World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The Figure Skating Junior World Championships (World Junior Figure Skating Championships, also known as World Juniors or Junior Worlds known) are a year by the International Skating Union ( ISU) aligned Skating Competition, compete with the young athletes for the title of World Junior Champion.
Implementation
The ISU changed in the past several times their guidelines for participation. The current regulations provide that the skaters must have reached the age of 13 years ( until the preceding 1 July each year ) and not authorized to be older than 19 years old. In pair skating and ice dancing the maximum age is set at 21 years.
The title fights are one of four, organized by the ISU each year and is considered most prestigious international competitions in the junior section. The figure skaters compete in the disciplines of single drive (men and women), pair skating and ice dancing.
History
The first Figure Skating Junior World Championships were held in March 1976 in Megeve as ISU Junior Figure Skating Championships. Two more times was held in the French city of the competition. In the third edition in 1978, the competition was officially renamed the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Since 1979, the venues vary each year.
Since 2000, the competitions were always held in early March, but for some editions of the late November or early December of the previous calendar year was selected.
Eligibility
Figure skaters qualify for the World Figure Skating Junior World Championships if they are nationals of a country which is a member of the International Skating Union. Every nation is by default a starting place for each discipline. A second or third starting position for the following year will be assigned by a scoring which depends on the placement of the athlete. The score is derived from the sum of the rankings of skaters in a given country ( the best two finishes, with three starting positions ). Several starting points are not transferred, so that countries need to re- competing each year for the award of a second or third launch site. Sends a country only a figure skater or a pair of, it must / this place is in the top ten to win a second place; among the top two for three starting positions. If a country nominated two athletes / pairs, the sum of the placements must be 13 or less, three starting points to win for the next year; 28 or less for two starting places.
Exceptions are made if a runner should be forced for health reasons or material problems, not to lead the competition started over.
The nominations for the Junior World Championships responsibility of the respective national associations. Some countries depend on the results of their athletes at the national championships, while others select for more diverse criteria.
Medalist
Gentlemen
The most successful in this discipline were skaters from Russia or the Soviet Union as well as from the United States (the 14 wins ), followed by their counterparts from Japan (4). In the list of winners so far could such well-known elderly runners as the later Olympic champion or world champion Alexander Fadeev Viktor Petrenko, Todd Eldredge, Ilia Kulik, Alexei Yagudin, Evgeni Plyushchenko, Daisuke Takahashi and Yuzuru Hanyū. The American Adam Rippon 2009 was the first to defend his title.
Ladies
The most successful in this discipline were skaters from the United States (14 wins), followed by their colleagues from Russia or the Soviet Union ( 12) and Japan (6). In the list of winners (Series winners so far failed to materialize ) could so far as known elderly runners as the later Olympic champions or world champions Elaine Zayak, Rosalynn Sumners, Kristi Yamaguchi, Yuka Satō, Michelle Kwan, Irina Sluzkaja, Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Kim Yu -na and Adelina Sotnikowa classified. The Russian Jelena Radionowa 2014 was the first who could defend their title.
Couples
The most successful in this discipline were couples from Russia and the former Soviet Union ( 21 wins ), followed by their counterparts from China ( 6) and the United States (5). In the list of winners ( three wins most successful Natalja Krestjaninowa and Alexei Torschinski ) so far as known elderly couples as the later Olympic, World or European champions Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, Larissa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, Ekaterina Gordejewa and Sergei Grinkow could classify. Corresponding results have been achieved by various winning entrant, as Maria Petrova, Anton Sikharulidze or Olena Savchenko, at senior level with other partners.
Ice Dancing
The most successful in this discipline were couples from Russia and the former Soviet Union (28 wins), followed by their colleagues from the United States (7 ) and the UK (2). In the list of winners ( three wins most successful: Yevgeny Platov with his former partner Jelena Krikanowa ) could so far as known elderly runners as the later Olympic, World or European champion Sergei Ponomarenko, Oksana " Pasha " Grishchuk, Marina Anissina, Ilya Awerbuch, Roman Kostomarov, Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir classified.