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Ice Challenge

International figure skating competition

International figure skating competition

FieldValue
nameIce Challenge
logo_altLogo of the Ice Challenge
imageIce Challenge logo.png
genreInternational competition
frequencyAnnual
venueEisstadion Liebenau
locationGraz
countryAUT Austria
first2009
next2025
organizedGrazer Eislaufverein
& Skate Austria

& Skate Austria 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 and Skate Austria () 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 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 was part of the Challenger Series, skaters earned World Standing points based on their results.

History

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.

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. Challenger Series events had to be scheduled between 1 August and 15 December. When an event was held as part of the Challenger Series, it had to host at least three of the four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance) and representatives from at least twelve different ISU member nations. The minimum number of entrants required for each discipline was: eight skaters each in men's singles and women's singles, five teams in pair skating, and six teams in ice dance. While ISU member nations were limited to sending a maximum of three skaters or teams per discipline to each event, Skate Austria could enter an unlimited number of entrants in their own event. Additionally, each skater or team was limited to participating in at most three Challenger Series events each season. 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.

The Ice Challenge has been held several times since 2014, but was a Challenger Series event only in 2015, 2021, and 2022. It was scheduled to be a Challenger Series event in 2023 before the Grazer Eislaufverein cancelled the competition.

Senior medalists

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.200920102011201220132014 CS2015 CS201620172018–202021 CS2022 CS2023 CS20242025
CZE Tomáš VernerUKR Anton KovalevskiFRA Alban Préauberttitle=2009 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/0910/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=4 February 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204023139/https://www.skatingscores.com/0910/icecha/url-status=live }}
SWE Alexander MajorovUSA Douglas RazzanoSWE Kristoffer Berntssontitle=2010 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1011/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=25 August 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825140841/https://skatingscores.com/1011/icecha/url-status=live }}
USA Stephen CarriereUZB Misha GeAUT Viktor Pfeifertitle=2011 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1112/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=12 September 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250912153631/https://skatingscores.com/1112/icecha/url-status=live }}
GER Peter LiebersUSA Douglas RazzanoUSA Armin Mahbanoozadehtitle=2012 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1213/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scores}}
KAZ Denis TenAUT Viktor PfeiferRUS Gordei Gorshkovtitle=2013 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1314/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=17 December 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217210430/https://skatingscores.com/1314/icecha/url-status=live }}
USA Douglas RazzanoRUS Alexander SamarinGER Martin Rappetitle=2014 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1415/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=6 February 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206181632/https://www.skatingscores.com/1415/icecha/url-status=live }}
RUS Artur Dmitriev Jr.USA Jason BrownRUS Mikhail Kolyadatitle=2015 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1516/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=7 October 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007113340/https://skatingscores.com/1516/icecha/url-status=live }}
No competition held
ITA Daniel GrasslESP Javier RayaFRA Adrien Tessontitle=2017 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/1718/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=9 January 2026archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260109095920/https://skatingscores.com/1718/icecha/url-status=live }}
No competitions held
GEO Nika EgadzeJPN Lucas Tsuyoshi HondaUSA Ilia Malinintitle=2021 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/2122/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=9 November 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109201123/https://skatingscores.com/2122/icecha/url-status=live }}
USA Liam KapeikisSWE Andreas NordebäckGER Nikita Starostintitle=2022 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/2223/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=18 August 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250818133813/https://skatingscores.com/2223/icecha/url-status=live }}
Competition cancelledtitle=Cancelled – 2023 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/2324/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scores}}
SLO David SedejAUT Anton SkoficzNo other competitorstitle=2024 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/2425/icecha/access-date=3 October 2025website=Skating Scoresarchive-date=19 August 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819031844/https://skatingscores.com/2425/icecha/url-status=live }}
USA Maxim NaumovUSA Jacob SanchezCAN Grayson Longtitle=2025 Ice Challengeurl=https://skatingscores.com/2526/icecha/website=Skating Scores}}

Women's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.200920102011201220132014 CS2015 CS201620172018–202021 CS2022 CS2023 CS20242025
JPN Kanako MurakamiITA Valentina MarcheiUSA Amanda Dobbs
FRA Léna MarroccoUKR Natalia PopovaGER Sarah Hecken
USA Caroline ZhangSWE Linnea Mellgren
GBR Jenna McCorkellSWE Isabelle OlssonSVK Monika Simančíková
USA Courtney HicksJPN Miki AndoSVK Nicole Rajičová
USA Hannah MillerSWE Isabelle OlssonHUN Ivett Tóth
USA Mirai NagasuRUS Maria ArtemievaUSA Tyler Pierce
No competition held
SLO Daša GrmITA Giada RussoAUT Natalie Klotz
No competitions held
JPN Wakaba HiguchiKOR Park Yeon-jeongEST Niina Petrõkina
ITA Anna PezzettaCAN Kaiya RuiterSUI Kimmy Repond
Competition cancelled
ITA Anna PezzettaSLO Julija LovrencicGER Sarah Marie Pesch
CAN Gabrielle DalemanCAN Kaiya RuiterAUT Olga Mikutina

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.200920102011201220132014 CS2015 CS201620172018–2020212022202320242025
No competition held
No other competitors
No competitions held
No other competitorstitle=Ice Challenge 2021url=https://rinkresults.com/competition?competition_id=2879access-date=3 October 2025website=Rink Resultsarchive-date=16 September 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916170952/https://www.rinkresults.com/competition?competition_id=2879url-status=live }}
Competition cancelled

