Grand Prix of Finland

The Grand Prix of Finland, known in certain years as the Grand Prix of Helsinki, Grand Prix of Espoo or Grand Prix Espoo is one of the series of six senior-level, international figure skating competitions held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The competition was first held in 2018 in Helsinki as a replacement for the then cancelled Cup of China.[1] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes in figure skating, the annually held Rostelecom Cup was cancelled.[2][3] As such, the Finnish Grand Prix returned in 2022 as the Grand Prix of Espoo, to serve as a replacement for the Rostelecom Cup.[4] The event is set to be held once again in Espoo as part of the 2023-24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.

Ladies' podium from the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki.

Medalists

Men
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Details
2018HelsinkiJapan Yuzuru HanyuCzech Republic Michal BrezinaSouth Korea Cha Jun-hwan[5]
2022EspooUnited States Ilia MalininJapan Shun SatoFrance Kevin Aymoz[6]
2023Espoo

Women
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Details
2018HelsinkiRussia Alina ZagitovaRussia Stanislava KonstantinovaJapan Kaori Sakamoto[5]
2022EspooJapan Mai MiharaBelgium Loena HendrickxJapan Mana Kawabe[6]
2023Espoo

Pairs
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Details
2018HelsinkiRussia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander EnbertItaly Nicole Della Monica / Matteo GuariseRussia Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin[5]
2022EspooItaly Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo AmbrosiniGermany Alisa Efimova / Ruben BlommaertGeorgia (country) Anastasia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman[6]
2023Espoo

Ice dance
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Details
2018HelsinkiRussia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinItaly Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriUnited States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter[5]
2022EspooCanada Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierUnited States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerFinland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis[6]
2023Espoo

References
  1. "ISU announces 2018-19 Grand Prix assignments". Figure Skaters Online. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. Meyers, Dvora (21 March 2022). "Russia's Figure Skating Ban Will Reverberate For Years To Come". Five Thirty Eight. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. "Russia Stripped of Hosting Grand Prix Figure Skating Event Due to the Invasion in Ukraine". Voice of America. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. Sharma, Hritika (15 July 2022). "Finland replaces Russia as host of Grand Prix event". Reuters. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: 2018 Helsinki". ISU Results. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Espoo 2022". ISU Results. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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