1997–98 ISU Junior Series

1997–98 ISU Junior Series
Type:	ISU Junior Series
Season:	1997–98
Next: 1998–99 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 1997–98 ISU Junior Series was the first season of what was later named the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was designed to be a junior-level complement to the ISU Champions Series, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Series Final in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 5–8, 1998.

Competitions

The locations of the ISU Junior Grand Prix events change yearly. In the 1997–98 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Date	Event	Location
August 19–23, 1997	1997 JS Grand Prix de Saint Gervais	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
September 17–21, 1997	1997 JS Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria
September 25–28, 1997	1997 JS Ukrainian Souvenir	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
October 8–11, 1997	1997 JS Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany
October 23–26, 1997	1997 JS Hungarian Cup	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 1997	1997 JS Grand Prix SNP	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
March 6–8, 1998	1997–98 JS Final	Lausanne, Switzerland

Series notes

At the Junior Series Final, Timothy Goebel, the winner of the men's event, made history by becoming the first skater to land a quadruple salchow jump in competition. It was videotaped by the father of another skater.

Junior Series Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 1997–98 Junior Series Final, in order of qualification.

There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dance.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Timothy Goebel	Viktoria Volchkova	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali
2	Ivan Dinev	Julia Soldatova	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler
3	Matt Savoie	Amber Corwin	Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo
4	Vincent Restencourt	Chisato Shina	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov
5	Christo Turlakov	Andrea Diewald	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai
6	David Jäschke	Shelby Lyons	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
7	Yosuke Takeuchi	Morgan Rowe	–	–
8	Vitaly Danilchenko	Elena Pingachova	–	–

Christel Borghi was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Series Final. She placed 8th out of 8 competitors. Viktoria Volchkova withdrew before the competition with injury.

Medalists

Men

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Timothy Goebel	Matthew Savoie	David Jäschke
Bulgaria	Ivan Dinev	Derrick Delmore	Yosuke Takeuchi
Ukraine	Timothy Goebel	Vincent Restencourt	Yosuke Takeuchi
Germany	Matthew Savoie	Alexei Vasilevski	David Jäschke
Hungary	Vitali Danilchenko	Christo Turlakov	Vincent Restencourt
Slovakia	Ivan Dinev	Pavel Kersha	Juraj Sviatko
Final	Timothy Goebel	Ivan Dinev	Matthew Savoie

Ladies

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Elena Pingachova	Andrea Diewald	Shelby Lyons
Bulgaria	Morgan Rowe	Brittney McConn	Chisato Shina
Ukraine	Viktoria Volchkova	Chisato Shiina	Kumiko Taneda
Germany	Amber Corwin	Julia Soldatova	Sara Lindroos
Hungary	Julia Soldatova	Júlia Sebestyén	Anette Dytrt
Slovakia	Viktoria Volchkova	Amber Corwin	Erin Pearl
Final	Julia Soldatova	Amber Corwin	Elena Pingachova

Pairs

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov	Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman	Stefanie Weiss / Matthias Bleyer
Bulgaria	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Irina Melihova / Vladimir Saprykin
Ukraine	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	Viktoria Shliakhova / Grigori Petrovski
Germany	Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov
Hungary	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Megan Sierk / Dustin Sierk	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski
Slovakia	Viktoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland	Carissa Guild / Andrew Muldoon
Final	Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman

Ice dance

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov
Bulgaria	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov
Ukraine	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voiko
Germany	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
Hungary	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov
Slovakia	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Olga Pogosian / Alexander Kirsanov	Olga Kudym / Anton Tereschenko
Final	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	10	7	8	25
2	United States (USA)	9	9	6	24
3	Italy (ITA)	4	1	1	6
4	Ukraine (UKR)	3	1	2	6
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	2	0	4
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	0	3
7	France (FRA)	0	2	1	3
8	Germany (GER)	0	1	4	5
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	4	5
10	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		28	28	28	84

External links

• 1997–98 Results at Skate Canada
• 1997–98 Results at Ice Skating International
• 1997–98 ISU Junior Series at the Figure Skating Corner