2015–16 ISU Challenger Series

none 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series ISU Challenger Series September 16 December 5, 2015 2015–16 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series The 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2015. It was the second season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held. Competitions This season, the series included the following events. Date Event Location Results September 16–20 USA 2015 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 24–26 GER 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 1–3 SVK 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details https://web.archive.org/web/20190218175747/http://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/uploads/sutaze/2015_2016/20151001_ont/ 2019-02-18 October 8–11 FIN 2015 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 15–18 RUS 2015 Mordovian Ornament Saransk, Russia Details October 20–25 BUL 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup Sofia, Bulgaria Details October 27 – November 1 AUT 2015 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details November 18–22 EST 2015 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details November 26–29 POL 2015 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details December 2–5 CRO 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic ISR Daniel Samohin JPN Keiji Tanaka USA Ross Miner Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy CAN Elladj Baldé USA Max Aaron RUS Konstantin Menshov Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy USA Jason Brown RUS Mikhail Kolyada RUS Gordei Gorshkov Details FIN Finlandia Trophy RUS Konstantin Menshov USA Adam Rippon RUS Sergei Voronov Details RUS Mordovian Ornament RUS Maxim Kovtun ISR Daniel Samohin RUS Moris Kvitelashvili Details BUL Denkova-Staviski Cup UZB Misha Ge MAS Julian Zhi Jie Yee ITA Matteo Rizzo Details AUT Ice Challenge RUS Artur Dmitriev USA Jason Brown RUS Mikhail Kolyada Details EST Tallinn Trophy USA Max Aaron RUS Dmitri Aliev LAT Deniss Vasiļjevs Details POL Warsaw Cup RUS Alexander Samarin RUS Anton Shulepov RUS Zhan Bush Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb KAZ Denis Ten USA Adam Rippon RUS Adian Pitkeev Details Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic JPN Satoko Miyahara KAZ Elizabet Tursynbayeva USA Angela Wang Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy CAN Kaetlyn Osmond RUS Alena Leonova USA Courtney Hicks Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy RUS Evgenia Medvedeva RUS Anna Pogorilaya RUS Maria Artemieva Details FIN Finlandia Trophy JPN Rika Hongo RUS Yulia Lipnitskaya SWE Joshi Helgesson Details RUS Mordovian Ornament RUS Anna Pogorilaya RUS Adelina Sotnikova RUS Maria Artemieva Details BUL Denkova-Staviski Cup SWE Isabelle Olsson LAT Angelīna Kučvaļska NOR Anne Line Gjersem Details AUT Ice Challenge USA Mirai Nagasu RUS Maria Artemieva USA Tyler Pierce Details EST Tallinn Trophy RUS Maria Sotskova KAZ Elizabet Tursynbayeva USA Tyler Pierce Details POL Warsaw Cup RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS Serafima Sakhanovich ARM Anastasia Galustyan Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva KAZ Elizabet Tursynbayeva USA Karen Chen Details Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic USA Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea USA Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran CAN Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy RUS Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov USA Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim FRA Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy RUS Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov RUS Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Details RUS Mordovian Ornament RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert LTU Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev Details AUT Ice Challenge USA Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim GER Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert ITA Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details EST Tallinn Trophy GER Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot GER Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert GBR Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji Details POL Warsaw Cup GER Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot ITA Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise LTU Goda Butkute / Nikita Ermolaev Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb RUS Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov RUS Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov USA Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic USA Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue DEN Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen CAN Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy USA Madison Chock / Evan Bates CAN Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam USA Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy CAN Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier GBR Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Details FIN Finlandia Trophy CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje ISR Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko DEN Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details RUS Mordovian Ornament RUS Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin ISR Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko POL Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev Details BUL Denkova-Staviski Cup TUR Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar BLR Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev RUS Ludmila Sosnitskaia / Pavel Golovishnokov Details AUT Ice Challenge USA Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton ITA Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri FIN Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm Details EST Tallinn Trophy ISR Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko SVK Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley FIN Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details POL Warsaw Cup ITA Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri POL Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev FIN Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb ITA Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri USA Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker ARM Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Details Medal standings 14 12 11 8 7 9 4 1 2 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Challenger