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Ice Challenge
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueEisstadion Liebenau
LocationGraz
CountryAustria Austria
Inaugurated2009
Next event2025
Organized byGrazer Eislaufverein

The Ice Challenge – held in 2021 as the Cup of Austria – is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Grazer Eislaufverein in Graz, Austria. The competition debuted as an international event in 2009; prior to that, it was a regional event called the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen, named in honor of Leo Scheu, the first president of the Grazer Eislaufverein. When the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Ice Challenge was one of the inaugural competitions. The Ice Challenge has been a Challenger Series event four times during its history as of 2025. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; and when the event is part of the Challenger Series, skaters earn ISU World Standing points based on their results.

History

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The Ice Challenge – originally called the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen, named in honor of Leo Scheu, the first president of the Grazer Eislaufverein – began in 1971 and was only a regional competition, organized and hosted by the Grazer Eislaufverein in Graz, Austria. In 2006, the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen was expanded to allow competitors from all of Austria. In 2008, the competition allowed international competitors for the first time, and in 2009, it received official endorsement by the International Skating Union (ISU) and was placed on their international calendar.[1]

The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[2] The Ice Challenge was one of the inaugural competitions. Douglas Razzano and Hannah Miller of the United States won the men's and women's events, respectively; Lina Fedorova and Maxim Miroshkin of Russia won the pairs event, and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States won the ice dance event.[3]

The Ice Challenge has been held several times since 2014, but was a Challenger Series event only in 2015,[4] 2021,[5] and 2022.[6] It was scheduled to be a Challenger Series event in 2023 before the Grazer Eislaufverein cancelled the competition.[7] The 2025 Ice Challenge is scheduled to be held on 5–9 November at the Eisstadion Liebenau in Graz.[8]

Senior medalists

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Anna Pezzetta at the 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Gabriella Izzo and Luc Maierhofer at the 2025 World Championships
Holly Harris and Jason Chan at the 2025 World Championships
The 2024 Ice Challenge champions: Anna Pezzetta of Italy (women's singles); Gabriella Izzo and Luc Maierhofer of Austria (pair skating); and Holly Harris and Jason Chan of Australia (ice dance)
Not pictured: David Sedej of Slovenia (men's singles)

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Czech Republic Tomáš Verner Ukraine Anton Kovalevski France Alban Préaubert [9]
2010 Sweden Alexander Majorov United States Douglas Razzano Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson [10]
2011 United States Stephen Carriere Uzbekistan Misha Ge Austria Viktor Pfeifer [11]
2012 Germany Peter Liebers United States Douglas Razzano United States Armin Mahbanoozadeh [12]
2013 Kazakhstan Denis Ten Austria Viktor Pfeifer Russia Gordei Gorshkov [13]
2014 CS United States Douglas Razzano Russia Alexander Samarin Germany Martin Rappe [3]
2015 CS Russia Artur Dmitriev Jr. United States Jason Brown Russia Mikhail Kolyada [4]
2016 No competition held
2017 Italy Daniel Grassl Spain Javier Raya France Adrien Tesson [14]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021 CS Georgia (country) Nika Egadze Japan Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda United States Ilia Malinin [5]
2022 CS United States Liam Kapeikis Sweden Andreas Nordebäck Germany Nikita Starostin [6]
2023 CS Competition cancelled [7]
2024 Slovenia David Sedej Austria Anton Skoficz No other competitors [15]
2025 [16]

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Japan Kanako Murakami Italy Valentina Marchei United States Amanda Dobbs [9]
2010 France Léna Marrocco Ukraine Natalia Popova Germany Sarah Hecken [10]
2011 United States Caroline Zhang Sweden Linnea Mellgren [11]
2012 United Kingdom Jenna McCorkell Sweden Isabelle Olsson Slovakia Monika Simančíková [12]
2013 United States Courtney Hicks Japan Miki Ando Slovakia Nicole Rajičová [13]
2014 CS United States Hannah Miller Sweden Isabelle Olsson Hungary Ivett Tóth [3]
2015 CS United States Mirai Nagasu Russia Maria Artemieva United States Tyler Pierce [4]
2016 No competition held
2017 Slovenia Daša Grm Italy Giada Russo Austria Natalie Klotz [14]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021 CS Japan Wakaba Higuchi South Korea Park Yeon-jeong Estonia Niina Petrõkina [5]
2022 CS Italy Anna Pezzetta Canada Kaiya Ruiter Switzerland Kimmy Repond [6]
2023 CS Competition cancelled [7]
2024 Italy Anna Pezzetta Slovenia Julija Lovrencic Germany Sarah Marie Pesch [15]
2025 [16]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009
  • United States
 [9]
2010
  • North Korea
  • Ji Hyang Ri
  • Won Hyok Thae
 [10]
2011
  • United States
 [11]
2012 [12]
2013 [13]
2014 CS [3]
2015 CS [4]
2016 No competition held
2017
  • Germany
  • Lena Kreitmeier
  • Anton Kempf
 No other competitors [14]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021
  • Australia
 No other competitors [17]
2022 [6]
2023 Competition cancelled [7]
2024 [15]
2025 [16]

