2007 World Figure Skating Championships
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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition
Figure skating competition
-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which elite figure skaters
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships. Skaters compete in the discplines of men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, ladies singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pairs
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. The 2007 championships were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
is a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 from March 19 to 25.

Figure skaters are entered into the championships by country. Each International Skating Union
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 Member (national association)
International figure skating
Figure skating is a sport with participants all round the world. Originally based in European countries, the sport has experienced a major expansion in the countries of East Asia....

 may enter one skater or team in each event. Some countries are permitted to enter 2 or 3 participants if their skaters performed well at the previous championship.

Because of the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skate after the short program. In ice dance, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

.

To compete, skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1 of the previous year. The 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 of the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance...

 was the corresponding competition for skaters who are not age-eligible for senior worlds.

Competition notes

  • Yukari Nakano
    Yukari Nakano
    is a former competitive figure skater for Japan.She is the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005-2006 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a three-time Japanese bronze medalist.She is one of the five ladies...

     and Carolina Kostner
    Carolina Kostner
    Carolina Kostner is an Italian figure skater. She is a three-time World medalist , a three-time European champion , a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist , the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Italian Champion.-Personal life:Carolina Kostner was born...

     tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano won 5th place on the tiebreak, which was the free skate placement, and Kostner dropped to 6th.

  • In the ladies event, two world records were set: Kim Yu-Na for the short program with a score of 71.95, and Mao Asada
    Mao Asada
    is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2010 Winter Olympic silver medalist, the 2008 & 2010 World champion, the 2008 & 2010 Four Continents champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, the 2005 World Junior champion, the 2004–2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time Japanese...

     for the free skate with a score of 133.13.

  • Shen Xue
    Shen Xue
    Shen Xue is a female Chinese pair skater. With her partner and husband Zhao Hongbo, Shen is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...

     & Zhao Hongbo
    Zhao Hongbo
    Zhao Hongbo is a male Chinese pair skater. With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...

     from China
    People's Republic of China
    China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

     set a new world record of 71.07 points under the ISU Judging System
    ISU Judging System
    The ISU Judging System , is the scoring system on the event and on the level of competition. At the senior international level, single and pairs short programs contain eight technical elements. The actual eight elements are detailed for single skaters in ISU rule 310...

     for pairs' short program.

  • Zhao Hongbo
    Zhao Hongbo
    Zhao Hongbo is a male Chinese pair skater. With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...

     proposed marriage to Shen Xue
    Shen Xue
    Shen Xue is a female Chinese pair skater. With her partner and husband Zhao Hongbo, Shen is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...

     on the ice following their free skating program.

Medals Table

1 1 2 0 3
2 1 1 0 2
3 1 0 0 1
3 1 0 0 1
5 0 1 0 1
6 0 0 1 1
6 0 0 1 1
6 0 0 1 1
6 0 0 1 1

Men

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Brian Joubert
Brian Joubert
Brian Joubert is a French figure skater. He is the 2007 World Champion, a three-time European champion, a seven-time French National champion, and the 2006-7 Grand Prix Final champion...

 
240.85 1 3
2 Daisuke Takahashi
Daisuke Takahashi
is a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, the 2007 World silver medalist, a two-time Four Continents Champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion....

 
237.95 3 1
3 Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel is a Swiss figure skater and a choreographer. He is a two-time World Champion, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Champion and a nine-time Swiss national champion...

 
233.35 6 2
4 Tomáš Verner
Tomas Verner
Tomáš Verner is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2008 European Champion, a two time European medalist , and a seven-time Czech national champion. He has won six senior Grand Prix medals, including the 2010 Cup of Russia title.- Early career:Verner started skating at the age of five...

 
226.25 9 4
5 Evan Lysacek
Evan Lysacek
Evan Frank Lysacek is an American figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, the 2005 & 2007 Four Continents champion, the 2007 & 2008 U.S. national champion, and the 2009/2010 Grand Prix Final champion....

 
222.18 5 5
6 Jeffrey Buttle
Jeffrey Buttle
Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 & 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005-2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title...

 
214.96 2 8
7 Nobunari Oda
Nobunari Oda
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents Champion, the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2005 World Junior Champion and the 2008 Japanese National Champion.- Personal life :...

 
209.94 14 6
8 Johnny Weir
Johnny Weir
John Garvin "Johnny" Weir is an American figure skater. He is a three-time U.S. National Champion , the 2008 Worlds bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2001 World Junior Champion....

 
206.97 4 10
9 Kristoffer Berntsson
Kristoffer Berntsson
Johan Kristoffer Berntsson is a Swedish figure skater. He is an eight-time Swedish national champion and the five-time Nordic Champion. Berntsson was the first Swede to land a triple Axel.-Career:Berntsson began skating at age 5...

 
206.29 15 7
10 Sergei Davydov  203.05 8 12
11 Alban Préaubert
Alban Préaubert
Alban Préaubert is a French figure skater. He is a five-time French bronze medalist.- Early years :...

 
202.60 10 11
12 Stefan Lindemann
Stefan Lindemann
Stefan Lindemann is a German figure skater. He is a seven-time German national champion, the 2004 World bronze medalist, and the 2000 World Junior Champion.-Career:...

 
198.78 16 9
13 Christopher Mabee
Christopher Mabee
Christopher Mabee is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2007 Canadian national silver medalist. He announced his retirement from competitive skating in December, 2008.-Early career:...

 
195.38 7 14
14 Yannick Ponsero
Yannick Ponsero
Yannick Ponsero is a French figure skater. He is the 2009 French national champion.-Personal life:Ponsero was born in Annecy, France. His sister Christina was also a skater, and after visiting her at the rink he began to skate as well. In addition to skating, Ponsero competed in skiing events...

 
192.63 12 15
15 Ryan Bradley
Ryan Bradley
Ryan Bradley is an American figure skater. He is the 2011 U.S. champion, 2007 U.S. silver medalist and three time U.S. Collegiate Champion. Bradley is known for his crowd-pleasing programs and backflips....

 
188.90 19 13
16 Emanuel Sandhu
Emanuel Sandhu
Emanuel Sandhu is a Canadian figure skater and dancer. He is a three-time Canadian national champion and the 2004 Grand Prix champion.-Personal life:...

 
188.59 11 16
17 Karel Zelenka
Karel Zelenka
Karel Zelenka is an Czech-Italian figure skater. He is a five-time Italian national champion.-Biography:...

 
180.10 17 17
18 Jamal Othman
Jamal Othman
Jamal Aziz Othman is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2009 Swiss national champion and a five-time national silver medalist.-Career:...

