2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 23 – March 1
Season:	2008–2009
Location:	Sofia
Host:	Bulgarian Skating Federation
Venue:	Winter Sports Hall
Champions
Men's singles: Adam Rippon
Ladies singles: Alena Leonova
Pair skating: Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze
Ice dancing: Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
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The 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2008–2009 figure skating season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The event was held between February 23 and March 1, 2009 in the Winter Sports Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event had been provisionally scheduled to be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic; however, due to financial reasons, the Czech Figure Skating Association could not host. Therefore, on October 13, 2008, the International Skating Union definitively assigned the World Junior Championships to Sofia.^[1]

[edit] Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from ISU Member Nations who had reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008, but had not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance was 21.

The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than necessarily the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but are still age-eligible for World Juniors. Regardless of whether they have competed as seniors, all competitors perform programs that conform to the ISU rules for junior level competition in terms of program lengths, jumping passes, etc.

[edit] Multiple entries

All members nations have one entry in each discipline by default. Member nations may earn more than entry based on their performance at the previous year's championships.

The following countries earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Junior Championships based on their performance at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[2]

Spots	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Dance
3	Russia  United States	United States	China  Russia	Canada  Russia  United States
2	Canada  China  Czech Republic  France	Canada  Finland  Germany  Japan  Russia  Sweden	Canada  Estonia  United States	France  Italy  Ukraine

[edit] Schedule

(All times GMT+2)

• Tuesday, February 24
  • 13:30 Ice Dance – Compulsory Dance
  • 18:30 Opening Ceremony
  • 19:00 Pairs – Short Program

• Wednesday, February 25
  • 10:00 Men – Short Program (1st Half)
  • 14:00 Men – Short Program (2nd Half)
  • 19:00 Pairs – Free Skating

• Thursday, February 26
  • 13:00 Ice Dance – Original Dance
  • 18:30 Men – Free Skating

• Friday, February 27
  • 09:00 Ladies – Short Program (1st Half)
  • 14:00 Ladies – Short Program (2nd Half)
  • 18:30 Ice Dance – Free Dance

• Saturday, February 28
  • 13:30 Ladies – Free Skating

• Sunday, March 1
  • 14:00 Exhibition

[edit] Medals Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	2	2	6
2	Russia	2	1	2	5
3	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1

[edit] Results

[edit] Men

The men's at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Michal Březina (2nd), Adam Rippon (1st), Artem Grigoriev (3rd)

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Adam Rippon	United States	222.00	1	1
2	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	204.88	2	2
3	Artem Grigoriev	Russia	184.40	4	3
4	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	183.77	5	4
5	Curran Oi	United States	182.89	3	7
6	Yang Chao	China	177.86	7	6
7	Song Nan	China	175.44	10	5
8	Elladj Balde	Canada	170.76	8	8
9	Kevin Reynolds	Canada	169.36	6	10
10	Ross Miner	United States	164.80	9	9
11	Nikolai Bondar	Ukraine	161.93	13	11
12	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	161.77	11	13
13	Alexander Majorov	Sweden	154.06	12	16
14	Denis Wieczorek	Germany	153.73	15	15
15	Florent Amodio	France	153.70	19	12
16	Stanislav Kovalev	Russia	151.93	18	14
17	Peter Reitmayer	Slovakia	150.85	14	17
18	Mark Vaillant	France	145.90	16	20
19	Javier Raya	Spain	144.19	17	19
20	Petr Coufal	Czech Republic	143.45	21	18
21	Ruben Errampalli	Italy	133.03	24	21
22	Kim Min-Seok	South Korea	129.87	23	22
23	Viktor Romanenkov	Estonia	124.09	20	23
24	Matthew Precious	Australia	121.93	22	24
25	Pavel Petrov Savinov	Bulgaria	88.59	37	25
Did not advance to free skate
26	Sebastian Iwasaki	Poland	45.20	25
27	Stephen Li-Chung Kuo	Chinese Taipei	43.14	26
28	Ruben Blommaert	Belgium	43.12	27
29	Matthew Parr	United Kingdom	42.84	28
30	Bela Papp	Finland	42.59	29
31	Engin Ali Artan	Turkey	40.16	30
32	Sarkis Hairapetyan	Armenia	39.18	31
33	Saulius Ambrulevicius	Lithuania	38.01	32
34	Dmitri Kagirov	Belarus	37.98	33
35	Mario-Rafael Ionian	Austria	37.74	34
36	Tomi Pulkkinen	Switzerland	33.37	35
37	Zsolt Kosz	Romania	33.24	36
38	Beka Shankulashvili	Georgia	30.74	38
39	Boyito Mulder	Netherlands	29.71	39
40	Ivor Mikolcevic	Croatia	26.55	40
41	Cameron Hems	New Zealand	25.91	41

