The Cup of Russia is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was held as the Rostelecom Cup in 2009 after its title sponsor. It returned to the Cup of Russia following that year^[1].

The Cup of Russia is organized by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. It was first held in 1996. The location changes yearly. The 2009 competition will take place from October 22 through October 25, in Moscow.^[2]

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Men 1.2 Ladies 1.3 Pairs 1.4 Ice Dancing 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Men

Men's Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996	Saint Petersburg	Alexei Urmanov	Alexei Yagudin	Michael Weiss
1997	Saint Petersburg	Alexei Yagudin	Evgeni Plushenko	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
1998	Moscow	Alexei Urmanov	Evgeni Plushenko	Alexander Abt
1999	Saint Petersburg	Evgeni Plushenko	Alexander Abt	Guo Zhengxin
2000	Saint Petersburg	Evgeni Plushenko	Ilia Klimkin	Matthew Savoie
2001	Saint Petersburg	Evgeni Plushenko	Roman Serov	Ivan Dinev
2002	Moscow	Evgeni Plushenko	Li Chengjiang	Alexander Abt
2003	Moscow	Evgeni Plushenko	Li Chengjiang	Frederic Dambier
2004	Moscow	Evgeni Plushenko	Johnny Weir	Zhang Min
2005	Saint Petersburg	Evgeni Plushenko	Stéphane Lambiel	Johnny Weir
2006	Moscow	Brian Joubert	Johnny Weir	Ilia Klimkin
2007	Moscow	Johnny Weir	Stephane Lambiel	Andrei Griazev
2008	Moscow	Brian Joubert	Tomáš Verner	Alban Préaubert
2009	Moscow	Evgeni Plushenko	Takahiko Kozuka	Artem Borodulin

[edit] Ladies

Ladies Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996	Saint Petersburg	Irina Slutskaya	Julia Lautowa	Olga Markova
1997	Saint Petersburg	Irina Slutskaya	Elena Sokolova	Olga Markova
1998	Moscow	Elena Sokolova	Julia Soldatova	Irina Slutskaya
1999	Saint Petersburg	Irina Slutskaya	Julia Soldatova	Elena Sokolova
2000	Saint Petersburg	Irina Slutskaya	Elena Sokolova	Sarah Hughes
2001	Saint Petersburg	Irina Slutskaya	Viktoria Volchkova	Angela Nikodinov
2002	Moscow	Viktoria Volchkova	Sasha Cohen	Irina Slutskaya
2003	Moscow	Elena Liashenko	Carolina Kostner	Galina Maniachenko
2004	Moscow	Irina Slutskaya	Shizuka Arakawa	Júlia Sebestyén
2005	Saint Petersburg	Irina Slutskaya	Miki Ando	Yoshie Onda
2006	Moscow	Sarah Meier	Júlia Sebestyén	Yoshie Onda
2007	Moscow	Kim Yu-Na	Yukari Nakano	Joannie Rochette
2008	Moscow	Carolina Kostner	Rachael Flatt	Fumie Suguri
2009	Moscow	Miki Ando	Ashley Wagner	Alena Leonova

[edit] Pairs

Pairs Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996	Saint Petersburg	Mandy Woetzel / Ingo Steuer	Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov	Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev
1997	Saint Petersburg	Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov	Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov	Marie Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet
1998	Moscow	Yelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman
1999	Saint Petersburg	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin
2000	Saint Petersburg	Yelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek
2001	Saint Petersburg	Yelena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Sarah Abitbol / Stephane Bernadis
2002	Moscow	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov
2003	Moscow	Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
2004	Moscow	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2005	Saint Petersburg	Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin	Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov	Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek
2006	Moscow	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
2007	Moscow	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
2008	Moscow	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov
2009	Moscow	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker

[edit] Ice Dancing

Ice Dancing Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996	Saint Petersburg	Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
1997	Saint Petersburg	Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov
1998	Moscow	Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov
1999	Saint Petersburg	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Viktor Kraatz	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastien Kolasinski
2000	Saint Petersburg	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky
2001	Saint Petersburg	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov
2002	Moscow	Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh	Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviyski
2003	Moscow	Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky
2004	Moscow	Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
2005	Saint Petersburg	Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhanovsky	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
2006	Moscow	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
2007	Moscow	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo
2008	Moscow	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2009	Moscow	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer

[edit] References

• Historical Cup of Russia results

[edit] External links

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• 2006 Cup of Russia - Official Site
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