 
178.39 18 20
19 Sergei Voronov
Sergei Voronov
Sergei Evgeneyvich Voronov is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2006 World Junior silver medalist and the 2008 & 2009 Russian National Champion...

 
176.57 22 19
20 Andrei Lutai
Andrei Lutai
Andrei Vladimirovich Lutai is a Russian figure skater. He is a three-time Russian national medalist , and has placed as high as 5th at the European Championships and 10th at the World Championships.- Career:Andrei Lutai was born in Belgorod, in southern Russia...

 
175.46 24 18
21 Igor Macypura
Igor Macypura
Igor Macypura is a Ukrainian figure skater who competes internationally for Slovakia. He is the 2005-2008 Slovak National champion.-Biography:...

 
174.94 21 22
22 Gregor Urbas
Gregor Urbas
Gregor Urbas is a Slovenian figure skater. He is the nine-time Slovenian national champion.-Post-2002:-Pre-2002:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-External links:...

 
174.39 23 21
23 Wu Jialiang
Wu Jialiang
Wu Jialiang is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2008 & 2009 Chinese national champion.Wu was born in Harbin, and lives in Beijing. He started skating in 1989. He is coached by Yu Lijie.-Competitive highlights:-References:...

 
170.10 13 24
24 Anton Kovalevski
Anton Kovalevski
Anton Vladimirovich Kovalevski is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is a four-time Ukrainian national champion. He decided to take a break from competitive skating after the 2010-11 season.-Programs:-Post-2004:* WD = Withdrew...

 
169.27 20 23
Free Skate Not Reached
25 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari is a Finnish figure skater. He is a seven-time Finnish national champion and has represented Finland at the World Figure Skating Championships...

 
55.79 25
26 Xu Ming
Xu Ming
Xu Ming is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 Chinese national silver medalist. He won the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Winter Games.-Competitive highlights:-References:...

 
54.80 26
27 Alper Uçar
Alper Uçar
Alper Uçar is a Turkish figure skater who has competed as a single skater and ice dancer. As a single skater, he is the 2005 Turkish national champion and four-time junior national champion. He began competing with Jenette Maitz as an ice dancer in the 2009-2010 season...

 
50.09 27
28 Sean Carlow
Sean Carlow
Sean Carlow is an Australian figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 Australian national champion. He also competed in pairs at the novice level, winning the 2001 novice title with Wafa Asmar....

 
49.73 28
29 Christian Rauchbauer
Christian Rauchbauer
Christian Rauchbauer is an Austrian figure skater. He is the three time Austrian national bronze medalist and four time national silver medalist...

 
49.19 29
30 Trifun Zivanovic
Trifun Zivanovic
Trifun Zivanovic is an American-born Serbian figure skater. Born in the United States, Zivanovic competes internationally for Serbia.-Career:...

 
48.45 30
31 Naiden Borichev
Naiden Borichev
Naiden Borichev is a Bulgarian figure skater. He is the 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 Bulgarian national champion. He was previously coached by Evelina Panova, but now he coaches himself. He also coaches his teammate Hristina Vassileva.-Results:-External links:...

 
46.69 31
32 Sergei Kotov
Sergei Kotov
Sergei Kotov is an Israeli figure skater. He is the 2003 Israeli national champion. Kotov participated in three World Junior Championships and his best result was 17th place in 2004. He also took a part in three European Championships and four senior World Championships .-External links:...

 
43.99 32
33 Przemysław Domański  42.51 33
34 Lee Dong-Whun
Lee Dong-Whun
Lee Dong-Whun is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2004-2008 South Korean national champion....

 
42.00 34
35 Javier Fernández
Javier Fernández (figure skater)
Javier Fernández López is a Spanish figure skater. He is the 2010 Spanish national champion, the 2007-2009 junior national champion, and represented Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 
41.57 35
36 Luis Hernández
Luis Hernández (figure skater)
Luis Hernandez is a Mexican figure skater. He is the current Mexican National champion. He placed 17th at the 2007 Four Continents Championships. He previously competed at the United States Figure Skating Championships, placing 7th as a novice in 2002 and 11th as a junior in 2003...

 
40.33 36
37 Justin Pietersen
Justin Pietersen
Justin Pietersen is a South African figure skater. He is the 2005 and 2007 South African national champion. His older sister Abigail Pietersen is also an elite senior-level figure skater....

 
39.73 37
38 Boris Martinec
Boris Martinec
Boris Martinec is a Croatian figure skater. He is a five-time Croatian national champion.-Post-2006:-Pre-2006:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round...

 
37.09 38
39 Zeus Issariotis
Zeus Issariotis
Carl Zeus Issariotis is a Canadian figure skater who currently represents Greece internationally. He is the 2004 & 2006 Greek national champion. He previously competed representing Canada, most notably on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, but switched to representing Greece after taking a break from...

 
37.03 39
40 Edward Ka-Yin Chow
Edward Ka-Yin Chow
Edward Ka-Yin Chow is a Hong Kong figure skater. He is the 2003, 2005, and 2006 Hong Kong national champion.-External links:...

 
34.63 40
41 Zoltán Kelemen
Zoltán Kelemen (figure skater)
Zoltan Kelemen is a Romanian figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2008 Romanian national champion.-Post-2004:-Pre-2004:- References :...

 
33.71 41
42 Joel Watson
Joel Watson
Joel Watson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 New Zealand national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-References:* -External links:...

 
30.09 42

  • Referee: Paolo Pizzocari 
  • Technical Controller: Gale Tanger 
  • Technical Specialist: Ricardo Olavarrieta 
  • Assistant Technical Specialist: Margus Hernitz 


Judges for the men's short program
  • Albert Zaydman 
  • Nikolai Ianev 
  • Adriana Domanska 
  • Nicolai Bellu 
  • Alexei Shirshov 
  • Hermann Schulz
    Hermann Schulz
    Hermann Schulz is a former German figure skater.Hermann Schulz learned his first triple jumps at the club Dresdner DEC. Coached by Ingrid Lehmann he became a world class figure skater. Already with the age of 13 he participated at the European Championships in Copenhagen and ended up on place 8th...

     
  • Sviatoslav Babenko 
  • Neil Garrard 
  • Inger Andersson 
  • Claudia Fassora 
  • Susan Johnson
    Susan Johnson
    Susan Johnson may refer to:*Susan Johnson , film producer*Susan Johnson , also known as Susan Johnson-Kehn , American musical theatre actress*Susan Johnson , National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada...

