The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (formerly Champions Series Final), often shortened to Grand Prix Final and abbreviated as GPF, is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Medals are awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event is the culmination of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series; skaters earn points for their placements and the top six from each discipline qualify to the Final.
Although not an ISU Championship, the Grand Prix Final has been considered by the International Skating Union to be the most important international competition in a first half of figure skating season – before start of the ISU Championships.
History
The first three editions of the competition were titled the Champions Series Final. The current name was first used in the 1998–99 season. The competition omitted the compulsory dance prior to the International Skating Union's decision to completely discontinue the segment.
The rules for the final have varied from year to year. Nowadays the skaters perform the short program in reverse order of their rankings, so the top scorer in the Grand Prix series skates last. The skating order for the free skate (free dance for ice dancers) is the reverse order of their placement in the short program or short dance, unlike other competitions where start orders are determined by a random draw.
Medalists
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Cumulative medal count
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 32 | 31 | 26 | 89 |
2 | United States | 18 | 16 | 18 | 52 |
3 | Japan | 15 | 20 | 13 | 48 |
4 | Canada | 13 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
5 | China | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
6 | Germany | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
7 | France | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
8 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
10 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (16 entries) | 108 | 108 | 108 | 324 |
Men
Multiple Gold Medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 1998 | 2005 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 2012 | 2020 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
3 | Nathan Chen | United States | 2016 | 2020 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
4 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 2010 | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 1998 | 2002 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
6 | Stéphane Lambiel | Switzerland | 2005 | 2008 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
7 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 2015 | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 2005 | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 1995 | 2000 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
Women
Multiple Gold Medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 1995 | 2006 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Mao Asada | Japan | 2005 | 2014 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
3 | Yuna Kim | South Korea | 2006 | 2010 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
4 | Tara Lipinski | United States | 1996 | 1998 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 2015 | 2017 | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
6 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 1995 | 2002 | 1 | 4 | – | 5 |
7 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 2007 | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Sasha Cohen | United States | 2002 | 2004 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Alina Zagitova | Russia | 2017 | 2019 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
10 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 2014 | 2019 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Pairs
Most gold medals by pair
Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China | 1998 | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 2005 | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
3 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Russia | 2002 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
4 | Jamie Salé / David Pelletier | Canada | 2000 | 2002 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
5 | Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze | Russia | 1997 | 2002 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 2004 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
7 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 2011 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
8 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 2010 | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 2014 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
10 | Mandy Wötzel / Ingo Steuer | Germany | 1995 | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ice Dance
Most gold medals by ice dance duo
Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 2008 | 2014 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
2 | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Russia | 2002 | 2006 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
3 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 2014 | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Viktor Kraatz | Canada | 1997 | 2002 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
5 | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Russia | 1995 | 1998 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 2014 | 2016 | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
7 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 2009 | 2018 | 1 | 5 | – | 6 |
8 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 2014 | 2024 | 1 | 4 | – | 5 |
9 | Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | France | 1995 | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov | Russia | 1995 | 1999 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
References
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- 1 2 3 4 "2003–04 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
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- 1 2 3 4 "2005–06 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2006–07 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2007–08 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2008–09 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2009–10 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2010–11 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2011–12 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2012–13 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2013–14 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2014–15 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2015–16 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2016–17 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2017–18 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2018–19 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2019–20 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
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- 1 2 3 4 "Cancellation of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2021, Osaka/Japan". International Skating Union. December 17, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "2022–23 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "2023–24 Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union.