[edit] Ladies

The ladies medalists at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Caroline Zhang (2nd), Alena Leonova (1st), Ashley Wagner (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Alena Leonova	Russia	157.18	3	2
2	Caroline Zhang	United States	154.67	10	1
3	Ashley Wagner	United States	153.57	2	3
4	Joshi Helgesson	Sweden	139.89	4	6
5	Katrina Hacker	United States	139.68	5	4
6	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	138.32	1	11
7	Sarah Hecken	Germany	135.83	9	5
8	Ivana Reitmayerova	Slovakia	129.40	6	8
9	Oksana Gozeva	Russia	126.70	15	7
10	Isabel Drescher	Germany	126.65	8	10
11	Francesca Rio	Italy	122.70	7	12
12	Mae Berenice Meite	France	122.53	16	9
13	Diane Szmiett	Canada	119.09	12	15
14	Miriam Ziegler	Austria	116.20	19	13
15	Svetlana Issakova	Estonia	115.14	18	14
16	Haruka Imai	Japan	113.24	17	16
17	Chaochih Liu	Chinese Taipei	112.49	13	18
18	Geng Bingwa	China	111.71	11	21
19	Eleonora Vinnichenko	Ukraine	110.66	20	17
20	Sonia Lafuente	Spain	109.27	14	22
21	Kathryn Kang	Canada	104.82	23	20
22	Kwak Min-Jung	South Korea	103.69	24	19
23	Karly Robertson	United Kingdom	102.53	22	23
24	Katsiarina Pakhamovich	Belarus	88.50	21	25
25	Stefanie Pechlaner	Bulgaria	76.45	44	24
Did not advance to fee skate
26	Mari Suzuki	Japan	38.50	25
27	Romy Bühler	Switzerland	37.60	26
28	Manouk Gijsman	Netherlands	37.44	27
29	Karina Johnson	Denmark	37.26	28
30	Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook	Thailand	37.02	29
31	Alexandra Rout	New Zealand	36.56	30
32	Angelica Olsson	Sweden	36.50	31
33	Anne Line Gjersem	Norway	34.30	32
34	Alexandria Riordan	Poland	34.04	33
35	Beatrice Rozinskaite	Lithuania	33.38	34
36	Chelsea Rose Chiappa	Hungary	33.26	35
37	Georgia Glastris	Greece	32.74	36
38	Matleena Laakso	Finland	32.36	37
39	Jaimee Nobbs	Australia	32.02	38
40	Zanna Pugaca	Latvia	31.28	39
41	Kristina Kostkova	Czech Republic	31.06	40
42	Reyna Hamui	Mexico	30.98	41
43	Mary Grace Baldo	Philippines	30.66	42
44	Sofia Bardakov	Israel	29.52	43
45	Noora Pitkänen	Finland	28.22	45
46	Dasa Grm	Slovenia	28.14	46
47	Maria Dikanovic	Croatia	27.08	47
48	Lydia Fuentes	Andorra	27.04	48
49	Laurie Lougsami	Belgium	26.72	49
50	Armine Stambultsyan	Armenia	26.50	50
51	Birce Atabey	Turkey	24.14	51
52	Mila Petrovic	Serbia	23.54	52
53	Naida Aksamija	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.08	53
54	Anja Chong	Singapore	15.46	54