     
  • Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou 


Judges of the men's free program
  • Nicolai Bellu 
  • Philippe Meriguet 
  • Inger Andersson 
  • Albert Zaydman 
  • Patricia Houghton 
  • Claudia Fassora 
  • Hermann Schulz
    Hermann Schulz
    Hermann Schulz is a former German figure skater.Hermann Schulz learned his first triple jumps at the club Dresdner DEC. Coached by Ingrid Lehmann he became a world class figure skater. Already with the age of 13 he participated at the European Championships in Copenhagen and ended up on place 8th...

     
  • Nikolai Ianev 
  • Alexei Shirshov 
  • Susan Johnson
    Susan Johnson
    Susan Johnson may refer to:*Susan Johnson , film producer*Susan Johnson , also known as Susan Johnson-Kehn , American musical theatre actress*Susan Johnson , National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada...

     
  • Deborah Islam 
  • Sviatoslav Babenko 

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Miki Ando
Miki Ando
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World Champion, 2011 Four Continents Champion, 2004 World Junior Champion, and a three-time Japanese National Champion....

195.09 2 2
2 Mao Asada
Mao Asada
is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2010 Winter Olympic silver medalist, the 2008 & 2010 World champion, the 2008 & 2010 Four Continents champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, the 2005 World Junior champion, the 2004–2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time Japanese...

 
194.45 5 1
3 Kim Yu-Na 186.14 1 4
4 Kimmie Meissner
Kimmie Meissner
Kimberly Claire "Kimmie" Meissner is an American figure skater. She is the 2006 World Champion, the 2007 U.S. National Champion, and the 2007 Four Continents Champion...

180.23 4 3
5 Yukari Nakano
Yukari Nakano
is a former competitive figure skater for Japan.She is the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005-2006 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a three-time Japanese bronze medalist.She is one of the five ladies...

168.92 7 6
6 Carolina Kostner
Carolina Kostner
Carolina Kostner is an Italian figure skater. She is a three-time World medalist , a three-time European champion , a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist , the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Italian Champion.-Personal life:Carolina Kostner was born...

168.92 3 9
7 Sarah Meier
Sarah Meier (figure skater)
Sarah Meier is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2011 European champion, 2007 & 2008 European silver medalist, the 2006–2007 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and an eight-time Swiss national champion.-Biography:-Early career:Sarah Meier first stepped on the ice at the age of two years...

160.80 9 8
8 Susanna Pöykiö
Susanna Pöykiö
Susanna Pöykiö is a Finnish figure skater. She is a two-time European medalist, having won silver in 2005 and bronze in 2009. She is a five time Finnish national champion....

160.12 10 7
9 Emily Hughes
Emily Hughes
Emily Anne Hughes is an American figure skater. She is the 2007 U.S. National silver medalist and was a member of the 2006 Olympic team. She is a younger sister of Sarah Hughes, the 2002 Olympic champion.-Personal life:...

159.06 6 13
10 Joannie Rochette
Joannie Rochette
Joannie Rochette is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2009 World silver medalist, the 2008 and 2009 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2004 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a six-time Canadian national champion.-Personal life:Rochette was born in...

158.98 16 5
11 Valentina Marchei
Valentina Marchei
Valentina Marchei is an Italian figure skater. She is a three-time Italian national champion . Her highest placement at an ISU Championship was fifth at the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships....

153.60 14 10
12 Júlia Sebestyén
Julia Sebestyen
Júlia Sebestyén is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion and 2002-2010 Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title...

153.50 8 15
13 Elena Sokolova
Elena Sokolova
Elena Sergeevna Sokolova is a Russian figure skater. Sokolova is a three-time Russian national champion , a three-time European medalist and the 2003 World Silver Medalist. In the 2006 Olympic Games, she stumbled badly and only finished 14th. She redeemed herself in the 2006 World Championships...

149.77 11 14
14 Kiira Korpi
Kiira Korpi
Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 European bronze medalist, 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champion and a two-time Finnish National Champion .- Personal life :...

149.47 17 11
15 Alissa Czisny
Alissa Czisny
Alissa Czisny is an American figure skater. She is the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final champion, two-time U.S. national champion, the 2007 U.S...

147.74 18 12
16 Arina Martinova
Arina Martinova
Arina Valeryevna Martinova is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2007 Russian junior national champion. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy.-Competitive highlights:* WD = Withdrawn-External links:*...

145.28 12 16
17 Elene Gedevanishvili
Elene Gedevanishvili
Elene Gedevanishvili is a Georgian figure skater. She is the 2010 European bronze medalist, becoming the first skater from Georgia to medal at an ISU Championships.-Career:...

144.40 13 17
18 Jelena Glebova 131.18 22 18
19 Anastasia Gimazetdinova
Anastasia Gimazetdinova
Anastasia Gimazetdinova is an Uzbekistani figure skater. She is the three-time Uzbek national champion. She is coached by Peter Kiprushev...

130.44 15 20
20 Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter
Joanne 'Jo' Carter is an Australian figure skater. She is the 2007 Australian national champion. She skates at Canternbury, Norwest & Macquarie. She began skating at 4 years of age and went on to represent Australia in the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She placed 25th in Torino...

127.17 19 21
21 Idora Hegel
Idora Hegel
Idora Hegel is a Croatian figure skater. She is a 7-time Croatian national champion. She represented Croatia at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she placed 19th, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she again placed 19th.-Post-2002:-Pre-2002:* J = Junior level; WD = Withdrawn- References :*...

125.66 24 19
22 Liu Yan 123.22 21 23
23 Tamar Katz
Tamar Katz
Tamar Katz is an Israeli figure skater. She is the 2005, 2007, and 2008 Israeli national champion.- Career :...

122.51 23 22
24 Mira Leung
Mira Leung
Mira Leung is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2006-2008 Canadian silver medalist.-Biography:Leung was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She began skating at age 3 with the Kitsilano Figure Skating Club and her former coach Christine Goodall...

120.74 20 24
Free Skate Not Reached
25 Kathrin Freudelsperger
Kathrin Freudelsperger
Kathrin Freudelsperger is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2007 Austrian national champion and one of the most beauty and delicate young woman of the world.-Navigation:...

 
42.24 25
26 Lina Johansson
Lina Johansson
Lina Johansson is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2005 Swedish national champion. She is the first Swedish skater to qualify for and to medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final. Due to many injuries during her career, she retired from competitive skating in 2007.-Competitive highlights:*J = Junior...

 
41.87 26
27 Tuğba Karademir
Tugba Karademir
Tuğba Karademir , is a Turkish former figure skater. She was the flag-bearer for Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 21st.- Career :...

 
41.79 27
28 Irina Movchan
Irina Movchan
Irina Movchan is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is the 2008 and 2011 Ukrainian national champion and 2007 & 2010 silver medalist.- Programs :-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-References:...

