2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:3 – 8 March
Season:2025–26
Location:Tallinn, Estonia
Host:Estonian Skating Union
Venue:Tondiraba Ice Hall
Champions
Men's singles:
Rio Nakata
Women's singles:
Mao Shimada
Pairs:
Ava Kemp
and Yohnatan Elizarov
Ice dance:
Hana Maria Aboian
and Daniil Veselukhin
Previous:
2025 World Junior Championships
Next:
2027 World Junior Championships

The 2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held from 3 to 8 March at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2027 World Junior Championships. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Qualification

Skaters were eligible for the 2026 World Junior Championships if they turned 13 years of age before 1 July 2025, and if they have not yet turned 19 (singles) or 21 (ice dancers and female pairs skaters) or 23 (male pairs skaters).

Based on the results of the 2025 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation could field between one and three entries per discipline.[1]

Number of entries per discipline
Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance
3  Japan
 South Korea 		 Japan  Canada
 Georgia
 Ukraine 		 United States
2  Estonia
 Germany
 New Zealand
 Slovakia
 United States 		 Australia
 Estonia
 France
 Georgia
 South Korea
 Switzerland
 United States 		 China
 France
 Italy
 Switzerland
 United States 		 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Ukraine

Changes to preliminary assignments

Member nations started announcing their entries in December 2025. The International Skating Union released the official list of entrants on 9 February 2026.[2]

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
19 February Women Anna Pezzetta Amanda Ghezzo [3]
Ice dance
  • Jane Calhoun
  • Mark Zheltyshev
  • Michelle Deych
  • Ryan Hu
 Visa/Passport issues (Zheltyshev) [4][5]
25 February Men
  • Grayson Long
  • David Bondar
Injury [6][7]
Women
  • Eve Dubecq
  • Milana Mozeiko
[8]
27 February
  • Arina Kalugina
1 March
  • Marie Bierwert
Men
  • Jakub Tykal
  • Tadeáš Václavík

Medal summary

Medalists

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
  • Mayuko Oka
Pairs
  • Jazmine Desroches
  • Kieran Thrasher
Ice dance
  • Ambre Perrier Gianesini
  • Samuel Blanc-Klaperman
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  • Daiya Ebihara
Women
  • Mayuko Oka
Pairs
  • Jazmine Desroches
  • Kieran Thrasher
  • Guo Rui
  • Zhang Yiwen
Ice dance
  • Ambre Perrier Gianesini
  • Samuel Blanc-Klaperman
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Pairs
  • Chen Yuxuan
  • Dong Yinbo
Ice dance
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval
  • Ambre Perrier Gianesini
  • Samuel Blanc-Klaperman

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan2024
2 Canada1102
3 United States1001
4 Australia0101
 France0101
 South Korea0101
7 Ukraine0022
Totals (7 entries)44412

Records and achievements

For the all-time highest junior scores, see list of highest junior scores in figure skating.

The following new record high scores were set during this competition.

Record high scores
Date Skater(s) Event Segment Score Ref.
4 March Men Short program 89.51 [9]