Series rankings The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team. Men's singles No. Rank Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Jason Brown Ondrej Nepela Trophy 239.37 Ice Challenge 240.65 480.02 2 Max Aaron Nebelhorn Trophy 222.94 Tallinn Trophy 252.16 475.10 3 Mikhail Kolyada Ondrej Nepela Trophy 229.59 Ice Challenge 239.77 469.36 4 Adam Rippon Finlandia Trophy 224.18 Golden Spin of Zagreb 237.87 462.05 5 Daniel Samohin U.S. International Classic 223.67 Mordovian Ornament 235.14 458.81 Ladies' singles No. Rank Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Warsaw Cup 192.93 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.33 394.26 2 Anna Pogorilaya Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.38 Mordovian Ornament 214.07 392.45 3 Adelina Sotnikova Mordovian Ornament 203.89 Golden Spin of Zagreb 159.80 363.69 4 Elizabet Tursynbayeva U.S. International Classic 177.91 176.33 354.24 5 Maria Artemieva Ondrej Nepela Trophy 177.21 Mordovian Ornament 173.87 351.08 Pairs No. Rank Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Tallinn Trophy 214.42 Warsaw Cup 209.60 424.02 2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 184.28 Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.22 376.50 3 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Mordovian Ornament 196.22 173.62 369.84 4 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 185.00 183.88 368.88 5 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Nebelhorn Trophy 179.56 Ice Challenge 189.28 368.84 Ice dance No. Rank Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Warsaw Cup 169.72 Golden Spin of Zagreb 172.28 342.00 2 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Mordovian Ornament 160.98 Tallinn Trophy 160.84 321.82 3 Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev 150.60 Warsaw Cup 147.52 298.12 4 Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar 145.34 Denkova-Staviski Cup 151.74 297.08 5 Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev 142.86 148.08 290.94 Top scores the all-time highest scores list of highest scores in figure skating the season's highest scores 2015–16 figure skating season#Season's best scores Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total No. Rank Skater Nation Score Event 1 Denis Ten 276.39 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 Max Aaron 252.16 2015 Tallinn Trophy 3 Artur Dmitriev 247.57 2015 Ice Challenge 4 Elladj Baldé 242.36 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Jason Brown 240.65 2015 Ice Challenge 6 Mikhail Kolyada 239.77 7 Adam Rippon 237.87 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 8 Maxim Kovtun 236.38 2015 Mordovian Ornament 9 Daniel Samohin 235.14 10 Jorik Hendrickx 233.47 2015 Ice Challenge Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total No. Rank Skater Nation Score Event 1 Anna Pogorilaya 214.07 2015 Mordovian Ornament 2 Adelina Sotnikova 203.89 3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 201.33 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Rika Hongo 187.45 2015 Finlandia Trophy 5 Maria Sotskova 186.30 2015 Tallinn Trophy 6 Evgenia Medvedeva 183.94 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 7 Satoko Miyahara 183.64 2015 U.S. International Classic 8 Kaetlyn Osmond 179.41 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 9 Elizabet Tursynbayeva 177.91 2015 U.S. International Classic 10 Maria Artemieva 177.21 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total No. Rank Team Nation Score Event 1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 214.42 2015 Tallinn Trophy 2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 214.05 2015 Mordovian Ornament 3 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 202.79 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert 196.22 2015 Mordovian Ornament 5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 192.22 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 191.98 2015 Warsaw Cup 7 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 190.28 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 8 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 189.28 2015 Ice Challenge 9 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 185.00 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 10 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert 177.04 2015 Tallinn Trophy Ice dance +Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) No. Rank Team Nation Score Event 1 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin 176.70 2015 Mordovian Ornament 2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 172.28 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 169.50 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 161.67 2015 Finlandia Trophy 5 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko 160.98 2015 Mordovian Ornament 6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 159.14 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland 156.22 8 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 154.34 9 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 153.62 2015 U.S. International Classic 10 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 153.06 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb References 30em http://static.isu.org/media/165409/1858-challenger-series.pdf Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating International Skating Union 2014-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070211/http://static.isu.org/media/165409/1858-challenger-series.pdf dead http://static.isu.org/media/198197/1933-decisions-of-the-council-communication.pdf Communication No. 1933 Decisions of the ISU Council International Skating Union 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175934/http://static.isu.org/media/198197/1933-decisions-of-the-council-communication.pdf dead http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2015/csmen.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Men International Skating Union http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2015/csladies.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ladies International Skating Union http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2015/cspairs.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Pairs International Skating Union http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2015/csdance.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice dance International Skating Union External links ISU Challenger Series at the International Skating Union Category:2015 in figure skating Category:ISU Challenger Series