 
40.76 28
29 Kristin Wieczorek
Kristin Wieczorek
Kristin Wieczorek is a German figure skater. She won the German national championship in 2007. Her younger brother Denis Wieczorek competes internationally on the junior level....

 
40.35 29
30 Roxana Luca
Roxana Luca
Roxana Luca is a Romanian figure skater. She is a multiple Romanian national champion. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Post-2002:* Q = Qualifying Round; WD = Withdrew...

 
39.65 30
31 Anna Jurkiewicz
Anna Jurkiewicz
Anna Jurkiewicz is a Polish figure skater. She is a three-time Polish national champion.She placed 5th at Junior Worlds in 1998 and also 5th at Junior Grand Prix Final in 1999, becoming the first Polish skater ever to have qualified for it. The next season she suffered a back injury...

 
36.39 31
32 Hristina Vassileva
Hristina Vassileva
Hristina Vassileva is a Bulgarian figure skater. She is the 2000-2002 Bulgarian national champion and the 2004-2006 national silver medalist. Coach Naiden Borichev is her teammate. They both competed at the 2007 World Championships in singles.-Results:-External links:...

 
36.22 32
33 Radka Bártová
Radka Bártová
Radka Bártová is a Slovak figure skater. She is the 2007 Slovakian national champion and the 2005-2006 junior national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-External links:...

 
36.17 33
34 Isabelle Pieman
Isabelle Pieman
Isabelle Pieman is a Belgian figure skater. She is the 2007 Belgian national champion.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
35.12 34
35 Ivana Hudziecová
Ivana Hudziecová
Ivana Buzková is a Czech figure skater. She is the 2006-2007 Czech national champion.-Results:-References:...

 
33.86 35
36 Teodora Poštič
Teodora Poštic
Teodora Poštič is a Slovenian figure skater. She is the 2006-2009 Slovenian national champion.-Post-2004:* J = Junior level-Pre-2004:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew-External links:...

 
33.77 36
37 Mérovée Ephrem
Mérovée Ephrem
Mérovée Ephrem is a French figure skater who skates internationally for Monaco. She is the first skater to represent Monaco in an ISU Championship, which she did for the first time at the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships...

33.01 37
38 Maria-Elena Papasotiriou
Maria-Elena Papasotiriou
Maria-Elena Papasotiriou is an American figure skater who currently represents Greece. She recently placed 31st at the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
32.90 38
39 Julia Teplih
Julia Teplih
Julia Teplih is a Latvian figure skater. She is the 2001 Latvian national champion.-External links:...

 
31.19 39
40 Charissa Tansomboon
Charissa Tansomboon
Charissa Tansomboon is an Thai-American figure skater who currently competes internationally for Thailand. Her parents moved to the U.S. from Thailand just before she was born. She is the 2005 Thai national silver medalist and is a two season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit...

 
30.46 40
41 Jocelyn Ho
Jocelyn Ho
Jocelyn Ho is a Taiwanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Taiwanese national silver medalist. Her programs are choreographed by David Wilson.-Results:-External links:...

 
30.41 41
42 Ana Cecilia Cantu
Ana Cecilia Cantu
Ana Cecilia Cantu Felix is a Mexican figure skater from Monterrey, Mexico.She is a three time National champion and 2010-2011 silver medallist. She has represented Mexico in one Junior World Championship , and three World Championships...

 
30.28 42
43 Ksenia Jastsenjski
Ksenia Jastsenjski
Ksenia Jastsenjski is a Serbian figure skater. She is a seven-time national champion. She previously competed representing Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia.-Post-2001:* WD = Withdrawn-Pre-2001:...

 
27.56 43
44 Ami Parekh
Ami Parekh
Ami Parekh is an Indian-American skater, representing India.-Competitive highlights:For India*2007 - ISU Senior World Championships - 44th...

 
26.82 44
45 Kristine Y. Lee
Kristine Y. Lee
Kristine Y. Lee is an American figure skater who competes representing Hong Kong. She placed 16th at the 2006 Karl Shafer Memorial.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
23.57 45

  • Referee: Marina Sanaya
    Marina Sanaya
    Marina Valterovna Sanaya is a figure skater who competed representing the Soviet Union. She placed 18th at the 1972 Winter Olympics. She was 13 years old at that time....

     
  • Technical Controller: Charles Cyr 
  • Technical Specialist: Ravi Walia
    Ravi Walia
    Ravi Walia is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 1995 Canadian bronze medalist and the 1993 Junior national champion.He serves as an ISU Technical Specialist for Canada.-References:...

     
  • Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre
    Isabel de Navarre
    Isabel De Navarre is a former West German figure skater, a current German figure skating coach and ISU technical specialist.-Biography:...

     


Judges for the ladies short program
  • Katalin Balczo 
  • Robert Rosenbluth 
  • Lenka Bohunicka 
  • Adriana Ordeanu 
  • Antica Grubisic 
  • Chihee Rhee 
  • Osman Sirvan 
  • Franco Benini 
  • Deborah Islam 
  • Nikolai Salnikov 
  • Mona Jonsson
    Mona Jönsson
    Mona Jönsson is a Swedish Green Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2006.-External links:* at the Riksdag website...

     
  • Christiane Mörth 


Judges of the ladies free program
  • Adriana Ordeanu 
  • Robert Rosenbluth 
  • Katalin Balczo 
  • Deborah Islam 
  • Elisabeth Louesdon 
  • Mona Jonsson
    Mona Jönsson
    Mona Jönsson is a Swedish Green Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2006.-External links:* at the Riksdag website...

     
  • Masako Kubota 
  • Hely Abbondati 
  • Elena Fomina
    Elena Fomina
    Elena Fomina is a Russian football midfielder, currently playing for ShVSM Izmailovo in the Russian women's football championship She previously played for Spartak Moscow, Chertanovo Moscow, CSK VVS Samara, Lada Togliatti and Nadezhda Noginsk....

     
  • Lenka Bohunicka 
  • Nikolai Salnikov 
  • Christiane Mörth 

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Shen Xue
Shen Xue
Shen Xue is a female Chinese pair skater. With her partner and husband Zhao Hongbo, Shen is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...

 / Zhao Hongbo
Zhao Hongbo
Zhao Hongbo is a male Chinese pair skater. With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...

203.50 1 1
2 Pang Qing
Pang Qing
Pang Qing is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Tong Jian, she is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Career:...

 / Tong Jian
Tong Jian
Tong Jian is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 & 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion....

188.46 3 2
3 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Robin Szolkowy
Robin Szolkowy is a German pair skater. With partner Aliona Savchenko, he is a three-time World Champion, the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, a four-time European Champion, the 2007–08 and 2010–11 Grand Prix Final Champion, and a seven-time German National Champion.Savchenko & Szolkowy scored the...

187.39 2 3
4 Tatiana Volosozhar
Tatiana Volosozhar
Tatiana Andreеvna Volosozhar is a Russian-Ukrainian pair skater. With current partner Maxim Trankov, she won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, their first major international competition together...

 / Stanislav Morozov
Stanislav Morozov
Stanislav Oleksandrovych Morozov is a retired Ukrainian pair skater who now works as a coach. With partner Tatiana Volosozhar, he was a four-time Ukrainian national champion...

173.62 8 5
5 Zhang Dan
Zhang Dan
Zhang Dan is a Chinese pair skater. With her partner Zhang Hao, she is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, 2005 & 2010 Four Continents champion, and three time World silver medalist.-Biography:...

 / Zhang Hao
Zhang Hao
Zhang Hao is a Chinese figure skater. With partner Zhang Dan, he is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, 2005 & 2010 Four Continents champion, and three time World silver medalist.-Biography:...

173.39 10 4
6 Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin
Craig Buntin
- External links :*...

167.25 5 6
7 Jessica Dubé
Jessica Dubé
Jessica Dubé is a Canadian figure skater who is best known for her pairs career with Bryce Davison. They are the three-time Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist. They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics...

 / Bryce Davison
Bryce Davison
Bryce Davison is an American-Canadian pair skater. With former partner Jessica Dubé, he is a three-time Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist.They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.- Biography :Davison began...

164.59 7 7
8 Rena Inoue
Rena Inoue
is an American pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters to perform a throw triple axel in competition.-Personal life:Rena Inoue was...

 / John Baldwin
163.97 6 8
9 Yuko Kawaguchi
Yuko Kawaguchi
Yuko Kavaguti is a Japanese-Russian pair skater, who has represented Japan, the USA, and Russia in international competition. She competes with Alexander Smirnov, representing Russia. They are the 2010 European champions, 2009 and 2010 World bronze medalists, and 2008-2010 Russian champions...

 / Alexander Smirnov
Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)
Alexander Viktorovich Smirnov is a Russian pair skater. Smirnov teamed up with Yuko Kavaguti in the spring of 2006. They are the 2010 European champions, 2009 and 2010 World bronze medalists, and 2008-2010 Russian Champions. They have won a total of four European medals...

163.62 4 10
10 Anabelle Langlois
Anabelle Langlois
Anabelle Langlois is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Cody Hay, she is the 2008 Canadian national champion.- Career :...

 / Cody Hay
Cody Hay
Cody Hay is a retired Canadian pair skater. With Anabelle Langlois, he is the 2008 Canadian national champion. He is now a coach with Langlois.- Career :...

160.01 13 9
11 Maria Mukhortova
Maria Mukhortova
Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist and 2007 Russian National Champion. In her early career, she competed with Egor Golovkin and Pavel Lebedev...

 / Maxim Trankov
Maxim Trankov
Maxim Leonidovich Trankov is a Russian pair skater. With current partner Tatiana Volosozhar, he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, their first major international competition together...

150.43 12 11
12 Brooke Castile
Brooke Castile
Brooke Castile is an American pair skater. She is best known for her partnership with Benjamin Okolski. They are the 2007 U.S. National Champions. They announced their retirement from competitive skating in May 2010....

 / Benjamin Okolski
Benjamin Okolski
Benjamin Okolski is an American pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Brooke Castile. They are the 2007 U.S. National Champions...

139.00 14 13
13 Dominika Piątkowska
Dominika Piatkowska
Dominika Piątkowska is a Polish pair skater and former ladies single skater. She currently competes with Dmitri Khromin...

 / Dmitri Khromin
Dmitri Khromin
Dmitri Vladimirovich Khromin is a Russian-Polish pair skater who currently competes internationally for Poland. He competes with Dominika Piątkowska...

138.98 15 12
14 Marylin Pla
Marylin Pla
Marylin Pla is a French pair skater. She competed with Yannick Bonheur. They were the 2005–2007 French national champions and placed 14th at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Programs:-Pairs career:...

 / Yannick Bonheur
Yannick Bonheur
Yannick Bonheur is a French pair skater who currently competes with Adeline Canac. He is a five time French National Champion with three different partners: Marylin Pla, Vanessa James, and Canac....

131.31 16 16
15 Angelika Pylkina
Angelika Pylkina
Angelika Pylkina is a Swedish pairs figure skater. She competes with partner Niklas Hogner. They are the first Swedish pairs team to compete internationally since 1962. They twice placed 5th at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and have won three bronze medals on the Junior Grand Prix...

 / Niklas Hogner
Niklas Hogner
Niklas Hogner is a Swedish figure skater. Until 2003, he competed as a singles skater, winning four Swedish junior national titles and competing at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships....

130.75 17 15
16 Laura Magitteri
Laura Magitteri
Laura Magitteri is an Italian pair skater. With former partner Ondřej Hotárek, she is the 2007 & 2008 Italian national champion.They teamed up in 2006. Their partnership ended in January, 2009.-Competitive highlights:...

 / Ondřej Hotárek
Ondrej Hotárek
Ondřej Hotárek is a Czech pair skater who competes with Stefania Berton for Italy. They are the 2011 Italian national champions. Previously, he competed as a single skater and pair skater for the Czech Republic...

130.18 18 14
17 Stacey Kemp
Stacey Kemp
Stacey Kemp is an English pair skater who represents Great Britain. She competes with David King. They are the 2006-2010 British national champions. Kemp & King changed coaches in the summer of 2007 and moved to Poland to train under Mariusz and Dorota Siudek.-Competitive highlights:-External...

 / David King
David King (figure skater)
David King is an English pair skater who represents Great Britain. He has competed with Stacey Kemp since 2003. They are the 2006-2010 British national champions. Kemp & King changed coaches in the summer of 2007 and moved to Poland to train under Mariusz and Dorota Siudek...

126.95 19 17
18 Mari Vartmann
Mari Vartmann
Mari-Doris Vartmann is a German pair skater. She is of Japanese and German descent. She started skating at the age of five in her home town of Neuss. Four years later she changed to Düsseldorfer, the club she currently represents. In January 2004, she turned to pair skating and was partnered with...

 / Florian Just
Florian Just
Florian Just is a German pair skater. With current partner Katharina Gierok, he is the 2011 German national bronze medalist. He previously competed with Mari Vartmann, with whom he is the 2007 German national silver medalist.- Career :Florian Just began skating at the age of five at the EC Nürnberg...

