June 30, 2005
Junior (males in pairs & ice dance)
Born between July 1, 1997 & June 30, 2005
Senior (all disciplines)
Born before July 1, 2003
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
Notes
Ref.
July 1, 2018
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam
Pairs
Dissolved
[ 2]
July 18, 2018
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
Ice dance
[ 3]
July 19, 2018
Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
Pairs
[ 4]
July 27, 2018
Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov
[ 5]
August 9, 2018
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Ice dance
[ 6]
August 15, 2018
Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev
Ice dance
[ 7]
Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov
Ksenia Konkina / Alexander Vakhnov
Formed
Sofia Polishchuk / German Shamraev
[ 8]
August 22, 2018
Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov
Pairs
Dissolved
[ 9]
Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin
Amina Atakhanova / Nikita Volodin
Formed
Lina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov
Alina Ustimkina / Alexei Rogonov
August 28, 2018
Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye
Ice dance
Dissolved
Lewis retired.
[ 10]
August 31, 2018
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Pairs
Klimov retired.
[ 11] [ 12]
September 13, 2018
Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
[ 13]
September 16, 2018
Ksenia Stolbova / Andrei Novoselov
Formed
For Russia
[ 14] [ 15]
September 21, 2018
Yura Min / Daniel Eaton
Ice dance
For South Korea
[ 16]
September 25, 2018
Hanna Abrazhevich / Martin Bidař
Pairs
For the Czech Republic
[ 17]
October 18, 2018
Kim Kyu-eun / Maxime Deschamps
For South Korea
[ 18]
October 20, 2018
Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno
Ice dance
Dissolved
Tateno retired.
[ 19]
November 5, 2018
Ksenia Konkina / Alexander Vakhnov
[ 20]
Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd
Formed
November 18, 2018
Natacha Lagouge / Corentin Rahier
Dissolved
Rahier retired.
[ 21]
December 2018
Nadine Wang / Francis Boudreau-Audet
Pairs
Formed
For Canada
[ 22]
Alla Loboda / Anton Shibnev
Ice dance
[ 23]
March 4, 2019
Lubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau
Pairs
[ 24]
April 2, 2019
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Ice dance
Dissolved
Rachel Parsons retired.
[ 25]
April 5, 2019
Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville
[ 26]
Natasha Purich / Bryce Chudak
Pairs
Formed
[ 27]
April 7, 2019
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay
Dissolved
[ 28]
April 8, 2019
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara
[ 29]
April 15, 2019
Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert
[ 30]
April 25, 2019
Shira Ichilov / Vadim Davidovich
Ice dance
[ 31]
May 13, 2019
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov
[ 32]
May 17, 2019
Hanna Abrazhevich / Martin Bidař
Pairs
[ 33]
Elizaveta Zhuk / Martin Bidař
Formed
For the Czech Republic
[ 33] [ 34]
May 18, 2019
Kim Kyu-eun / Maxime Deschamps
Dissolved
[ 35]
May 24, 2019
Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen
Ice dance
Törn retired.
[ 36]
May 31, 2019
Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu
Pairs
[ 37]
June 13, 2019
Carolina Moscheni / Andrea Fabbri
Ice dance
Fabbri retired.
[ 38]
June 20, 2019
Caroline Green / Gordon Green
Gordon Green retired.
[ 39]
Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
Formed
Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang
For Japan
[ 40]
June 26, 2019
Chelsea Liu / Xie Zhong
Pairs
For China
[ 41]
Elena Pavlova / Ruben Blommaert
For Germany
[ 42]
June 28, 2019
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Andrey Filatov
Ice dance
[ 43]
Date
Skater(s)
Disc.
Ref.
