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The International Challenge Cup (formerly known as the Ennia Challenge Cup and the Aegon Cup) [1] is an annual figure skating competition generally held in the Netherlands during the last week in February. Although the competition had been held for years in The Hague, a three-year contract was signed in 2022 with the city of Tilburg to host the competition at the IJssportcentrum Tilburg.
Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the competition was titled the Ennia Challenge Cup and held in November. [2] [3] The event was later renamed as the Aegon Challenge Cup after its title sponsor, Aegon N.V. [1]
Since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been combined with the Challenge Cup.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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1977–78 | [1] | |||
1979–80 | ||||
1980–81 | ||||
1981–82 |
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1982–83 | ||||
1983–84 | ||||
1984–85 | ||||
2013 | [7] | |||
2014 |
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2015 | [9] | |||
2017 | No other competitors | [10] | ||
2018 |
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2019 | [12] | |||
2020 | [13] | |||
2021 | [14] | |||
2022 | [15] | |||
2023 | [16] | |||
2024 | [17] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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1977–78 | [1] | |||
1978–79 | ||||
1979–80 | ||||
1980–81 | ||||
1981–82 | ||||
1982–83 | ||||
1983–84 | ||||
1984–85 | ||||
2020 | No other competitors | [13] | ||
2021 | [14] | |||
2022 | [15] | |||
2023 | [16] | |||
2024 | [17] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2008 | Andrew Gonzales Jr. | Daniel O'Shea | Yukihiro Yoshida | [4] |
2009 | Daisuke Murakami | Joshua Farris | Jorik Hendrickx | [5] |
2012 | Peter James Hallam | Osman Akgun | Charlie Parry-Evans | [6] |
2014 | Sei Kawahara | Kazuki Tomono | Panagiotis Polizoakis | [8] |
2015 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Juho Pirinen | Héctor Alonso | [9] |
2017 | Nurullah Sahaka | Aleix Gabara Xanco | Thomas Junski | [10] |
2018 | Taichiro Yamakuma | Yuto Kishina | Kai Jagoda | [11] |
2019 | Shun Sato | Daniel Sapozhnikov | Tim England | [12] |
2020 | Nozomu Yoshioka | Denis Gurdzhi | Edward Appleby | [13] |
2022 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Naoki Rossi | Taira Shinohara | [15] |
2023 | Haruya Sasaki | Haru Kakiuchi | Georgii Pavlov | [16] |
2024 | Hugo Bostedt | Robert Wildt | Nikolay di Tria | [17] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2007 | Rachael Flatt | Alexe Gilles | Chrissy Hughes | [18] |
2008 | Brittney Rizo | Shoko Ishikawa | Amanda Dobbs | [4] |
2009 | Kanako Murakami | Ellie Kawamura | Isabelle Olsson | [5] |
2012 | Leah Keiser | Gabrielle Daleman | Giada Russo | [6] |
2014 | Kaori Sakamoto | Elena Taylor | Emmi Peltonen | [8] |
2015 | Rebecca Peng | Kyarha van Tiel | Loena Hendrickx | [9] |
2017 | Emmy Ma | Olivia Gran | Smilla Szalkai | [10] |
2018 | Nana Araki | Yuhana Yokoi | Stefanie Pesendorfer | [11] |
2019 | Yuhana Yokoi | Maria Aimeé Renne | Selma Välitalo | [12] |
2020 | Mone Chiba | Ginevra Lavinia Negrello | Shiika Yoshioka | [13] |
2022 | Mone Chiba | Ayumi Shibayama | Anna Pezzetta | [15] |
2023 | Ayumi Shibayama | Ikura Kushida | Yurina Okuno | [16] |
2024 | Alexandra Odman | Julia Grabowski | Danielle Verbinnen | [17] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
| [9] | ||
2019 | No other competitors | [12] | ||
2023 | [16] | |||
2024 | No other competitors | [17] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2008 |
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2023 | [16] | |||
2024 | [17] |
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