116.81 20 18
WD Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek
Mariusz Siudek
Mariusz Siudek is a retired Polish pairs skater who competed with wife Dorota Siudek. They are the 1999 World bronze medalists, two-time European silver medalists and two-time European bronze medalists...

57.23 9
WD Maria Petrova
Maria Petrova (figure skater)
Maria Igorevna Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World Champion and the 1999 & 2000 European Champion.- Career :...

 / Alexei Tikhonov
Alexei Tikhonov
Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova, he is the 2000 World Champion and the 1999 & 2000 European Champion.- Career :Tikhonov began skating at the age of five and switched to pairs at 15 and a half....

56.36 11
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21 Marina Aganina
Marina Aganina
Marina Andreevna Aganina is an Uzbekistani pair skater. She competes with Dmitry Zobnin. She previously competed with Artem Knyazev. With him, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions and placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Before that, Aganina competed with Renat...

 / Artem Knyazev
Artem Knyazev
Artem Knyazev is an Uzbekistani pairs skater. He competed for much of his career with Marina Aganina. They were the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions. They placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Knyazev previously competed with Irina Galkina and Irina Shabanova...

40.60 21
22 Diana Rennik
Diana Rennik
Diana Rennik is an Estonian pair skater. She competed with Aleksei Saks. Together, they are the four times Estonian national champions. They placed 17th at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Competitive highlights:...

 / Aleksei Saks
Aleksei Saks
Aleksei Saks is an Estonian pair skater. With Diana Rennik, he is the four times Estonian national champion. The two were placed 17th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Saks previously competed internationally as a single skater on the junior level.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

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  • Referee: Igor Prokop 
  • Technical Controller: Alexander Lakernik 
  • Technical Specialist: David Kirby
    David Kirby
    David Kirby is a journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, and was formerly a regular contributor to the New York Times since 1998. He is author of the 2005 book Evidence of Harm - Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy....

     
  • Assistant Technical Specialist: David Moellenkamp 


Judges for the pairs short program
  • Chihee Rhee 
  • Anna Sierocka 
  • Evgeni Rokhin 
  • Yumin Wang 
  • Jan Hoffmann
    Jan Hoffmann
    Jan Hoffmann is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. A four-time Olympian, he is the 1980 Olympic silver medalist, the 1974 & 1980 World Champion, and a four-time European Champion.He was one of a handful of figure skaters who rotated clockwise, landing on his left...

     
  • Florence Catry De Surmont 
  • Vladislav Petukhov 
  • Susan Heffernan 
  • Linda Leaver 
  • Alexander Kogan 
  • Alexander Penchev 
  • Simone Moore 


Judges of the pairs free program
  • Christiane Mörth 
  • Anna Sierocka 
  • Simone Moore 
  • Alexander Kogan 
  • Lenka Bohunicka 
  • Franco Benini 
  • Nikolai Salnikov 
  • Yumin Wang 
  • Susan Heffernan 
  • Chihee Rhee 
  • Jan Hoffmann
    Jan Hoffmann
    Jan Hoffmann is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. A four-time Olympian, he is the 1980 Olympic silver medalist, the 1974 & 1980 World Champion, and a four-time European Champion.He was one of a handful of figure skaters who rotated clockwise, landing on his left...

     
  • Evgeni Rokhin 

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total Points CD OD FD
1 Albena Denkova
Albena Denkova
Albena Denkova is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiance Maxim Staviski, she is the 2006 & 2007 World Champion, the 2003 & 2004 European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion...

 / Maxim Staviski
Maxim Staviski
Maxim Staviski is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiancée Albena Denkova, he is the 2006 & 2007 World Champion, the 2003 & 2004 European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion...

 
201.61 2 1 1
2 Marie-France Dubreuil
Marie-France Dubreuil
Marie-France Dubreuil is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and husband Patrice Lauzon, she is the 2006 & 2007 World silver medalist.-Biography:...

 / Patrice Lauzon
Patrice Lauzon
Patrice Lauzon is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is the 2006 & 2007 World silver medalist.- Biography :...

 
200.46 1 3 2
3 Tanith Belbin
Tanith Belbin
Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin is a Canadian-American ice dancer. Though born in Canada, she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World medalist,...

 / Benjamin Agosto
Benjamin Agosto
Benjamin Alexandro Agosto is an American ice dancer. With partner Tanith Belbin, Agosto is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time World medalist, the 2004–2006 Four Continents champion, and 2004–2008 U.S. champion....

 
195.43 5 2 4
4 Isabelle Delobel
Isabelle Delobel
Isabelle Delobel is a French ice dancer. With partner Olivier Schoenfelder, she is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion....

 / Olivier Schoenfelder
Olivier Schoenfelder
Olivier Schoenfelder is a French ice dancer. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion.-Career:...

 
195.19 4 5 3
5 Oksana Domnina
Oksana Domnina
Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina is a Russian ice dancer. She and partner Maxim Shabalin are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World Champions, the 2008 & 2010 European Champions, the 2007 Grand Prix Final champions, and three-time Russian national champions.-Career:Domnina began skating at...

 / Maxim Shabalin
Maxim Shabalin
Maxim Andreevich Shabalin is a Russian ice dancer. He and partner Oksana Domnina are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World Champions, the 2008 & 2010 European Champions, the 2007 Grand Prix Final champions, and three-time Russian national champions.- Career :Shabalin began skating...

 
193.44 3 4 5
6 Tessa Virtue
Tessa Virtue
Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

 / Scott Moir
Scott Moir
Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

 
183.94 9 6 6
7 Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, two-time Four Continents champion and three-time U.S...

 / Charlie White
Charlie White (figure skater)
Charlie White is an American ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, two-time Four Continents champion and three-time U.S...

 
179.14 10 8 7
8 Jana Khokhlova
Jana Khokhlova
Jana Vadimovna Khokhlova is a Russian ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Sergei Novitski, with whom she is the 2009 European Champion, 2008 World bronze medalist, and a two-time Russian National Champion. She also competed with Andrei Maximishin and Fedor Andreev.- Career...

 / Sergei Novitski
Sergei Novitski
Sergei Nikolayevich Novitski is a Russian ice dancer who skated with Jana Khokhlova until April 2010. Together they are the 2009 European champions, 2008 World bronze medalists, and 2008 & 2009 Russian Champions.- Career :...

 
178.29 6 7 8
9 Federica Faiella
Federica Faiella
Federica Faiella is an Italian ice dancer. She competes with Massimo Scali. They are the 2010 World bronze medalists, 2009 & 2010 European silver medalists and six-time Italian national champions. They have won eleven Grand Prix medals.-Early career:Faiella began skating at the age of ten...