August 3, 2018
Grant Hochstein
Men
[ 44]
August 8, 2018
Kerstin Frank
Ladies
[ 45]
September 5, 2018
Fedor Klimov
Pairs
[ 12]
October 20, 2018
Aru Tateno
Ice dance
[ 19]
Angélique Abachkina
[ 46]
November 13, 2018
Li Zijun
Ladies
[ 47]
November 18, 2018
Corentin Rahier
Ice dance
[ 21]
November 19, 2018
Adam Rippon
Men
[ 48]
Kevin Reynolds
[ 49]
January 7, 2019
Marissa Castelli
Pairs
[ 50]
January 26, 2019
Javier Fernández
Men
[ 51]
February 13, 2019
Max Settlage
Pairs
[ 52]
March 16, 2019
Phillip Harris
Men
[ 53]
March 23, 2019
Alexander Majorov
[ 54]
April 2, 2019
Rachel Parsons
Ice dance
[ 25]
April 17, 2019
Timothy Dolensky
Men
[ 55]
April 18, 2019
Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson
Ice dance
[ 56]
April 23, 2019
Maxim Kovtun
Men
[ 57]
May 2, 2019
Kaetlyn Osmond
Ladies
[ 58]
May 7, 2019
Angela Wang
[ 59]
May 10, 2019
Larkyn Austman
[ 60]
May 14, 2019
Camilla Gjersem
[ 61]
May 24, 2019
Cecilia Törn
Ice dance
[ 36]
May 31, 2019
Polina Tsurskaya
Ladies
[ 62]
June 6, 2019
Chloe Lewis
Ice dance
[ 63]
June 7, 2019
Joti Polizoakis
[ 64]
June 11, 2019
Park So-youn
Ladies
[ 65]
June 13, 2019
Andrea Fabbri
Ice dance
[ 38]
June 16, 2019
Aimee Buchanan
Ladies
[ 66]
Date
Skater(s)
Disc.
From
To
Ref.
July 12, 2018
Anastasia Tarakanova
Ladies
Eteri Tutberidze , Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz
Evgeni Plushenko & Ksenia Ivanova
[ 67]
July 25, 2018
Daria Panenkova
Anna Tsareva
[ 68] [ 15]
August 6, 2018
Joseph Phan
Men
Yvan Desjardins & Violane Emard
Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson
[ 69]
August 31, 2018
Angela Wang
Ladies
Christy Krall , Ryan Bradley & Erik Schulz
Ravi Walia
[ 70]
September 7, 2018
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Pairs
Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora
Dalilah Sappenfield
[ 71]
September 12, 2018
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Ice dance
Nikolai Morozov
Nikolai Morozov, Igor Shpilband & Pasquale Camerlengo
[ 72]
September 25, 2018
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Ladies
Shanetta Folle
John Zimmerman & Silvia Fontana
[ 73]
October 13, 2018
Rika Hongo
Hiroshi Nagakubo , Yoriko Naruse & Miho Kawaume
Joanne McLeod , Megumu Seki & Neil Wilson
[ 74]
October 20, 2018
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim
Pairs
Aljona Savchenko
Todd Sand & Jenni Meno
[ 75] [ 76]
November 4, 2018
Anna Pogorilaya
Ladies
Anna Tsareva
Viktoria Butsayeva
[ 77]
November 27, 2018
Ekaterina Kurakova
Inna Goncharenko
Brian Orser
[ 78]
March 2019
Alena Kanysheva
Svetlana Panova & Tatiana Moiseeva
Eteri Tutberidze , Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz
[ 79]
April 6, 2019
Maria Sotskova
Elena Buianova
Svetlana Sokolovskaya
[ 80]
April 15, 2019
Anastasia Tarakanova
Evgeni Plushenko & Ksenia Ivanova
Svetlana Panova & Tatiana Moiseeva
[ 81] [ 82]
April 24, 2019
Camden Pulkinen
Men
Tom Zakrajsek
Damon Allen & Tammy Gambill
[ 83]
April 29, 2019
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Pairs
Maxim Trankov & Nina Mozer
Marina Zoueva & Nina Mozer
[ 84] [ 85]
May 10, 2019
Stephen Gogolev
Men
Lee Barkell
Rafael Arutyunyan & Lee Barkell
[ 86] [ 87]
June 3, 2019
Shoma Uno
Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi
Stéphane Lambiel
[ 88]
June 25, 2019
Vincent Zhou
Tom Zakrajsek , Tammy Gambill & Christy Krall
Tammy Gambill & Mie Hamada
[ 89]
June 25, 2019
Gabrielle Daleman
Ladies
Lee Barkell , Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson
Lee Barkell
[ 90]
Nationality changes [ edit ]
International competitions [ edit ]
Code key
Color key
2018
Dates
Event
Type
Level
Disc.