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.200920102011201220132014 CS2015 CS201620172018–202021 CS2022 CS2023 CS20242025
No competition held
No competitions held
Competition cancelled

Junior medalists

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.2009201020112012201320142015201620172018–2020212022202320242025
GER Franz StreubelPOL Kamil BiałasSUI Timothy Leemann
UKR Stanislav PertsovGER Martin RappeUKR Olexander Kucher
GBR Peter James HallamPOL Kamil DymowskiSUI Nicola Todeschini
CZE Tomáš KupkaGER Alexander BjeldeGBR Peter James Hallam
RUS Alexei GenyaCZE Tomáš KupkaFRA Charles Tetar
RUS Dmitri AlievKOR Byun Se-jongGER Anton Kempf
RUS Petr GumennikITA Daniel GrasslGER Catalin Dimitrescudate=28 October 2015title=42. Leo Scheu Memorial 2015url=http://skateaustria.lvps91-250-98-130.dedicated.hosteurope.de/img/competition/1.2015_16/00005/index.htmurl-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029072706/http://skateaustria.lvps91-250-98-130.dedicated.hosteurope.de/img/competition/1.2015_16/00005/index.htmarchive-date=29 October 2015access-date=29 October 2015website=Skate Austria}}
No competition held
GER Jonathan HessITA Gabriele FrangipaniITA Nik Folinidate=11 November 2017title=43. Leo Scheu Memorial 2017 – ISUurl=http://dkc.simetric.si/dinamic/rezultati/95/url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113170322/http://dkc.simetric.si/dinamic/rezultati/95/archive-date=13 November 2017access-date=13 November 2017website=Skating Austria}}
No competitions held
SUI Naoki RossiCAN Aleksa RakicTUR Alp Eren Özkan
SWE Hugo BostedtAUT Tobia OellererGBR Connor Bray
No competition helduser=icechallenge_grazpostid=CvNL3pfLRCjtitle=Icechllenge - Cancellation! After careful consideration, we, the Icechallenge team, have made the decision to cancel the Icechallenge 2023.date=27 July 2023}}
AUT Maksym PetrychenkoGER Hugo Willi HerrmannAUT Daniel Ruis
CAN William ChanAUT Maksym PetrychenkoGER Robert Wildt

Women's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.2009201020112012201320142015201620172018–2020212022202320242025
EST Gerli LiinamäeCZE Barbora ŠvédováSUI Anastasia Kistler
SVK Monika SimančíkováSWE Isabelle OlssonAUT Lara Eisenbauer
RUS Kristina ZaseevaSWE Elin HallbergSWE Gabriella Josefsson
AUT Sabrina SchulzGER Minami HanashiroFIN Nelma Hede
GER Maria HercegCZE Anna DuškováSUI Yasmine Kimiko Yamada
GER Lea Johanna DastichKOR Byun Ji-hyunCZE Anna Dušková
RUS Stanislava KonstantinovaRUS Maria PerederovaGER Kristina Isaev
No competition held
ITA Alessia TornaghiAUT Stefanie PesendorferHUN Júlia Láng
No competitions held
HUN Vivien PappEST Amalia ZelenjakBLR Varvara Kisel
SUI Sarina JoosHUN Polina DzsumanyijazovaEST Marianne Must
No competition held
CYP Vasilisa BogomolovaCZE Nela SnebergerovaAUT Flora Marie Schaller
EST Maria Eliise KaljuvereUSA Sherry ZhangCAN Quinn Startek

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.2009201020112012201320142015201620172018–2020212022202320242025
No other competitors
No other competitors
No junior pairs competitors
No competition held
No other competitors
No competitions held
No other competitors
No competition held

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.2009201020112012201320142015201620172018–2020212022202320242025
No junior ice dance competitors
No competition held
No competitions held
No competition held

Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Total medals

References

References

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  2. "Challenger Series".
  3. (26 August 2014). "Communication No. 1894". [[International Skating Union]].
  4. (26 February 2016). "Communication No. 1994". [[International Skating Union]].
  5. "Ice Challenge".
  6. "2009 Ice Challenge".
  7. "2010 Ice Challenge".
  8. "2011 Ice Challenge".
  9. "2012 Ice Challenge".
  10. "2013 Ice Challenge".
  11. "2014 Ice Challenge".
  12. "2015 Ice Challenge".
  13. "2017 Ice Challenge".
  14. "2021 Ice Challenge".
  15. "2022 Ice Challenge".
  16. "Cancelled – 2023 Ice Challenge".
  17. "2024 Ice Challenge".
  18. "2025 Ice Challenge".
  19. "Ice Challenge 2021".
  20. (15 November 2014). "41. Leo Scheu Memorial 2014 – Junior Men".
  21. (28 October 2015). "42. Leo Scheu Memorial 2015".
  22. (11 November 2017). "43. Leo Scheu Memorial 2017 – ISU".
  23. (27 July 2023). "Icechllenge - Cancellation! After careful consideration, we, the Icechallenge team, have made the decision to cancel the Icechallenge 2023.".
  24. (15 November 2014). "41. Leo Scheu Memorial 2014 – Junior Ladies".
  25. (15 November 2014). "41. Leo Scheu Memorial 2014 – Junior Pairs".
  26. (15 November 2014). "41. Leo Scheu Memorial 2014 – Junior Ice Dance".
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