The Ice Star (also known as the Minsk-Arena Ice Star) is an annual international figure skating competition held in Minsk, Belarus. In some years, the event was part of the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels.
On March 1, 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee, the International Skating Union (ISU) banned figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] Likewise, all international competitions in Russia and Belarus were dropped from the ISU schedule.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Yakov Godorozha | Mark Shakhmatov | Vitali Luchanok | [2] |
2013 | Sergei Voronov | Zhan Bush | Pavel Ignatenko | [3] |
2015 | Kim Jin-seo | Evgeni Vlasov | Larry Loupolover | [4] |
2016 | Ivan Pavlov | Irakli Maysuradze | Larry Loupolover | [5] |
2017 CS | Sergei Voronov | Moris Kvitelashvili | Daniel Samohin | [6] |
2018 | Deniss Vasiljevs | Vladimir Litvintsev | Slavik Hayrapetyan | [7] |
2019 CS | Daniel Grassl | Artem Kovalev | Adam Siao Him Fa | [8] |
2020 | Mikhail Kolyada | Konstantin Milyukov | Evgeni Semenenko | [9] |
2021 | Andrei Mozalev | Konstantin Milyukov | Alexander Lebedev | [10] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Polina Shelepen | Kerstin Frank | Kristina Zakharanka | [2] |
2013 | Helery Hälvin | Janina Makeenka | Svetlana Issakova | [3] |
2014 | Janina Makeenka | Aleksandra Golovkina | Helery Hälvin | [11] |
2015 | Kim Sena | Aleksandra Golovkina | Johanna Allik | [4] |
2016 | Anna Khnychenkova | Evgeniia Ivankova | Kim Sena | [5] |
2017 CS | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Serafima Sakhanovich | An So-hyun | [6] |
2018 | Ekaterina Ryabova | Léa Serna | Camilla Gjersem | [7] |
2019 CS | Sofia Samodurova | Kim Ha-nul | Ekaterina Ryabova | [8] |
2020 | Viktoriia Safonova | Anastasiia Guliakova | Sofia Samodurova | [9] |
2021 | Viktoriia Safonova | Anastasiia Guliakova | Anastasiia Shabotova | [10] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2013 | Kristina Astakhova / Maxim Kurdyukov | Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov | Arina Voevodina / Mikhail Akulov | [3] |
2017 CS | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski | [6] |
2018 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | [7] |
2020 | Bogdana Lukashevich / Alexander Stepanov | No other competitors | [9] | |
2021 | Ekaterina Yurova / Dmitry Bushlanov | Bogdana Lukashevich / Alexander Stepanov | No other competitors | [10] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Ivan Pavlov | Pavel Ignatenko | Markus Ramisch | [2] |
2013 | Adian Pitkeev | Stanislav Andryunin | Anton Karpuk | [3] |
2014 | Andrei Vorotnikov | Anton Karpuk | Irakli Maysuradze | [11] |
2015 | Ivan Shmuratko | Yakau Zenko | Aleksandr Selevko | [4] |
2016 | Artem Kovalev | Gabriel Folkesson | Nika Egadze | [5] |
2017 | Vladimir Samoilov | Irakli Maysuradze | Artem Zotov | [6] |
2018 | Irakli Maysuradze | Matyas Belohradsky | Mark Kondratiuk | [7] |
2019 | Mark Kondratiuk | Rakhat Bralin | Yauhenii Puzanau | [8] |
2020 | Mikalai Kazlou | Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | Alexander Egorov | [9] |
2021 | Vasil Barakhouski | Daniil Shevtcov | Ilya Stsiapankou | [10] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Jenni Saarinen | Aleksandra Golovkina | Minami Hanashiro | [2] |
2013 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Arina Petrova | Alina Biletska | [3] |
2014 | Anastasiya Zaitsava | Maria Gavrilova | Lizaveta Avsiukevich | [11] |
2015 | Anita Östlund | Kristina Škuleta-Gromova | Anželika Kļujeva | [4] |
2016 | Lee Hyun-soo | Ko Eun-bi | Jeon Su-been | [5] |
2017 | Anna Tarusina | Ksenia Pankova | Viktoria Vasilieva | [6] |
2018 | Viktoriia Safonova | Alizée Crozet | Kamila Sultanmagomedova | [7] |
2019 | Anastasiia Shabotova | Nina Petrokina | Kamila Sultanmagomedova | [8] |
2020 | Varvara Kisel | Milana Ramashova | Lizaveta Balonikava | [9] |
2021 | Varvara Kisel | Sofiia Zakharova | Agata Starykava | [10] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2018 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov | Natalya Khabibullina / Ivan Balchenko | Milana Matakaeva / Sergey Bezborodko | [7] |
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