Location
Results
July 24–28
Lake Placid Ice Dance International
Other
All
D
Lake Placid, New York , United States
Details 1 , 2
July 30 – August 5
Philadelphia Summer International
Other
Senior
M/L
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Details
August 1–5
Asian Open Trophy
Challenger
Senior
M/L/D
Bangkok, Thailand
Details 1 , 2
Other
P
August 9–12
NRW Trophy
Other
S/N
D
Dortmund, Germany
Details
Junior
M/L/D
August 22–25
JGP Slovakia
Grand Prix
Junior
All
Bratislava, Slovakia
Details
August 29 – September 1
JGP Austria
Grand Prix
Junior
All
Linz, Austria
Details
September 5–8
JGP Lithuania
Grand Prix
Junior
M/L/D
Kaunas, Lithuania
Details
September 12–15
JGP Canada
Grand Prix
Junior
All
Richmond, British Columbia , Canada
Details
September 12–16
Lombardia Trophy
Challenger
Senior
All
Bergamo, Italy
Details
U.S. International Classic
Challenger
Senior
All
Salt Lake City, Utah , United States
Details
September 19–22
Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Challenger
Senior
M/L/D
Bratislava, Slovakia
Details
Other
P
September 20–22
Autumn Classic International
Challenger
Senior
All
Oakville, Ontario , Canada
Details
September 26–29
JGP Czech Republic
Grand Prix
Junior
All
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Details
Nebelhorn Trophy
Challenger
Senior
All
Oberstdorf, Germany
Details
October 3–6
JGP Slovenia
Grand Prix
Junior
M/L/D
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Details
October 4–7
Finlandia Trophy
Challenger
Senior
All
Espoo, Finland
Details
October 6
Japan Open
Other
Senior
M/L
Saitama, Japan
Details
October 10–13
JGP Armenia
Grand Prix
Junior
M/L/D
Yerevan, Armenia
Details
October 18–21
Ice Star
Other
S/J
All
Minsk, Belarus
Details
October 19–21
Halloween Cup
Other
All
M/L/D
Budapest, Hungary
Details
Skate America
Grand Prix
Senior
All
Everett, Washington , United States
Details
October 24–28
Golden Bear of Zagreb
Other
All
M/L
Zagreb, Croatia
Details
Crystal Skate of Romania
Other
All
M/L
Otopeni, Romania
Details
October 26–28
Skate Canada International
Grand Prix
Senior
All
Laval, Quebec , Canada
Details
November 1–4
Tirnavia Ice Cup
Other
J/N
M/L
Trnava, Slovakia
Details
November 2–4
Grand Prix of Helsinki
Grand Prix
Senior
All
Helsinki, Finland
Details
November 7–11
Volvo Open Cup
Other
All
All
Riga, Latvia
Details
November 9–11
NHK Trophy
Grand Prix
Senior
All
Hiroshima, Japan
Details
Pavel Roman Memorial
Other
All
D
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Details
Riedell Ice Cup
Other
J/N
M/L/P
Prague, Czech Republic
Details
November 11–18
Alpen Trophy
Challenger
Senior
M/L/D
Innsbruck, Austria
Details 1 , 2
Other
P
November 16–18
Rostelecom Cup
Grand Prix
Senior
All
Moscow, Russia
Details
November 21–25
Skate Celje
Other
J/N
M/L
Celje, Slovenia
Details
November 22–25
Warsaw Cup
Other
Senior
M/L/D
Warsaw, Poland
Details
November 23–25
Internationaux de France
Grand Prix
Senior
All
Grenoble, France
Details
November 26 – December 2
Tallinn Trophy
Challenger
Senior
All
Tallinn, Estonia
Details
November 27 – December 2
Bosphorous Cup
Other
All
M/L/D
Istanbul, Turkey
Details
Denkova-Staviski Cup
Other
All
M/L
Sofia, Bulgaria
Details
November 28 – December 2
Open d'Andorra
Other
All
M/L/D
Canillo, Andorra
Details
November 29 – December 2
Christmas Cup
Other
S/J
M/L/D
Budapest, Hungary
Details
December 5–8
Golden Spin of Zagreb
Challenger
Senior
All
Zagreb, Croatia
Details
December 6–9
Grand Prix Final
Grand Prix
S/J
All
Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada
Details
December 14–16
Grand Prix of Bratislava
Other
J/N
All
Bratislava, Slovakia
Details
December 14–18
Russian-Chinese Youth Winter Games
Other
Junior
All
Ufa, Russia
Details
2019
Dates
Event
Type
Level
Disc.
