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| Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | ISU Challenger Series |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Inaugurated | 2019 |
Previous event | 2025 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
Next event | 2026 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
| Organized by | Denis Ten Foundation & Kazakhstan Skating Union |
The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Denis Ten Foundation and the Kazakhstan Skating Union. The competition debuted in 2019 and is named in honor of Denis Ten, a former Kazakh figure skater who won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge has been an Challenger Series event every year since 2021. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; and as part of the Challenger Series, skaters earn ISU World Standing points based on their results.
History
The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is named in honor of Denis Ten, a former figure skater who competed internationally for Kazakhstan. He was the 2014 Winter Olympic bronze medalist, two-time World Championship medalist (silver in 2013; bronze in 2015), and the 2015 Four Continents champion.[1] He was a member of the Astana Presidential Club, an organization that supported and developed high-achievement sports in Kazakhstan.[2] Prior to Ten's success, Kazakhstan had almost no presence in international figure skating. After his bronze medal finish at the 2014 Winter Olympics, he became a national icon, responsible for a surge in popularity of figure skating in Kazakhstan. He was also part of Kazakhstan's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3] Ten was murdered on 19 July 2018 in Almaty by two carjackers who were attempting to steal his mirrors.[4] His death prompted widespread condolences from the international sports community. Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, described Ten as "a great athlete and a great ambassador for his sport... Such a tragedy to lose him at such a young age."[5] Arystanbek Muhamediuly, Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sport, said: "Denis Ten was an incredible figure skater, the legend of our sport, our pride."[6]
One of Denis’s main goals was to develop figure skating in Kazakhstan and represent the country on the world sports arena. Therefore, we are very proud that our country has the honour of organising a tournament of this scale for the first time... We are very happy to give unforgettable emotions to all lovers of figure skating.
Organized by the Denis Ten Foundation, the inaugural edition of the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge was held in 2019 at the Halyk Arena in Almaty.[8] Ten's mother Oksana explained that one of Ten's goals was to develop figure skating in Kazakhstan.[7] Morisi Kvitelashvili of Georgia won the inaugural men's event, Serafima Sakhanovich of Russia won the women's event, Lina Kudriavtseva and Ilia Spiridonov of Russia won the pairs event, and Katharina Müller and Tim Dieck of Germany won the ice dance event.[9] The competition was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
In 2021, the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge was the seventh event of the ISU Challenger Series,[11] a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[12] When an event is held as part of the Challenger Series, it must host at least three of the four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance) and representatives from at least ten different ISU member nations. The minimum number of entrants required for each discipline is eight skaters each in men's singles and women's singles, five teams in pair skating, and six teams in ice dance. Each ISU member nation is eligible to enter up to three skaters or teams per discipline in each competition, although the Kazakhstan Skating Union may enter an unlimited number of entrants in their own event.[13] The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge has been a Challenger Series event every year since 2021.[14] The 2026 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is scheduled to be held from 8 to 11 October in Astana.[15]
Senior medalists
Men's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty |  Morisi Kvitelashvili |
 Makar Ignatov |
 Daniel Albert Naurits |
[9] |
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 CS | Nur-Sultan | Petr Gumennik |
Mark Kondratiuk |
Andrei Mozalev |
[16] |
| 2022 CS | Almaty | Nika Egadze |
Dias Jirenbayev |
 Vladimir Litvintsev |
[17] |
| 2023 CS | Astana |  Lim Ju-heon |
Nika Egadze |
Kim Han-gil |
[18] |
| 2024 CS | Mikhail Shaidorov |
Vladimir Litvintsev |
Nika Egadze |
