The 2009–10 figure skating season began on 1 July 2009, and ended on 30 June 2010. During this

season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pol ...

, elite skaters competed at the Olympic level at the

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, on the ISU Championship level at the 2010 European,

Four Continents Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, ...

, World Junior, and

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. They also competed in elite competitions such as the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.

Season notes

It was the final season in which the

compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and ge ...

and the

original dance The original dance (OD) was one of the programs performed by figure skaters in ice dance competitions, in which the ice dancers skated "a dance of their own creation to dance music they have selected for the designated rhythm(s)".Rulebook, p. 90 ...

were contested in

ice dance Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. Following this season, the

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instituted the

short dance The short dance (SD) was the first segment of an ice dancing competition from the 2010–2011 to the 2017–2018 seasons. It was approved in June 2010 by the International Skating Union (ISU). It merged the original dance (OD) and compulsory d ...

Isabelle Delobel Isabelle Delobel (born 17 June 1978) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With partner Olivier Schoenfelder, she is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European champion, and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion. Delobel and Schoenfelder r ...

competed at the Olympics with partner

Olivier Schoenfelder Olivier Schoenfelder (born 30 November 1977) is a French retired ice dancer and coach. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion. Career Schoenfelder began skatin ...

just four-and-a-half months after giving birth. On 28 June 2010, the International Skating Union announced that

Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (, born 3 November 1982) is a Russian former figure skater. He is a four-time Olympic medalist (2006 gold, 2014 team gold, 2002 & 2010 silver), a three-time World champion (2001, 2003, 2004), a seven-time European ...

had lost his eligibility due to participating in March and April shows without his federation's permission.

Age eligibility

Skaters competing on the junior level were required to be at least 13 but not 19 – or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers – before 1 July 2009. Those who had turned 14 were eligible for the senior Grand Prix series and senior B internationals. Those who turned 15 before 1 July 2009 were also eligible for the senior World, European, and Four Continents Championships.

Music

Partnership changes

Partnership splits and/or formation of new teams included:

Coaching changes

Retirements

A number of elite skaters announced their retirement from competition:

Competitions

;Key

Records

During the season, the following world records were set:

ISU & Olympic Champions

During the season, the following skaters won ISU Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Season's best scores

The following are all the season's best scores set over the season.

Men

Men's season's best scores on 25 March 2010.

Ladies

Ladies season's best scores on 27 March 2010.

Pairs

Pairs season's best scores on 24 March 2010.

Ice dance

Ice dance season's best scores on 26 March 2010.

World standings

Season-end standings (top 30)

Men's singles

Ladies' singles

Pairs

Ice dance

References

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