Results

Men's singles

Men's results[10]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
Rio Nakata  Japan 268.47 1 89.51 1 176.96
Seo Min-kyu  South Korea 243.91 2 86.33 3 157.58
Taiga Nishino  Japan 241.23 4 81.14 2 160.09
4 Jacob Sanchez  United States 229.10 5 81.03 5 148.07
5 Choi Ha-bin  South Korea 224.36 9 75.78 4 148.58
6 Lucius Kazanecki  United States 219.36 11 74.89 7 144.47
7 Lee Jae-keun  South Korea 218.20 6 79.27 10 138.93
8 Yanhao Li  New Zealand 217.58 7 77.18 9 140.40
9 Daiya Ebihara  Japan 217.52 3 81.53 12 135.99
10 Denis Krouglov  Belgium 216.70 10 75.22 8 141.48
11 Genrikh Gartung  Germany 209.68 17 63.67 6 146.01
12 Yehor Kurtsev  Ukraine 208.45 13 70.05 11 138.40
13 Li Yu-Hsiang  Chinese Taipei 202.54 12 71.06 16 131.48
14 David Bondar  Canada 202.06 14 69.09 13 132.97
15 Ean Weiler  Switzerland 198.91 8 76.77 19 122.14
16 Nikita Sheiko  Israel 198.88 15 67.12 15 131.76
17 Hiro Kaewtathip  Thailand 194.38 20 61.93 14 132.45
18 Matias Lindfors  Finland 192.90 16 66.70 17 125.20
19 Li Jiarui  Hong Kong 187.81 19 62.38 18 125.43
20 Zhao Qihan  China 181.83 22 61.55 20 120.28
21 Leon Rojkov  Germany 169.14 24 60.68 21 108.46
22 Konstantin Supatashvili  Georgia 165.39 21 61.62 22 103.77
23 Matvii Yefymenko  Poland 159.98 18 62.89 24 97.09
24 Albin Samuelsson  Sweden 158.70 23 60.93 23 97.77
25 Matteo Marchioni  Italy 60.16 25 60.16 Did not advance
to free skate
26 Luka Imedashvili  Lithuania 59.77 26 59.77
27 Jānis Znotiņš  Latvia 57.68 27 57.68
28 Lukáš Václavík  Slovakia 57.35 28 57.35
29 Maksym Petrychenko  Austria 55.66 29 55.66
30 Arin Yorke  Great Britain 54.51 30 54.51
31 Vladislav Churakov  Estonia 54.47 31 54.47
32 Mikayel Salazaryan  Armenia 54.05 32 54.05
33 Daniil Valanov  Norway 53.95 33 53.95
34 Dmitry Rudenko  Slovakia 52.96 34 52.96
35 Tadeáš Václavík  Czech Republic 52.73 35 52.73
36 André Zapata  Spain 52.55 36 52.55
37 Artur Smagulov  Kazakhstan 51.76 37 51.76
38 Deyan Mihaylov  Bulgaria 51.72 38 51.72
39 Furkan Emre İncel  Turkey 50.66 39 50.66
40 Ilya Nesterov  Estonia 47.90 40 47.90
41 Jean Médard  France 46.10 41 46.10
42 Aleksei Vlasenko  Hungary 45.93 42 45.93
43 Julio Potapenko  Australia 40.37 43 40.37

