ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico
Status	Inactive
Genre	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Frequency	Occasional
Location	Mexico City
Country	Mexico
Inaugurated	1998
Most recent	2013
Organised by	Mexican Federation of Ice Skating and Winter Sports

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico – also known as the Mexico Cup – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Mexican Federation of Ice Skating and Winter Sports (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Patinaje Sobre Hielo y Deportes de Invierno). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) was established by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1997 and consists of a series of seven international figure skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The locations of the Junior Grand Prix events change every year. While all seven competitions feature the men's, women's, and ice dance events, only four competitions each season feature the pairs event. Skaters earn points based on their results each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are then invited to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.^[1]

Skaters are eligible to compete on the junior-level circuit if they are at least 13 years old before 1 July of the respective season, but not yet 19 (for single skaters), 21 (for men and women in ice dance and women in pair skating), or 23 (for men in pair skating).^[2] Competitors are chosen by their respective skating federations. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member nation in each discipline is determined by their results at the prior World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[3]

Mexico hosted its first Junior Grand Prix competition in Mexico City in 1998. Yōsuke Takeuchi and Yuko Kavaguti, both of Japan, won the men's and women's events, respectively. Milica Brozović and Anton Nimenko of Russia won the pairs event, and Federica Faiella and Luciano Milo of Italy won the ice dance event.^[4] Mexico hosted several subsequent Junior Grand Prix events in Mexico City; the 2013 event was the most recent iteration.^[5]

The 2013 Mexico Cup champions: Nathan Chen of the United States (men's singles), Polina Edmunds of the United States (women's singles), and Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker of the United States (ice dance)

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998	Mexico City	Yōsuke Takeuchi	Eiji Iwamoto	Jeffrey Franklin	[4]
2000		Ryan Bradley	Stéphane Lambiel	Shawn Sawyer	[6]
2003		Jordan Brauninger	Takahiko Kozuka	Ken Rose	[7]
2006		Kevin Reynolds	Brandon Mroz	Daisuke Murakami	[8]
2008		Richard Dornbush	Elladj Baldé	Cheng Gongming	[9]
2013		Nathan Chen	Ryuju Hino	Daniel Samohin	[5]

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1998	Mexico City	Yuko Kavaguti	Sarah Hughes	Chisato Shiina	[4]
2000		Yukari Nakano	Susanne Stadlmüller	Ann Patrice McDonough	[6]
2003		Miki Ando	Danielle Kahle	Jessica Dubé	[7]
2006		Caroline Zhang	Sonia Lafuente	Shin Yea-Ji	[8]
2008		Amanda Dobbs	Alexe Gilles	Kwak Min-jeong	[9]
2013		Polina Edmunds	Natalia Ogoreltseva	Mariah Bell	[5]

• ISU Junior Grand Prix at the International Skating Union
• Mexican Federation of Ice Skating and Winter Sports (in Spanish)
• JGP Mexico at Skating Scores