Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

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Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
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Type: ISU Challenger Series
Location:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is an annual senior and junior-level figure skating competition series held in Kazakhstan and organized by the Denis Ten Foundation. [1] The competition is named in honor of Denis Ten, a former figure skater who competed internationally for Kazakhstan and won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In most years, the event is part of the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women’s singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

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Senior results

CS: Challenger Series

Men's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Almaty Flag of Georgia.svg Morisi Kvitelashvili Flag of Russia.svg Makar Ignatov Flag of Estonia.svg Daniel Albert Naurits [2]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 CS Nur-Sultan Flag of Russia.svg Petr Gumennik Flag of Russia.svg Mark Kondratiuk Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Mozalev [3]
2022 CS Almaty Flag of Georgia.svg Nika Egadze Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dias Jirenbayev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vladimir Litvintsev [4]
2023 CS Astana Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Ju-heon Flag of Georgia.svg Nika Egadze Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Han-gil [5]
2024 CS Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Shaidorov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vladimir Litvintsev Flag of Georgia.svg Nika Egadze [6]

Women's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Almaty Flag of Russia.svg Serafima Sakhanovich Flag of Russia.svg Anastasiia Guliakova Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin [2]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 CS Nur-Sultan Flag of Belarus.svg Viktoriia Safonova Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ekaterina Ryabova Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiia Shabotova [3]
2022 CS Almaty Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-chae Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Levkovets Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Da-bin [4]
2023 CS Astana Flag of Israel.svg Mariia Seniuk Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Da-bin Flag of Georgia.svg Alina Urushadze [5]
2024 CS Flag of Georgia.svg Anastasiia Gubanova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sofia Samodelkina Flag of Italy.svg Lara Naki Gutmann [7]

Pairs

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Almaty
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[2]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Nur-Sultan [8]

Ice dance

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Almaty [2]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 CS Nur-Sultan [3]
2022 CS Almaty [4]
2023 CS Astana [5]
2024 CS [9]

Junior results

Men's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Almaty Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Samsonov Flag of Russia.svg Artur Danielian Flag of Russia.svg Mark Kondratyuk [2]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Nur-Sultan Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Dikidzhi Flag of Russia.svg Fedor Zonov Flag of Russia.svg Semyon Soloviev [8]
2022 Almaty Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Artur Smagulov Flag of Israel.svg Leonid Gittelman Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Nikita Krivosheyev [10]
2023 Astana Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ha-bin Flag of Georgia.svg Konstantin Supatashvili Flag of Turkey.svg Ali Efe Günes [5]

Women's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2019 Almaty Flag of Russia.svg Daria Usacheva Flag of Russia.svg Maiia Khromykh Flag of Bulgaria.svg Maria Levushkina [2]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Nur-Sultan Flag of Russia.svg Sofia Samodelkina Flag of Russia.svg Elizaveta Kulikova Flag of Belarus.svg Varvara Kisel [8]
2022 Almaty Flag of Georgia.svg Inga Gurgenidze Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Yu-seong Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Karina Issakova [10]
2023 Astana Flag of Georgia.svg Inga Gurgenidze Flag of Israel.svg Anna Iushchenkova Flag of South Korea.svg Park Eun-bi [5]

Ice dance

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2021 Nur-Sultan [8]
2023 Astana [5]

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References

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