Women's singles

Women's results
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
Mao Shimada  Japan 208.91 1 71.90 2 137.01
Hana Bath  Australia 205.39 3 66.95 1 138.44
Mayuko Oka  Japan 197.17 2 69.77 4 127.40
4 Sophia Shifrin  Israel 193.80 4 65.38 3 128.42
5 Wang Yihan  China 185.37 6 63.44 6 121.93
6 Inga Gurgenidze  Georgia 182.60 5 64.28 10 118.32
7 Huh Ji-yu  South Korea 180.55 10 62.16 9 118.39
8 Valeriya Ezhova  Switzerland 179.17 7 62.65 12 116.52
9 Angela Shao  United States 178.93 9 62.24 11 116.69
10 Mei Okada  Japan 177.77 24 53.70 5 124.07
11 Leandra Tzimpoukakis  Switzerland 176.54 17 56.37 8 120.17
12 Sophie Joline von Felten  United States 176.10 8 62.62 14 113.48
13 Kim Yu-seong  South Korea 175.90 13 59.44 13 116.46
14 Elina Goidina  Estonia 175.76 20 54.44 7 121.32
15 Alica Lengyelová  Slovakia 168.30 12 61.14 17 107.16
16 Stefania Gladki  France 168.01 14 58.65 16 109.36
17 Maria Eliise Kaljuvere  Estonia 165.39 19 54.45 15 110.94
18 Anna Gerke  Germany 158.14 15 57.77 19 100.37
19 Jana Horčičková  Czech Republic 156.38 22 54.12 18 102.26
20 Amanda Ghezzo  Italy 155.14 16 57.00 20 98.14
21 Angel Delevaque  Netherlands 151.11 23 54.03 21 97.08
22 Venla Sinisalo  Finland 150.47 18 54.70 22 95.77
23 Ariel Guo  Hong Kong 146.23 21 54.27 23 91.96
24 Polina Dzsumanyijazova  Hungary 144.48 11 61.37 24 83.11
25 Hannah Frank  Austria 53.54 25 53.54 Did not advance
to free skate
26 Milana Siniavskytė  Lithuania 52.33 26 52.33
27 Alice Smith  Great Britain 52.20 27 52.20
28 Megan Woodley  Canada 52.17 28 52.17
29 Leyla Çetin  Turkey 51.72 29 51.72
30 Ariadna Gupta Espada  Spain 51.66 30 51.66
31 Kira Baranovska  Latvia 51.13 31 51.13
32 Lilou Remeysen  Belgium 51.03 32 51.03
33 Tsai Yu-Feng  Chinese Taipei 49.73 33 49.73
34 Zhasmin Shlaga  Kyrgyzstan 48.56 34 48.56
35 Sofiia Rymshyna  Ukraine 48.47 35 48.47
36 Pernille With  Norway 48.43 36 48.43
37 Vasilisa Bogomolova  Cyprus 47.90 37 47.90
38 Renee Tsai  New Zealand 46.47 38 46.47
39 Ula Zadnikar  Slovenia 45.06 39 45.06
40 Krista Georgieva  Bulgaria 43.72 40 43.72
41 Nora Coppens  Sweden 43.07 41 43.07
42 Ketevan Makharadze  Georgia 42.30 42 42.30
43 Izabella Esaian  Armenia 41.59 43 41.59
44 Karina Sheina  Kazakhstan 40.06 44 40.06
45 Milana Mozeiko  France 39.82 45 39.82
46 Weronika Ferlin  Poland 38.47 46 38.47
47 Phattaratida Kaneshige  Thailand 38.29 47 38.29
48 Paula Kasnar  Croatia 37.54 48 37.54
49 Camille Vinther Poulsen  Denmark 36.22 49 36.22
50 Sienna Kaczmarczyk  Australia 35.94 50 35.94
WD Ekaterina Balaganskaia  Serbia Withdrew from competition

Pairs

Pairs' results[11]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
 Canada 167.90 2 62.22 1 105.68
  • Jazmine Desroches
  • Kieran Thrasher
  Canada 162.25 1 62.84 4 99.41
 Ukraine 160.15 5 56.95 2 103.20
4
  • Chen Yuxuan
  • Dong Yinbo
  China 157.99 6 56.74 3 101.25
5  United States 149.99 4 57.96 5 92.03
6
  • Guo Rui
  • Zhang Yiwen
  China 146.83 3 58.34 9 88.49
7
  • Reagan Moss
  • Jakub Galbavy
  United States 144.50 7 53.25 6 91.25
8
  • Louise Ehrhard
  • Matthis Pellegris
  France 140.68 10 49.95 7 90.73
9
  • Julia Quattrocchi
  • Étienne Lacasse
  Canada 139.91 9 51.27 8 88.64
10
  • Polina Polman
  • Gabriel Renoldi
  Italy 136.72 11 49.56 10 87.16
11
  • Anita Mapelli
  • Noah Quesada Grau
  Spain 135.76 8 51.48 11 84.28
12
  • Laura Hečková
  • Alex Války
  Slovakia 129.63 14 47.14 12 82.49
13
  • Irina Napolitano
  • Edoardo Comi
  Italy 123.73 12 49.54 14 74.19
14
  • Romane Télémaque
  • Lucas Coulon
  France 121.64 15 46.07 13 75.57
15
  • Neamh Davison
  • Daniel Borisov
  Great Britain 118.80 13 47.44 16 71.36
16
  • Laura Gauch
  • Linus Mager
  Switzerland 118.58 16 44.42 15 74.16
17
  • Lily Wilberforce
  • Mózes József Berei
  Hungary 43.61 17 43.61 Did not advance
to the free skate
18
  • Johanka Žilková
  • Matyáš Rafael Becerra
  Czech Republic 43.54 18 43.54

