2016–17 figure skating season


The 2016–17 figure skating season began on July 1, 2016, and ended on June 30, 2017. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2017 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.

Age eligibility

Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union 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.
LevelDate of birth
Junior 'Born between July 1, 1997 & June 30, 2003
Junior 'Born between July 1, 1995 & June 30, 2003
Senior Born before July 1, 2001

Changes

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.

International competitions

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DatesEventTypeLevelLocationResults
July 29–30Lake Placid Ice Dance InternationalOtherS/JDLake Placid, New York, United States
August 4–7Asian Open TrophyOtherAllM/L/PManila, Philippines
August 24–28JGP FranceGrand PrixJuniorM/L/DSaint-Gervais, France
August 31 – September 4JGP Czech RepublicGrand PrixJuniorAllOstrava, Czech Republic
September 7–11JGP JapanGrand PrixJuniorM/L/DYokohama, Japan
September 8–11Lombardia TrophyChallengerS/JAllBergamo, Italy
September 14–18U.S. International ClassicChallengerSeniorAllSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
September 14–18JGP RussiaGrand PrixJuniorAllSaransk, Russia
September 21–25JGP SloveniaGrand PrixJuniorM/L/DLjubljana, Slovenia
September 22–24Nebelhorn TrophyChallengerSeniorAllOberstdorf, Germany
September 28 – October 2JGP EstoniaGrand PrixJuniorAllTallinn, Estonia
September 29 – October 1Autumn Classic InternationalChallengerS/JAllMontreal, Quebec, Canada
September 30 – October 2Ondrej Nepela MemorialChallengerSeniorAllBratislava, Slovakia
October 1Japan OpenOtherSeniorM/LSaitama, Japan
October 5–9JGP GermanyGrand PrixJuniorAllDresden, Germany
October 6–10Finlandia TrophyChallengerSeniorAllEspoo, Finland
October 18–23Denkova-Staviski CupOtherAllM/LSofia, Bulgaria
October 19–23International Cup of NiceOtherS/JAllNice, France
October 21–23Skate AmericaGrand PrixSeniorAllChicago, Illinois, United States
October 27–30Golden Bear of ZagrebOtherAllM/L/PZagreb, Croatia
October 28–30Skate Canada InternationalGrand PrixSeniorAllMississauga, Ontario, Canada
November 3–6Tirnavia Ice CupOtherJ/NM/LTrnava, Slovakia
November 3–6Crystal Skate of RomaniaOtherAllM/LMiercurea Ciuc, Romania
November 4–6Rostelecom CupGrand PrixSeniorAllMoscow, Russia
November 4–6NRW TrophyOtherAllDDortmund, Germany
November 9–13Volvo Open CupOtherAllAllRiga, Latvia
November 10–13Merano CupOtherAllM/L/PMerano, Italy
November 11–13Trophée de FranceGrand PrixSeniorAllParis, France
November 16–20Open d'AndorraOtherSeniorL/DCanillo, Andorra
November 16–20Open d'AndorraOtherJ/NM/L/DCanillo, Andorra
November 17–20Warsaw CupChallengerSeniorAllWarsaw, Poland
November 18–20Cup of ChinaGrand PrixSeniorAllBeijing, China
November 18–20Ice StarOtherAllM/L/DMinsk, Belarus
November 18–19Pavel Roman MemorialOtherJ/NDOlomouc, Czech Republic
November 19–27Tallinn TrophyChallengerAllAllTallinn, Estonia
November 23–27Skate CeljeOtherJ/NM/LCelje, Slovenia
November 25–27NHK TrophyGrand PrixSeniorAllSapporo, Japan
November 30 – December 4NRW TrophyOtherAllM/L/PDortmund, Germany
December 6–11Santa Claus CupOtherAllM/L/DBudapest, Hungary
December 7–10Golden Spin of ZagrebChallengerSeniorAllZagreb, Croatia
December 8–11Grand Prix FinalGrand PrixS/JAllMarseille, France
December 16–18Grand Prix of BratislavaOtherJ/NM/L/DBratislava, Slovakia

International medalists

Men's singles

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults

Ladies' singles

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults

Pairs

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults

Ice dance

CompetitionGoldSilverBronzeResults

Season's best scores

Ladies' singles

SkaterNationScoreEvent
1Evgenia Medvedeva80.852017 World Team Trophy
2Kaetlyn Osmond75.982017 World Championships
3Satoko Miyahara74.642016–17 Grand Prix Final
4Anna Pogorilaya74.392017 European Championships
5Mirai Nagasu73.402016 Autumn Classic International
6Gabrielle Daleman72.702016 Trophée de France
7Carolina Kostner72.402017 European Championships
8Elena Radionova72.212017 World Team Trophy
9Maria Sotskova72.172017 European Championships
10Mai Mihara72.102017 World Team Trophy

Pairs

TeamNationScoreEvent
1Sui Wenjing / Han Cong81.232017 World Championships
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov80.822017 European Championships
3Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot79.842017 World Championships
4Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford78.392016 Skate Canada International
5Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès75.722017 World Team Trophy
6Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao75.342016–17 Grand Prix Final
7Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert74.262017 World Championships
8Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov73.702017 European Championships
9Peng Cheng / Jin Yang73.332016 NHK Trophy
10Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch73.142017 World Championships

Ice dance

TeamNationScoreEvent
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir82.432017 World Championships
2Madison Chock / Evan Bates79.052017 World Team Trophy
3Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron78.262016 Trophée de France
4Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani77.972016–17 Grand Prix Final
5Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje76.732017 World Team Trophy
6Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue76.532017 World Championships
7Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev76.182017 European Championships
8Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin76.042016 Tallinn Trophy
9Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte75.652017 European Championships
10Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier72.832017 World Championships

World standings

Men's singles

SkaterNation
1Yuzuru Hanyu
2Shoma Uno
3Javier Fernandez
4Patrick Chan
5Jason Brown
6Adam Rippon
7Boyang Jin
8Maxim Kovtun
9Mikhail Kolyada
10Nathan Chen

Ladies' singles

SkaterNation
1Evgenia Medvedeva
2Satoko Miyahara
3Anna Pogorilaya
4Ashley Wagner
5Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
6Elena Radionova
7Mirai Nagasu
8Kaetlyn Osmond
9Rika Hongo
10Gracie Gold

Pairs

TeamNation
1Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
2Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
3Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
4Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
5Wenjing Sui / Cong Han
6Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres
7Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim
8Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
9Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
10Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch

Ice dance

TeamNation
1Madison Chock / Evan Bates
2Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
3Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
4Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
5Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
6Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
7Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
8Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
9Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
10Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

Current season's world rankings

Men's singles

SkaterNation
1Yuzuru Hanyu
2Shoma Uno
3Nathan Chen
4Patrick Chan
5Javier Fernandez
6Jason Brown
7Alexei Bychenko
8Boyang Jin
9Mikhail Kolyada
10Maxim Kovtun

Ladies' singles

SkaterNation
1Evgenia Medvedeva
2Kaetlyn Osmond
3Anna Pogorilaya
4Gabrielle Daleman
5Maria Sotskova
6Mai Mihara
7Karen Chen
8Mirai Nagasu
9Satoko Miyahara
10Elizabet Tursynbaeva

Pairs

TeamNation
1Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
2Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
3Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
4Xiaoyu Yu / Hao Zhang
5Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
6Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
7Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
8Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek
9Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres
10Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise

Ice dance

TeamNation
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
2Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
3Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
4Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
5Madison Chock / Evan Bates
6Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
7Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
8Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
9Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko
10Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje