2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

Type:| ISU Championship
Date:| February 26 – March 2
Season:| 2000–01
Location:| Sofia, Bulgaria
Venue:| Winter Sports Hall
Champions
Men's singles:
Johnny Weir
Ladies' singles:
Kristina Oblasova
Pairs:
Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Ice dance:
Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev

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The 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 2 at the Winter Sports Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.

## Medals table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 2| 0| 1| 3
2|  United States (USA)| 1| 3| 1| 5
3|  China (CHN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Japan (JPN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

## Competition notes[edit]

Susanna Pöykiö became the first Finnish ladies' singles skater to medal at an ISU Championships.[1]

Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Markuntsov became the first pair representing Japan to medal at an ISU Championships.[2]

This was the first World Junior Figure Skating Championships that The National Anthem of The Russian Fedoration was heard.

## Results[edit]

### Men[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | QB  | QA  | SP  | FS

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1 | Johnny Weir |  United States |  | 1 | 1 | 1
2 | Evan Lysacek |  United States |  | 3 | 2 | 3
3 | Vincent Restencourt |  France |  | 2 | 6 | 2
4  | Ma Xiaodong |  China | 1 |  | 4 | 5
5  | Stéphane Lambiel |  Switzerland |  | 4 | 3 | 7
6  | Alan Street |  United Kingdom | 2 |  | 7 | 6
7  | Jeffrey Buttle |  Canada |  | 6 | 11 | 4
8  | Karel Zelenka |  Italy | 3 |  | 9 | 8
9  | Cyril Brun |  France |  | 8 | 8 | 9
10  | Nicholas Young |  Canada |  | 5 | 13 | 10
11  | Alexander Shubin |  Russia |  | 13 | 5 | 14
12  | Sergei Dobrin |  Russia | 5 |  | 20 | 12
13  | Gregor Urbas |  Slovenia |  | 9 | 16 | 13
14  | Kazumi Kishimoto |  Japan | 9 |  | 10 | 17
15  | Benjamin Miller |  United States | 6 |  | 14 | 16
16  | Kevin van der Perren |  Belgium |  | 10 | 21 | 11
17  | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic | 4 |  | 12 | 23
18  | Filip Stiller |  Sweden | 8 |  | 24 | 15
19  | Andrei Dobrokhodov |  Azerbaijan | 7 |  | 18 | 20
20  | Florian Just |  Germany |  | 7 | 23 | 18
21  | Anton Kovalevsky |  Ukraine |  | 12 | 15 | 21
22  | Andrej Primak |  Germany |  | 11 | 21 | 19
23  | Vladimir Belomoin |  Uzbekistan | 10 |  | 17 | 24
24  | An Yang |  China | 13 |  | 19 | 25
25  | Stanimir Todorov |  Bulgaria | 15 |  | 26 | 22
Free Skating Not Reached
26  | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari |  Finland | 11 |  | 25 |
27  | Konstantin Tupikov |  Ukraine | 14 |  | 27 |
28  | Bradley Santer |  Australia | 12 |  | 29 |
29  | Christian Horvath |  Austria |  | 15 | 28 |
30  | Aleksei Saks |  Estonia |  | 14 | 30 |
Short Program Not Reached
31  | Jamal Othman |  Switzerland |  | 16 |  |
31  | Soshi Tanaka |  Japan | 16 |  |  |
33  | Michael Lubojanski |  Germany | 17 |  |  |
33  | Balint Miklos |  Romania |  | 17 |  |
35  | Vadim Akolzin |  Israel |  | 18 |  |
35  | Krzysztof Komosa |  Poland | 18 |  |  |
37  | Dmitri Kass |  Latvia |  | 19 |  |
37  | Ivan Kinčík |  Slovakia | 19 |  |  |
39  | Karlo Požgajčić |  Croatia |  | 20 |  |
39  | Bertalan Zakany |  Hungary | 20 |  |  |
41  | Tomas Katukevicius |  Lithuania | 21 |  |  |
41  | Manuel Segura |  Mexico |  | 21 |  |
43  | Miguel Ballesteros |  Spain |  | 22 |  |
43  | Alper Uçar |  Turkey | 22 |  |  |
45  | Miloš Milanović |  FR Yugoslavia | 23 |  |  |

