Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | |
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Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
Location: | 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.
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2019 | Almaty | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Makar Ignatov | Daniel Albert Naurits | [2] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 CS | Nur-Sultan | Petr Gumennik | Mark Kondratiuk | Andrei Mozalev | [3] |
2022 CS | Almaty | Nika Egadze | Dias Jirenbayev | Vladimir Litvintsev | [4] |
2023 CS | Astana | Lim Ju-heon | Nika Egadze | Kim Han-gil | [5] |
2024 CS |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2019 | Almaty | Serafima Sakhanovich | Anastasiia Guliakova | Alexandra Feigin | [2] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 CS | Nur-Sultan | Viktoriia Safonova | Ekaterina Ryabova | Anastasiia Shabotova | [3] |
2022 CS | Almaty | Kim Min-chae | Anna Levkovets | Choi Da-bin | [4] |
2023 CS | Astana | Mariia Seniuk | Choi Da-bin | Alina Urushadze | [5] |
2024 CS |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2019 | Almaty | [2] | |||
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Nur-Sultan | [6] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2019 | Almaty | [2] | |||
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 CS | Nur-Sultan | [3] | |||
2022 CS | Almaty | [4] | |||
2023 CS | Astana | [5] | |||
2024 CS |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2019 | Almaty | Daniil Samsonov | Artur Danielian | Mark Kondratyuk | [2] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Nur-Sultan | Vladislav Dikidzhi | Fedor Zonov | Semyon Soloviev | [6] |
2022 | Almaty | Artur Smagulov | Leonid Gittelman | Nikita Krivosheyev | [7] |
2023 | Astana | Choi Ha-bin | Konstantin Supatashvili | Ali Efe Günes | [5] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2019 | Almaty | Daria Usacheva | Maiia Khromykh | Maria Levushkina | [2] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Nur-Sultan | Sofia Samodelkina | Elizaveta Kulikova | Varvara Kisel | [6] |
2022 | Almaty | Inga Gurgenidze | Kim Yu-seong | Karina Issakova | [7] |
2023 | Astana | Inga Gurgenidze | Anna Iushchenkova | Park Eun-bi | [5] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2021 | Nur-Sultan | [6] | |||
2023 | Astana | [5] |
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