The 2016

World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (''"World Juniors"'' or ''"Junior Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for ...

were held from 14–20 March 2016 in

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. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

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, and

ice dancing 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 ...

. Anna Dušková /

Martin Bidař Martin Bidař (born 24 February 1999) is a Czech pair skater, who currently competes with Jelizaveta Žuková. They are two-time Czech national champions (2020–2021) and represented the Czech Republic at the 2022 Winter Olympics. With forme ...

and

Daniel Samohin Daniel Samohin ( he, דניאל סמוכין; born 12 March 1998) is an Israeli figure skater. He is the 2016 World Junior champion, and has won two ISU Challenger Series medals, including a gold medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Sa ...

became the first World Junior champions in figure skating from the Czech Republic and Israel, respectively. Japan's

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won the ladies' title and Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter took the ice dancing event.

Records

The following new junior records were set during this competition:

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from

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who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the Junior Worlds. The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.

Minimum TES

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2015 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.

Entries

Some national associations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list on 25 February 2016.

Changes to initial assignments

Results

Men

Israel's

climbed from 9th after the short program to win his country's first World Junior title in figure skating. Nicolas Nadeau, who missed the cut for the free skate in 2015, obtained the silver medal and three spots for Canada in the 2017 men's event. Called up to replace the injured

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, Tomoki Hiwatashi was awarded the bronze medal in his first appearance at Junior Worlds.

Ladies

Youth Olympic and JGP Final champion Polina Tsurskaya withdrew before the short program due to an ankle injury. Short program leader

Alisa Fedichkina Alisa Andreyevna Fedichkina (russian: Алиса Андреевна Федичкина, ''FYEH-deech-kee-nah''; born 14 February 2002) is a Russian competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 International Cup of Nice champion and has won two sil ...

withdrew before the start of the free skate, also due to an ankle injury. Japan's

ended Russia's five-year streak of World Junior ladies' titles. Despite her teammates' withdrawals,

Maria Sotskova Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. ''SOT-skoh-vah''; russian: Мария Романовна Сотскова; born 12 April 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Internationaux de ...

was able to retain three spots for Russia by placing in the top two.

Wakaba Higuchi is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 World silver medalist and a five-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022). On the junior level, she is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist ( 2015 ...

of Japan won her second consecutive bronze medal at Junior Worlds.

Pairs

Anna Dušková /

became the first Czech figure skaters to ever win gold at a World Junior Championships and the first pair skaters from outside China, Russia, or the United States to win the competition since 2000. Russian pairs

Anastasia Mishina Anastasia Viktorovna Mishina (russian: Анастасия Викторовна Мишина, born 24 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Aleksandr Galliamov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event and 20 ...

/ Vladislav Mirzoev and Ekaterina Borisova /

Dmitry Sopot Dmitry Vladimirovich Sopot, (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Сопот, born 1 May 1998) is a Russian retired pair skater. With former partner Ekaterina Borisova, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 World Junior b ...

took silver and bronze, respectively, in their first trip to Junior Worlds.

Ice dancing

The United States won both the gold and silver medals. Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter overtook short program leaders Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons for the title, finishing ahead by a margin of 0.91. It was the fourth appearance at Junior Worlds for both teams. Russia's

Alla Loboda Alla Andreyevna Loboda (russian: Алла Андреевна Лобода; born 10 December 1998) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner Pavel Drozd, she is a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 2017, br ...

Pavel Drozd Pavel Igorevich Drozd (russian: Павел Игоревич Дрозд; born 14 December 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes with Elizaveta Shanaeva. With his former skating partner, Alla Loboda, he is a two-time World Junior med ...

rose from sixth after the short dance to take bronze in their first trip to the event.

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement: Small medals for placement in the short segment: Small medals for placement in the free segment:

By country

Table of medals for overall placement: Table of small medals for placement in the short segment: Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

References

External links

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