The 2022–23
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
was a series of senior international competitions organized by the
International Skating Union
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that were held from October 2022 through December 2022. Medals were awarded in
men's singles, women's singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
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 ...
. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the
Grand Prix Final in
Turin, Italy
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. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the
2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2022 through December 2022. It was the junior-level complement to the 2022–23 ISU Gran ...
.
Competitions
In April 2022, the ISU cancelled the
Rostelecom Cup in response to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
.
The
Grand Prix of Espoo was named as its replacement on July 14, 2022.
On May 10, 2022, the
Chinese Skating Association informed the ISU that they could no longer host the
Cup of China
The Cup of China is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Skating Association (), and part of the ISU Grand Prix Series. The first competition was held in ...
due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The
MK John Wilson Trophy was chosen as the replacement.
The series included the following events.
Requirements
Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2022. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.
Assignments
Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Changes to preliminary assignments
Skate America
Skate Canada International
Grand Prix de France
MK John Wilson Trophy
NHK Trophy
Grand Prix of Espoo
Medal summary
Medal standings
Qualification
At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the
Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
# Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
# Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
# Participated in two events.
# Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
# Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
# Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
# Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.
Qualification standings
Qualifiers
;Alternates
Records and achievements
Achievements
* At the
2022 Skate Canada,
Riku Miura
Riku Miura (; born December 17, 2001) is a Japanese pair skater. With her skating partner, Ryuichi Kihara, she is the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships, 2023 and 2025 World Figure Skating Championships, 2025 World champion, two-time World s ...
and
Ryuichi Kihara
is a Japanese pair skater. With his skating partner, Riku Miura, he is the 2023 and 2025 World champion, two-time World silver medalist (2022, 2024), a two-time Four Continents champion (2023, 2025), the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a ...
became the first Japanese pairs team to win a Grand Prix gold medal.
* At the
2022 Grand Prix de France,
Loena Hendrickx
Loena Hendrickx (; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist (2022, 2023), the 2024 European Figure Skating Championships, 2024 European champion, the 2023 European Figur ...
won Belgium's first Grand Prix gold medal at the senior level in any discipline.
* At the 2022 Grand Prix de France,
Deanna Stellato-Dudek was the oldest skater (at age 39) to win a Grand Prix gold medal in any discipline.
* At the
2022 MK John Wilson Trophy,
Daniel Grassl
Daniel Grassl (born 4 April 2002) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2024 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 European silver medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy champion, the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist, and a five-time Ita ...
became the first Italian men's singles skater to win a Grand Prix gold medal.
* At the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy,
Deniss Vasiļjevs
Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (inc ...
won Latvia's first Grand Prix medal in men's singles (a silver medal).
* At the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy,
Anastasiia Gubanova won Georgia's first Grand Prix medal in women's singles (a bronze medal).
* At the
2022 Grand Prix of Espoo,
Anastasiia Metelkina
Anastasia Nikolaevna Metelkina (; ka, ანასტასია ნიკოლაევნა მეტელკინა; born 10 March 2005) is a Russian-born pair skater who competes for Georgia (country), Georgia. With current partner Luk ...
and
Daniil Parkman won Georgia's first Grand Prix medal in pairs (a bronze medal) .
* At the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo,
Juulia Turkkila and
Matthias Versluis won Finland's first Grand Prix medal in ice dance (a bronze medal) at either the senior or junior level.
*
Riku Miura
Riku Miura (; born December 17, 2001) is a Japanese pair skater. With her skating partner, Ryuichi Kihara, she is the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships, 2023 and 2025 World Figure Skating Championships, 2025 World champion, two-time World s ...
and
Ryuichi Kihara
is a Japanese pair skater. With his skating partner, Riku Miura, he is the 2023 and 2025 World champion, two-time World silver medalist (2022, 2024), a two-time Four Continents champion (2023, 2025), the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a ...
became the first Japanese pairs team to win a gold medal at a Grand Prix Final.
*
Alexa Knierim and
Brandon Frazier won the United States' first Grand Prix Final medal in pairs (the silver medal).
*
Sara Conti and
Niccolò Macii won Italy's first Grand Prix Final medal in pairs (the bronze medal) at either the senior or junior level.
*
Loena Hendrickx
Loena Hendrickx (; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist (2022, 2023), the 2024 European Figure Skating Championships, 2024 European champion, the 2023 European Figur ...
won Belgium's first Grand Prix Final medal (the bronze medal) at the senior level in any discipline.
Top scores
Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
References
External links
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International Skating Union
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