Ice dance

Ice dance results
Rank Skater Nation Total RD FD
 United States 166.71 1 66.45 1 100.26
  • Ambre Perrier Gianesini
  • Samuel Blanc-Klaperman
  France 164.88 2 66.31 3 98.57
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval
  Ukraine 164.32 3 65.45 2 98.87
4
  • Layla Veillon
  • Alexander Brandys
  Canada 160.58 4 63.81 4 96.77
5
  • Dania Mouaden
  • Théo Bigot
  France 153.00 6 60.60 5 92.40
6
  • Arianna Soldati
  • Nicholas Tagliabue
  Italy 148.81 5 61.55 7 87.26
7
  • Zoe Bianchi
  • Daniel Basile
  Italy 147.51 8 57.94 6 89.57
8
  • Alexia Kruk
  • Jan Eisenhaber
  Germany 139.85 9 56.50 10 83.35
9
  • Diane Sznajder
  • Jáchym Novák
  Czech Republic 138.70 11 52.67 8 86.03
10
  • Anita Straub
  • Andreas Straub
  Austria 138.22 10 54.67 9 83.55
11
  • Jasmine Robertson
  • Chase Rohner
  United States 135.38 7 59.16 15 76.22
12
  • Tetiana Bielodonova
  • Ivan Kachur
  Ukraine 133.94 12 51.55 11 82.39
13
  • Seraina Tscharner
  • Laurin Wiederkehr
  Switzerland 129.98 17 49.21 12 80.77
14
  • Kaho Yamashita
  • Yuto Nagata
  Japan 127.56 15 50.13 13 77.43
15
  • Summer Homick
  • Nicholas Buelow
  Canada 126.22 16 49.38 14 76.84
16
  • Michelle Deych
  • Ryan Hu
  United States 125.87 13 50.78 16 75.09
17
  • Mimi Marler Davies
  • Joseph Black
  Great Britain 123.46 14 50.66 18 72.80
18
  • Yin Shanjie
  • Yang Shirui
  China 123.36 18 48.79 17 74.57
19
  • Xing Yuxuan
  • Chau Han Wan
  Hong Kong 119.25 20 47.09 19 72.16
20
  • Lara Sundberg
  • Héctor González Elvira
  Spain 115.65 19 47.54 20 68.11
21
  • Eniko Kobor
  • Zoard Kobor
  Germany 46.03 21 46.03 Did not advance
to the free dance
22
  • Ksenia Šipunova
  • Miron Korjagin
  Estonia 45.88 22 45.88
23
  • Eva Rozhnova
  • Platon Zubkov
  Finland 45.41 23 45.41
24
  • Laura Balcerska
  • David Diadchenko
  Poland 43.48 24 43.48
25
  • Charlotte Chung
  • Axel Mackenzie
  Sweden 41.38 25 41.38
26
  • Villo Mira Szilagyi
  • István Jaracs
  Hungary 39.32 26 39.32
27
  • Julia Epps
  • Blake Gilman
  Israel 39.09 27 39.09
28
  • Anna O'Brien
  • Drake Tong
  Azerbaijan 38.79 28 38.79
29
  • Lucia Štefanovová
  • Jacopo Boeris
  Slovakia 38.47 29 38.47
30
  • Silvia Lutay
  • Konstantin Tkachenko
  Bulgaria 30.10 30 30.10

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