Location
Results
January 8–12
Mentor Cup
Other
All
M/L/D
Toruń, Poland
Details
January 9–12
EduSport Trophy
Other
All
M/L
Târgu Secuiesc, Romania
Details
January 15–19
Skate Helena
Other
All
M/L
Belgrade, Serbia
Details
January 21–27
European Championships
Championships
Senior
All
Minsk, Belarus
Details
January 31 - February 3
Reykjavík International Games
Other
Senior
L
Reykjavík, Iceland
Details
Junior
M/L
February 1–3
Egna Dance Trophy
Other
All
D
Egna, Italy
Details
February 5–10
Sofia Trophy
Other
All
M/L
Sofia, Bulgaria
Details
Bavarian Open
Other
All
All
Oberstdorf, Germany
Details
February 6–10
Nordic Championships
Other
All
M/L
Linköping, Sweden
Details
February 7–10
Four Continents Championships
Championships
Senior
All
Anaheim, California , United States
Details
Dragon Trophy & Tivoli Cup
Other
All
M/L
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Details
February 8–17
Children of Asia International Sports Games
Other
Junior
M/L
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Details
February 9–16
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Other
Junior
M/L
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Details
February 15–17
Jégvirág Cup
Other
All
M/L/D
Miskolc, Hungary
Details
February 20–23
Open Ice Mall Cup
Other
All
All
Eilat, Israel
Details
February 20–24
Tallink Hotels Cup
Other
All
M/L
Tallinn, Estonia
Details
February 21–24
International Challenge Cup
Other
All
M/L/P
The Hague, Netherlands
Details
February 25 – March 3
Cup of Tyrol
Other
All
M/L
Innsbruck, Austria
Details
March 2–12
Winter Universiade
Other
Senior
All
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Details Details
March 4–10
World Junior Championships
Championships
Junior
All
Zagreb, Croatia
Details
March 15–17
Coupe du Printemps
Other
All
M/L
Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Details
March 18–24
World Championships
Championships
Senior
All
Saitama, Japan
Details
March 28–31
Egna Spring Trophy
Other
All
M/L/P
Egna, Italy
Details
April 8–14
Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup
Other
All
M/L
Jesenice, Slovenia
Details
April 9–14
Skate Victoria
Other
All
M/L
Sofia, Bulgaria
Details
April 11–14
World Team Trophy
Other
Senior
All
Fukuoka, Japan
Details
International medalists [ edit ]
Season's best scores[ edit ]
As of April 9, 2019[update] .[ 95]
As of April 9, 2019[update] .[ 96]
As of April 9, 2019[update] .[ 97]
As of April 9, 2019[update] .[ 98]
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^ a b "Krasobruslař Bidař už našel novou partnerku, bude závodit s Běloruskou" [Figure skater Bidař has found a new partner, he will race with Belarus] (in Czech). iDNES.cz . September 25, 2018.
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^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (November 5, 2018). "Российский фигурист Павел Дрозд образовал танцевальную пару с Ксенией Конкиной" [Russian figure skater Pavel Drozd formed a dance couple with Ksenia Konkina] (in Russian). RIA Novosti .
^ a b Lagouge, Natacha (November 18, 2018). "Maybe you already know or maybe not .. but I wanted to announce that we are ending our partnership" (Instagram ). Archived from the original on 2021-12-23.
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^ "Lubov Ilyushechkina and Charlie Bilodeau to compete in pairs together" (Press release). Skate Canada . March 4, 2019.
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^ Bartholomay, Nathan (April 7, 2019). "Hello friends. After much deliberation and careful consideration, Deanna and I have decided to end our partnership" (Instagram ). Archived from the original on 2021-12-23.
^ "須﨑海羽&木原龍一パートナー解消のお知らせ" [News of Miu Suzaki & Ryuichi Kihara partner cancellation] (Press release) (in Japanese). Kinoshita Group. April 8, 2019.
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^ "World Standings - Ladies" . International Skating Union.
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