The 2002–03 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the sixth season of the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of me ...

, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the

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. It was the junior-level complement to the

Grand Prix of Figure Skating The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...

, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, and

ice dance Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2002–03 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Series notes

At the Junior Grand Prix Final, bronze medalist

Miki Ando is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time (2003, 2004 & 2010) Japanese national champion. Ando is the first female skater to c ...

became the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition when she landed a quadruple salchow.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2002–03 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification. Joelle Bastiaans was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Medals table

References

External links

Junior Grand Prix, France

2002–03 Results at Skate Canada
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