 / Massimo Scali
Massimo Scali
Massimo Scali is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Federica Faiella, he is the 2010 World bronze medalist, the 2009 & 2010 European silver medalist and a six-time Italian national champion. They have won eleven Grand Prix medals.-Career:- Early years :Massimo Scali began skating at the age of ten...

 
170.75 7 9 11
10 Melissa Gregory
Melissa Gregory
Melissa Gregory is an American ice dancer. With partner and husband Denis Petukhov, she is the 2004–2007 U.S. silver medalist.-Biography:...

 / Denis Petukhov
Denis Petukhov
Denis Petukhov is a Russian-American ice dancer. With partner and wife Melissa Gregory, he is the 2004-2007 U.S. silver medalist.-Biography:...

 
170.08 11 10 9
11 Sinead Kerr
Sinead Kerr
Sinead Houston Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions...

 / John Kerr
John Kerr (figure skater)
John Alastair Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. He competes with his sister Sinead Kerr...

 
167.14 8 11 12
12 Nathalie Péchalat
Nathalie Péchalat
Nathalie Péchalat is a French ice dancer who competes with Fabian Bourzat. They are the 2011 European Champions, the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final silver and 2009–2010 bronze medalists, 2010 Cup of China champions, 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champions, and two-time French national champions .- Career...

 / Fabian Bourzat
Fabian Bourzat
Fabian Bourzat is a French ice dancer. He competes with Nathalie Péchalat. They are the 2011 European Champions, 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final silver and 2009–2010 bronze medalists, 2010 Cup of China champions, 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champions, and two time French national champions .- Career :-...

 
162.05 14 13 10
13 Anna Cappellini
Anna Cappellini
Anna JoAnn Cappellini is an Italian ice dancer who competes with Luca Lanotte. They are the 2007-2010 Italian silver medalists and 2006 junior national champions. They have won three senior Grand Prix medals, all silver....

 / Luca Lanotte
Luca Lanotte
Luca Lanotte is an Italian ice dancer. He competes with Anna Cappellini. They are the 2007-2010 Italian silver medalists and 2006 junior national champions. They have won four senior Grand Prix medals: three silvers and one bronze....

 
158.83 12 16 13
14 Alexandra Zaretski
Alexandra Zaretski
Alexandra "Sasha" Zaretsky is an Israeli ice dancer. She competed with her brother Roman Zaretsky. Together, they are three-time Israeli National Champions and two-time Olympic competitors.-Personal life:...

 / Roman Zaretski
Roman Zaretski
Roman Zaretsky is an Israeli ice dancer.He competed with his sister, Alexandra Zaretsky. Together, they are three-time Israeli National Champions, and two-time Olympic competitors.-Personal life:Roman Zaretsky was born in Minsk, Belarus SSR, Soviet Union....

 
156.52 13 12 14
15 Nozomi Watanabe
Nozomi Watanabe
is a Japanese ice dancer. she regularly dances with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:*...

 / Akiyuki Kido
Akiyuki Kido
is a Japanese ice dancer. He competes with Nozomi Watanabe. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:*...

 
152.21 15 17 15
16 Kristin Fraser
Kristin Fraser
Kristin Fraser is an American ice dancer who competes for Azerbaijan.She represents Azerbaijan with Igor Lukanin. They teamed up in 2000 and are four time Azerbaijani national champions. They represented Azerbaijan at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics...

 / Igor Lukanin
Igor Lukanin
Igor Lukanin is an ice dancer who competes internationally for Azerbaijan with Kristin Fraser....

 
152.10 16 14 16
17 Anna Zadorozhniuk
Anna Zadorozhniuk
Anna Nikolayevna Zadorozhniuk is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Sergei Verbillo. They are the 2009 & 2010 Ukrainian national champions. Zadorozhniuk previously skated with Alexander Veselovski and Alexander Kudriavtsev.-Post-2005:-Pre-2005:...

 / Sergei Verbillo
Sergei Verbillo
Sergei Oleksandrovych Verbillo is a Ukrainian ice dancer. He competes with Anna Zadorozhniuk. They are the 2009 & 2010 Ukrainian national champions. Verbillo previously skated with Alla Beknazarova.-Post-2005:-Pre-2005:* J = Junior level- References :...

 
148.13 17 15 17
18 Nelli Zhiganshina
Nelli Zhiganshina
Nelli Nailevna Zhiganshina is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes for Germany with Alexander Gazsi. They are two-time German national champions.- Career :...

 / Alexander Gazsi
Alexander Gazsi
Alexander Gazsi is a German ice dancer. With partner Nelli Zhiganshina, he is two-time German national champion.- Career :...

 
142.87 20 18 19
19 Grethe Grünberg
Grethe Grünberg
- External links :...

 / Kristian Rand
Kristian Rand
-External links:...

 
141.55 23 19 18
20 Kaitlyn Weaver
Kaitlyn Weaver
Kaitlyn Weaver is an American-Canadian ice dancer who represents Canada internationally. With partner Andrew Poje, she is the 2010 Four Continents champion, 2008 Canadian national silver medalist and 2007 World Junior bronze medalist...

 / Andrew Poje
Andrew Poje
Andrew Poje is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Kaitlyn Weaver, he is the 2010 Four Continents champion, the 2008 Canadian national silver medalist and World Junior bronze medalist.- Career :...

 
140.14 18 23 20
21 Huang Xintong
Huang Xintong
Huang Xintong is a Chinese ice dancer. She competes with Zheng Xun. They are the 2007 and 2009 Chinese national champions.-Competitive highlights:- References :...

 / Zheng Xun
Zheng Xun
Zheng Xun is a Chinese ice dancer. He competes with Huang Xintong. They are the 2007 & 2009 Chinese national champions.-Competitive highlights:-References:...

 
138.44 19 22 21
22 Anastasia Grebenkina
Anastasia Grebenkina
Anastasia Grebenkina is a former competitive ice dancer who represented Latvia, Russia, and Armenia. She teamed up with Vazgen Azroyan in 1996 and skated with him until 1998, representing Russia. They broke up and she skated with Vitali Novikov, also representing Russia. She teamed up with Azroyan...

 / Vazgen Azrojan
Vazgen Azrojan
Vazgen Azrojan is an Armenian retired ice dancer. He first competed with Elena Kustarova and won silver at the 1995 Russian Nationals. He teamed up with Anastasia Grebenkina in 1996 and skated with her until 1998, representing Russia. They broke up and he skated with Tiffany Hyden, representing...