[edit] Pairs

The pairs podium at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov(2nd), Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (1st), Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir (3rd)

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	144.32	1	2
2	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov	Russia	138.59	11	1
3	Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir	United States	137.47	2	4
4	Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers	Canada	137.07	4	3
5	Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Russia	134.80	3	5
6	Maddison Bird / Raymond Schultz	Canada	127.63	6	6
7	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Japan	126.64	8	7
8	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	China	125.30	7	8
9	Brynn Carman / Chris Knierim	United States	124.93	9	9
10	Anais Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland	123.60	5	10
11	Cheng Duo / Gao Yu	China	119.73	10	11
12	Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Estonia	116.38	12	12
13	Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta	Poland	107.81	14	13
14	Camille Foucher / Bruno Massot	France	104.26	13	15
15	Carolina Gillespie / Daniel Aggiano	Italy	101.43	15	14
16	Gabriela Cermanova / Martin Hanulak	Slovakia	101.08	16	16
17	Alexandra Herbrikova / Lukas Ovcacek	Czech Republic	98.26	17	17
18	Marylie Jorg / Benjamin Koenderink	Netherlands	97.63	18	18
19	Rie Aoi / Wen Xiong Guo	Hong Kong	91.28	20	19
20	Anna Khnychenkova / Sergei Kulbach	Ukraine	87.81	19	20
Did not advance to free skate
21	Tameron Drake / Edward Alton	United Kingdom	30.82	21

[edit] Ice Dancing

The ice dancing podium at the 2009 World Junior Championships. From left: Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (2nd), Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (1st), Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro (3rd)

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein	United States	172.55	1	1	1
2	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	United States	162.15	5	4	2
3	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	161.80	7	2	3
4	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell	United States	161.34	2	3	4
5	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	Canada	152.76	4	6	5
6	Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev	Russia	150.21	3	5	9
7	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle	Canada	149.50	6	8	6
8	Lucie Mysliveckova / Matej Novak	Czech Republic	146.04	11	7	10
9	Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi	Italy	145.61	10	9	8
10	Terra Findlay / Benoit Richaud	France	145.17	13	10	7
11	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev	Russia	138.86	8	13	12
12	Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon	Canada	138.38	12	12	11
13	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun	Ukraine	134.86	9	11	14
14	Guan Xueting / Wang Meng	China	124.32	15	25	13
15	Nikki Georgiadis / Graham Hockley	Greece	121.32	18	16	15
16	Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer	Austria	121.07	17	18	17
17	Nikola Visnova / Lukas Csolley	Slovakia	121.03	20	15	16
18	Genevieve Deutch / Evan Roberts	United Kingdom	120.97	14	14	22
19	Charlene Guignard / Guillaume Paulmier	France	119.88	16	19	18
20	Paola Amati / Marco Fabbri	Italy	115.66	21	23	20
21	Dora Turoczi / Balazs Major	Hungary	115.16	24	24	19
22	Dominique Dieck / Michael Zenkner	Germany	114.29	22	21	21
23	Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski	Ukraine	113.04	19	17	23
24	Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki	Finland	111.22	23	20	24
25	Lora Semova / Dimitar Lichev	Bulgaria	99.11	29	29	25
Did not advance to free dance
26	Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov	Belarus	57.95	28	22
27	Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzynski	Poland	56.44	25	26
28	Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost	Switzerland	54.41	30	27
29	Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev	Estonia	53.47	27	28
30	Alissandra Aronow / Aleksandr Pirogov	Lithuania	52.72	26	30
Did not advance to original dance
31	Ariana Weintraub / Avidan Brown	Israel	19.87	31
32	Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz	Spain	19.86	32
33	Maria Popkova / Viktor Kovalenko	Uzbekistan	19.77	33

[edit] References

• Competitors list

[edit] External links

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