### Ladies[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | QB  | QA  | SP  | FS

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1 | Kristina Oblasova |  Russia |  | 1 | 1 | 1
2 | Ann Patrice McDonough |  United States | 1 |  | 2 | 2
3 | Susanna Pöykiö |  Finland |  | 2 | 8 | 3
4  | Yukari Nakano |  Japan | 5 |  | 5 | 4
5  | Tamara Dorofejev |  Hungary |  | 5 | 3 | 6
6  | Katharina Häcker |  Germany |  | 3 | 4 | 7
7  | Akiko Suzuki |  Japan | 4 |  | 7 | 5
8  | Joannie Rochette |  Canada | 7 |  | 6 | 9
9  | Svetlana Chernyshova |  Russia | 2 |  | 12 | 8
10  | Sara Wheat |  United States | 3 |  | 10 | 13
11  | Carolina Kostner |  Italy |  | 9 | 13 | 9
12  | Stephanie Zhang |  Australia |  | 6 | 14 | 11
13  | Fang Dan |  China |  | 4 | 9 | 15
14  | Christiane Berger |  Germany | 14 |  | 11 | 12
15  | Lucie Krausová |  Czech Republic |  | 7 | 20 | 14
16  | Svetlana Pilipenko |  Ukraine | 8 |  | 17 | 18
17  | Lucia Starovičová |  Slovakia | 12 |  | 18 | 17
18  | Martine Zuiderwijk |  Netherlands |  | 11 | 16 | 20
19  | Hristina Vassileva |  Bulgaria |  | 12 | 25 | 16
20  | Taru Karvosenoja |  Finland | 9 |  | 19 | 21
21  | Viktória Pavuk |  Hungary | 10 |  | 23 | 19
22  | Roxana Luca |  Romania |  | 15 | 15 | 22
23  | Lee Chu-hong |  South Korea | 6 |  | 21 | 24
24  | Kimena Brog-Meier |  Switzerland |  | 8 | 22 | 23
Free Skating Not Reached
25  | Anja Bratec |  Slovenia |  | 14 | 24 |
26  | Gintarė Vostrecovaitė |  Lithuania |  | 13 | 27 |
27  | Sara Falotico |  Belgium | 15 |  | 26 |
28  | Quinn Wilmans |  South Africa | 11 |  | 29 |
29  | Viviane Käser |  Switzerland | 13 |  | 28 |
WD  | Yebin Mok |  United States |  | 10 |  |
Short Program Not Reached
31  | Rebecca Garcia |  Spain |  | 16 |  |
31  | Anna Jurkiewicz |  Poland | 16 |  |  |
33  | Diana Chen |  Chinese Taipei |  | 17 |  |
33  | Jennifer Holmes |  United Kingdom | 17 |  |  |
35  | Johanna Götesson |  Sweden | 18 |  |  |
35  | Kristina Michailova |  Belarus |  | 18 |  |
37  | Helena Garcia |  Mexico | 19 |  |  |
37  | Kaori Poon |  Hong Kong |  | 19 |  |
39  | Giovanna Almeida Leto |  Portugal |  | 20 |  |
39  | Ines Pavlekovic |  Croatia | 20 |  |  |
41  | Papatya Dokmeci |  Turkey |  | 21 |  |
41  | Kathrin Freudelsperger |  Austria | 21 |  |  |
43  | Ksenia Jastsenjski |  FR Yugoslavia | 22 |  |  |

### Pairs[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | SP  | FS

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1 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao |  China | 1 | 1
2 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov |  Japan | 2 | 2
3 | Kristen Roth / Michael McPherson |  United States | 3 | 3
4  | Julia Karbovskaya / Sergei Slavnov |  Russia | 4 | 5
5  | Deborah Blinder / Jeremy Allen |  United States | 7 | 4
6  | Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei |  China | 9 | 6
7  | Svetlana Nikolaeva / Pavel Lebedev |  Russia | 5 | 8
8  | Elena Riabchuk / Stanislav Zakharov |  Russia | 8 | 9
9  | Claudia Rauschenbach / Robin Szolkowy |  Germany | 6 | 11
10  | Johanna Purdy / Kevin Maguire |  Canada | 15 | 7
11  | Carla Montgomery / Jarvis Hetu |  Canada | 11 | 10
12  | Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk |  Ukraine | 10 | 12
13  | Tatiana Volosozhar / Petro Kharchenko |  Ukraine | 12 | 13
14  | Aljona Kokhanevich / Denis Petrov |  Ukraine | 13 | 14
15  | Diana Riskova / Vladimir Futas |  Slovakia | 14 | 15
16  | Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev |  Uzbekistan | 18 | 16
17  | Aneta Kowalska / Artur Szeliski |  Poland | 16 | 17
18  | Rebecca Corne / Richard Rowlands |  United Kingdom | 17 | 18
19  | Ivana Durin / Andrei Maximov |  FR Yugoslavia | 19 | 19

### Ice dancing[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | CD1  | CD2  | OD  | FD

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1 | Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev |  Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
2 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto |  United States | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
3 | Elena Khaliavina / Maxim Shabalin |  Russia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
4  | Alla Beknazarova / Yuriy Kocherzhenko |  Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4
5  | Miriam Steinel / Vladimir Tsvetkov |  Germany | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5
6  | Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev |  Russia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6
7  | Viktoria Polzykina / Alexander Shakalov |  Ukraine | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7
8  | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat |  France | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8
9  | Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek |  Hungary | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9
10  | Lucie Kadlčáková / Hynek Bílek |  Czech Republic | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11
11  | Sheri Moir / Danny Moir |  Canada | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10
12  | Agata Rosłońska / Michał Tomaszewski |  Poland | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12
13  | Myriam Trividic / Yann Abback |  France | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14
14  | Lydia Manon / Michel Klus |  United States | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13
15  | Kendra Goodwin / Chris Obzansky |  United States | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15
16  | Tara Doherty / Tyler Myles |  Canada | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16
17  | Fang Yang / Chongbo Gao |  China | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18
18  | Ilaria Webster / Diego Rinaldi |  Italy | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17
19  | Phillipa Towler-Green / Robert Burgerman |  United Kingdom | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19
20  | Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama |  Finland | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20
21  | Lidia Lewandoski / Andrea Vaturi |  Italy | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21
22  | Barbara Herzog / David Vincour |  Austria | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22
23  | Marina Timofeyeva / Evgeni Striganov |  Estonia | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23
24  | Daniela Keller / Fabian Keller |  Switzerland | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24
Free Dance Not Reached
25  | Tatiana Siniaver / Tornike Tukvadze |  Georgia | 26 | 26 | 25 |
26  | Kamilla Szolnoki / Dejan Illes |  Croatia | 25 | 25 | 26 |
27  | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lombardi |  Italy | 27 | 27 | 27 |
28  | Julia Klochko / Ramil Sarkulov |  Uzbekistan | 28 | 28 | 28 |
29  | Ana Galitch / Andrei Shishkov |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 29 | 29 |

## References[edit]

1. ^ Mittan, Barry (October 9, 2002). "Susanna Poykio: Finland's Poykio Makes Skating History". GoldenSkate. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
2. ^ Flade, Tatjana (June 6, 2010). "High ambitions for Takahashi and Tran". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2011.

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