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 [9]
2010 [10]
2011 [11]
2012 [12]
2013 [13]
2014 CS [3]
2015 CS [4]
2016 No competition held
2017 [14]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021 CS [5]
2022 CS [6]
2023 CS Competition cancelled [7]
2024 [15]
2025 [16]

Junior medalists

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Men's singles

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Junior men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Germany Franz Streubel Poland Kamil Białas Switzerland Timothy Leemann [9]
2010 Ukraine Stanislav Pertsov Germany Martin Rappe Ukraine Olexander Kucher [10]
2011 United Kingdom Peter James Hallam Poland Kamil Dymowski Switzerland Nicola Todeschini [11]
2012 Czech Republic Tomáš Kupka Germany Alexander Bjelde United Kingdom Peter James Hallam [12]
2013 Russia Alexei Genya Czech Republic Tomáš Kupka France Charles Tetar [13]
2014 Russia Dmitri Aliev South Korea Byun Se-jong Germany Anton Kempf [18]
2015 Russia Petr Gumennik Italy Daniel Grassl Germany Catalin Dimitrescu [19]
2016 No competition held
2017 Germany Jonathan Hess Italy Gabriele Frangipani Italy Nik Folini [20]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021 Switzerland Naoki Rossi Canada Aleksa Rakic Turkey Alp Eren Özkan [17]
2022 Sweden Hugo Bostedt Austria Tobia Oellerer United Kingdom Connor Bray [6]
2023 No competition held [21]
2024 Austria Maksym Petrychenko Germany Hugo Willi Herrmann Austria Daniel Ruis [15]
2025 Canada William Chan Austria Maksym Petrychenko Germany Robert Wildt [16]

Women's singles

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Junior women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009 Estonia Gerli Liinamäe Czech Republic Barbora Švédová Switzerland Anastasia Kistler [9]
2010 Slovakia Monika Simančíková Sweden Isabelle Olsson Austria Lara Eisenbauer [10]
2011 Russia Kristina Zaseeva Sweden Elin Hallberg Sweden Gabriella Josefsson [11]
2012 Austria Sabrina Schulz Germany Minami Hanashiro Finland Nelma Hede [12]
2013 Germany Maria Herceg Czech Republic Anna Dušková Switzerland Yasmine Kimiko Yamada [13]
2014 Germany Lea Johanna Dastich South Korea Byun Ji-hyun Czech Republic Anna Dušková [22]
2015 Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Maria Perederova Germany Kristina Isaev [19]
2016 No competition held
2017 Italy Alessia Tornaghi Austria Stefanie Pesendorfer Hungary Júlia Láng [20]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021 Hungary Vivien Papp Estonia Amalia Zelenjak Belarus Varvara Kisel [17]
2022 Switzerland Sarina Joos Hungary Polina Dzsumanyijazova Estonia Marianne Must [6]
2023 No competition held [21]
2024 Cyprus Vasilisa Bogomolova Czech Republic Nela Snebergerova Austria Flora Marie Schaller [15]
2025 Estonia Maria Eliise Kaljuvere United States Sherry Zhang Canada Quinn Startek [16]