 
137.07 21 21 23
23 Katherine Copely
Katherine Copely
Katherine Leigh Copely is an American ice dancer who competed internationally for Lithuania...

 / Deividas Stagniūnas
Deividas Stagniunas
Deividas Stagniūnas is a Lithuanian ice dancer. Since 2010 Stagniūnas has been dancing with Isabella Tobias.- Career :Stagniūnas arrived in the U.S...

 
136.63 24 20 22
24 Olga Akimova
Olga Akimova
Olga Akimova is an Uzbekistani ice dancer. With former partner Alexander Shakalov, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbek national champion. She previously competed with Andrei Driganov and Ramil Sarkulov.-Results:...

 / Alexander Shakalov
Alexander Shakalov
Alexander Shakalov is a Ukrainian ice dancer.In his early career, he competed with Viktoria Polzykina and Julia Grigorenko for Ukraine. He also represented Uzbekistan with Olga Akimova from 2003 to 2007. The two were the 2004-2005 Uzbek national champions...

 
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25 Barbora Silná
Barbora Silná
Barbora Silná is a Czech ice dancer who currently competes for Austria. She previously competed for the Czech Republic with Martin Šubrt. She teamed up with Ukrainian-born skater Dmitri Matsjuk to represent Austria in 2005. The two are the 2006-2008 Austrian national champions...

 / Dmitri Matsjuk
Dmitri Matsjuk
Dmitri Matsjuk is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for Austria. Early in his career, he competed with Ekaterina Madej and Barbara Herzog. He competed with Barbora Silná from 2005 through 2009. The two are the 2006-2008 Austrian national champions...

 
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26 Zsuzsanna Nagy
Zsuzsanna Nagy
Zsuzsanna Nagy is a Hungarian ice dancer. She competes with Máté Fejes. They are the 2010 Hungarian silver medalists....

 / György Elek
György Elek
György Elek is a Hungarian ice dancer. He competed with Zsuzsanna Nagy. They are the 2006-2007 Hungarian national silver medalists. He previously competed with Regina Szabo. Elek's older brother Attila is also an ice dancer.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-External links:*...

 
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27 Nicolette Amie House / Aidas Reklys
Aidas Reklys
Aidas Reklys is a Lithuanian figure skater who competes in both singles and ice dancing. As a singles skater, he was the 1999-2005 Lithuanian national champion. He switched to ice dance after the 2005/2006 season. He competes in ice dancing with partner Nicolette Amie House...

 
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28 Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos
Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos
Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos is a Canadian ice dancer who represents Greece internationally. She competes with Bradley Yaeger....

 / Eric Neumann-Aubichon
Eric Neumann-Aubichon
Eric Neumann-Aubichon is a Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Greece internationally. He skates with Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos. They are coached by Chantal Lefebvre and Arseni Markov. Goulakos & Neumann-Aubichon have represented Greece at the European Figure Skating Championships and...

 
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29 Laura Munana
Laura Munana
Laura Munana is an American ice dancer who represented Mexico in international competition with her brother Luke Munana. The two competed for the United States until 2004. After that, they competed at the Four Continents Championships and the World Figure Skating Championships for Mexico, as well...

 / Luke Munana
Luke Munana
Luke Munana is an American ice dancer who represented Mexico in international competition with his sister Laura Munana. The two competed for the United States until 2004. After that, they competed at the Four Continents Championships and the World Figure Skating Championships for Mexico, as well...

 
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  • Referee: Mieko Fujimori 
  • Technical Controller: Gilles Vandenbroeck 
  • Technical Specialist: Andrzej Dostatni
    Andrzej Dostatni
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  • Assistant Technical Specialist: April Sargent Silverstein
    April Sargent
    April Sargent is an American ice dancer. Skating with Russ Witherby, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992 and competed in the Winter Olympics that year. She currently coaches at the Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society....

     


Judges for the compulsory dance (rumba
Rumba (dance)
Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.In some contexts, "rumba" is used as shorthand for Afro-Cuban rumba, a group of dances related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The most common Afro-Cuban rumba is the guaguancó...

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  • Rossella Ceccattini 
  • Irina Medvedeva 
  • Alla Shekhovtseva 
  • Garry Hoppe 
  • Maria Miller
    Maria Miller
    Maria Frances Lewis Miller is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke since the 2005 general election...

     
  • Shawn Rettstatt 
  • Jodi Abbott 
  • Evgeni Rokhin 
  • Hongguo Ren 
  • Elizabeth Ryan
    Elizabeth Ryan
    Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events...

     
  • Olga Zakova 
  • Ulf Denzer 


Judges of the original dance
  • Maria Miller
    Maria Miller
    Maria Frances Lewis Miller is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke since the 2005 general election...

     
  • Raia Bisserova-Bakalova 
  • Laimute Krauziene 
  • Mayumi Kato 
  • Alla Shekhovtseva 
  • Elizabeth Ryan
    Elizabeth Ryan
    Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events...

     
  • Ulf Denzer 
  • Irina Medvedeva 
  • Jodi Abbott 
  • Olga Zakova 
  • Rossella Ceccattini 
  • Shawn Rettstatt 


Judges of the free dance
  • Mayumi Kato 
  • Elizabeth Ryan
    Elizabeth Ryan
    Elizabeth Montague Ryan was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events...

     
  • Raia Bisserova-Bakalova 
  • Jodi Abbott 
  • Shawn Rettstatt 
  • Maria Miller
    Maria Miller
    Maria Frances Lewis Miller is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke since the 2005 general election...

     
  • Rossella Ceccattini 
  • Hongguo Ren 
  • Ulf Denzer 
  • Olga Zakova 
  • Laimute Krauziene 
  • Garry Hoppe

Multiple entries for 2008

The following countries secured multiple entries for the 2008 championships based on their performances at the 2007 Worlds.
Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance
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Prize money

The total prize money for the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships is US$710,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. All amounts are in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:
Placement Prize Money (Singles) Prize Money (Pairs/Dance)
1st $ 45,000 $ 67,500
2nd $ 27,000 $ 40,500
3rd $ 18,000 $ 27,000
4th $ 13,000 $ 19,500
5th $ 10,000 $ 15,000
6th $ 7,000 $ 10,500
7th $ 6,000 $ 9,000
8th $ 5,000 $ 7,500
9th $ 3,500 $ 5,250
10th $ 3,000 $ 4,500
11th $ 2,500 $ 3,750
12th $ 2,000 $ 3,000

Further Reading

  • Figure Skating Today: The Next Wave of Stars by Steve Milton and Gerard Chataigneau (Nov 2, 2007)
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