Grand Prix of Finland

Grand Prix of Finland
Type:	ISU Grand Prix
Location:	Finland
Host:	Finnish Figure Skating Association

Women's podium from the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki.

The Grand Prix of Finland (also known in some years as the Grand Prix of Helsinki, the Grand Prix of Espoo, or the Finlandia Trophy) is an annual international figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It is organized by the Finnish Figure Skating Association. The competition was first held in 2018 in Helsinki as a replacement for the then-cancelled Cup of China. ^[1] Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international figure skating competitions, the annually-held Rostelecom Cup was cancelled. ^{[2] [3]} As such, the Grand Prix of Finland returned in 2022 (called the Grand Prix of Espoo) to serve as a replacement for the Rostelecom Cup. ^[4]

Medalists

Men's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2018	Helsinki	Yuzuru Hanyu	Michal Brezina	Cha Jun-hwan	[5]
2022	Espoo	Ilia Malinin	Shun Sato	Kévin Aymoz	[6]
2023		Kao Miura	Shun Sato	Kévin Aymoz	[7]
2024	Helsinki	Yuma Kagiyama	Kévin Aymoz	Daniel Grassl

Women's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2018	Helsinki	Alina Zagitova	Stanislava Konstantinova	Kaori Sakamoto	[5]
2022	Espoo	Mai Mihara	Loena Hendrickx	Mana Kawabe	[6]
2023		Kaori Sakamoto	Rion Sumiyoshi	Amber Glenn	[7]
2024	Helsinki	Hana Yoshida	Rino Matsuike	Lara Naki Gutmann

Pairs

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2018	Helsinki	Natalia Zabiiako Alexander Enbert	Nicole Della Monica Matteo Guarise	Daria Pavliuchenko Denis Khodykin	[5]
2022	Espoo	Rebecca Ghilardi Filippo Ambrosini	Alisa Efimova Ruben Blommaert	Anastasia Metelkina Daniil Parkman	[6]
2023		Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin	Sara Conti Niccolò Macii	Maria Pavlova Alexei Sviatchenko	[7]
2024	Helsinki	Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps	Maria Pavlova Alexei Sviatchenko	Rebecca Ghilardi Filippo Ambrosini

Ice dance

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2018	Helsinki	Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin	Charlène Guignard Marco Fabbri	Lorraine McNamara Quinn Carpenter	[5]
2022	Espoo	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Kaitlin Hawayek Jean-Luc Baker	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	[6]
2023		Madison Chock Evan Bates	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Nikolaj Sørensen	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	[7]
2024	Helsinki	Lilah Fear Lewis Gibson	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis

References

1. "ISU announces 2018-19 Grand Prix assignments". Figure Skaters Online. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. Meyers, Dvora (21 March 2022). "Russia's Figure Skating Ban Will Reverberate For Years To Come". Five Thirty Eight. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
3. "Russia Stripped of Hosting Grand Prix Figure Skating Event Due to the Invasion in Ukraine". Voice of America. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
4. Sharma, Hritika (15 July 2022). "Finland replaces Russia as host of Grand Prix event". Reuters. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
5. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: 2018 Helsinki". ISU Results. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
6. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Espoo 2022". ISU Results. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
7. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Espoo 2023". ISU Results. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

External links

• Grand Prix of Finland at SkatingScores