Pairs

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Junior pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009
  • Russia
  • Evgenia Krapivina
  • Konstantin Medovikov
  • United Kingdom
  • Catherine Clement
  • James Hunt
 [9]
2010
  • Netherlands
 No other competitors [10]
2011 [11]
2012 No other competitors [12]
2013 [13]
2014 [23]
2015 No junior pairs competitors [19]
2016 No competition held
2017
  • Italy
  • Sara Carli
  • Marco Pauletti
 No other competitors [20]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021
  • Australia
 No other competitors [17]
2022
  • Canada
  • Ashlyn Schmitz
  • Tristan Taylor
  • Germany
  • Sonja Löwenherz
  • Robert Löwenherz
 [6]
2023 No competition held [21]
2024
  • Italy
  • Polina Polman
  • Gabriel Renoldi
  • Spain
  • Ines Moudden
  • Alejandro Lázaro García
  • Italy
  • Elisabetta Profaizer
  • Matteo Libasse Mandelli
 [15]
2025 [16]

Ice dance

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Junior ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2009
  • Germany
  • Stefanie Frohberg
  • Tim Giesen
  • Ukraine
 [9]
2010
  • Czech Republic
  • Ukraine
  • Lolita Yermak
  • Alexander Liubchenko
  • Czech Republic
  • Jana Čejková
  • Alexandr Sinicyn
 [10]
2011
  • Israel
  • United Kingdom
  • Sophie Jones
  • Richard Sharpe
 [11]
2012
  • Russia
  • Julia Dolgikh
  • Alexandr Prachanov
 [12]
2013
  • Austria
  • Christine Smith
  • Simon Eisenbauer
 [13]
2014
  • Italy
  • Russia
 [24]
2015 No junior ice dance competitors [19]
2016 No competition held
2017
  • Germany
  • Ria Schwendinger
  • Valentin Wunderlich
  • Hungary
 [20]
2018–20 No competitions held
2021
  • Spain
 [17]
2022
  • Slovakia
  • Anna Simova
  • Kirill Aksenov
  • Austria
  • Anita Straub
  • Andreas Straub
 [6]
2023 No competition held [21]
2024
  • France
  • Ambre Perrier Gianesini
  • Samuel Blanc Klaperman
  • Italy
  • Laura Finelli
  • Massimiliano Bucciarelli
 [15]
2025 [16]

Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

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Men's singles

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Total number of Ice Challenge medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States3328
2 Russia1124
3 Sweden1113
4 Germany1023
5 Czech Republic1001
 Georgia1001
 Italy1001
 Kazakhstan1001
 Slovenia1001
10 Austria0213
11 Japan0101
 Spain0101
 Ukraine0101
 Uzbekistan0101
15 France0022
Totals (15 entries)11111032

Women's singles

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Total number of Ice Challenge medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4026
2 Italy2204
3 Japan2103
4 Slovenia1102
5 France1001
 Great Britain1001
7 Sweden0213
8 Ukraine0202
9 Canada0101
 Russia0101
 South Korea0101
12 Germany0022
 Slovakia0022
14 Austria0011
 Estonia0011
 Hungary0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (17 entries)11111133

Pairs

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Total number of Ice Challenge medals in pairs by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States64212
2 Germany2316
3 Austria1102
4 Australia1001
 Russia1001
6 Netherlands0101
7 Israel0022
 Italy0022
9 North Korea0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (10 entries)119929

Ice dance

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Total number of Ice Challenge medals in ice dance by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States6309
2 Italy1113
3 Great Britain1102
4 Finland1023
5 Australia1001
 Hungary1001
7 Denmark0202
8 Canada0112
9 Czech Republic0101
 France0101
 Georgia0101
12 Germany0033
13 Austria0011
 Spain0011
 Switzerland0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (16 entries)11111133

Total medals

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Total number of Ice Challenge medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1910635
2 Italy43310
3 Germany33814
4 Russia2226
5 Japan2204
6 Great Britain2103
 Slovenia2103
8 Australia2002
9 Austria1337
10 Sweden1326
11 France1124
12 Czech Republic1102
 Georgia1102
14 Finland1023
15 Hungary1012
16 Kazakhstan1001
17 Ukraine0325
18 Canada0213
19 Denmark0202
20 Spain0112
21 Netherlands0101
 South Korea0101
 Uzbekistan0101
24 Israel0022
 Slovakia0022
 Switzerland0022
27 Estonia0011
 North Korea0011
Totals (28 entries)444241127

References

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  21. ^ a b c d @icechallenge_graz; (27 July 2023). "Icechllenge - Cancellation! After careful consideration, we, the Icechallenge team, have made the decision to cancel the Icechallenge 2023" – via Instagram.
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