[19] | |
| 2025 CS | Almaty | Nika Egadze |
 Jason Brown |
[20] | |
Women's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty | Serafima Sakhanovich |
Anastasiia Guliakova |
 Alexandra Feigin |
[9] |
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 CS | Nur-Sultan |  Viktoriia Safonova |
Ekaterina Ryabova |
 Anastasiia Shabotova |
[16] |
| 2022 CS | Almaty | Kim Min-chae |
Anna Levkovets |
Choi Da-bin |
[17] |
| 2023 CS | Astana |  Mariia Seniuk |
Choi Da-bin |
Alina Urushadze |
[18] |
| 2024 CS | Anastasiia Gubanova |
Sofia Samodelkina |
 Lara Naki Gutmann |
[19] | |
| 2025 CS | Almaty | Lee Hae-in |
Yun Ah-sun |
 Madeline Schizas |
[20] |
Pairs
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty |
|
[9] | ||
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 | Nur-Sultan |
|
[16] | ||
| No pairs competitions since 2021 | |||||
Ice dance
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty | [9] | |||
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 CS | Nur-Sultan | [16] | |||
| 2022 CS | Almaty | [17] | |||
| 2023 CS | Astana | [18] | |||
| 2024 CS | [19] | ||||
| 2025 CS | Almaty | [20] | |||
Junior medalists
Men's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty | Daniil Samsonov |
Artur Danielian |
Mark Kondratyuk |
[9] |
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 | Nur-Sultan | Vladislav Dikidzhi |
Fedor Zonov |
Semyon Soloviev |
[16] |
| 2022 | Almaty | Artur Smagulov |
Leonid Gitelman |
Nikita Krivosheyev |
[17] |
| 2023 | Astana | Choi Ha-bin |
Konstantin Supatashvili |
 Ali Efe Günes |
[18] |
| 2024 | Nikita Krivosheyev |
Artur Smagulov |
Temirlan Yakiyaev |
[19] | |
| 2025 | Almaty | Artur Smagulov |
Nikita Kozlov |
Kenan Berdibayev |
[20] |
Women's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty | Daria Usacheva |
Maiia Khromykh |
Maria Levushkina |
[9] |
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 | Nur-Sultan | Sofia Samodelkina |
Elizaveta Kulikova |
Varvara Kisel |
[16] |
| 2022 | Almaty | Inga Gurgenidze |
Kim Yu-seong |
Karina Issakova |
[17] |
| 2023 | Astana | Anna Iushchenkova |
Park Eun-bi |
[18] | |
| 2024 |  Vasilisa Bogomolova |
Veronika Kim |
Anna Sannikova |
[19] | |
| 2025 | Almaty | Kim Gun-hee |
Kim Min-song |
Arina Kalugina |
[20] |
Ice dance
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Almaty | No junior ice dance competitors | [9] | ||
| 2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 | Nur-Sultan |
|
|
|
[16] |
| 2022 | Almaty | No junior ice dance competitors | [17] | ||
| 2023 | Astana |
|
|
[18] | |
| 2024–25 | No junior ice dance competitors | [14] | |||
Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)
Men's singles
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Women's singles
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Pairs
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Ice dance
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Total medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
References
- ↑ "Competition Results – Denis Ten". International Skating Union. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ Omarov, Ilyas (4 July 2013). "Astana Presidential Sports Club Launched". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ↑ Cloutier, Claire (2 August 2018). "Remembering Denis Ten, 1993–2018". A Divine Sport. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ↑ Mather, Victor (19 July 2018). "Denis Ten, 25, Olympic Skating Medalist, Dies After Stabbing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Tributes paid to Olympic medallist Ten following reports of fatal stabbing". AOL. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Denis Ten: Olympic figure skater who won bronze stabbed to death". The Guardian. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- 1 2 Kozhanova, Nazira (10 October 2019). "Almaty to host Denis Ten Memorial Challenge". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ↑ "Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2019 – Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2019 Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cancelled – 2020 Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ↑ "Communication No. 2390". International Skating Union. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ↑ "Challenger Series". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ↑ "Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2025/26 – Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 22 August 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ Slater, Paula (16 June 2026). "ISU announces 2026–27 international figure skating events". Golden Skate. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2021 Denis Ten Memorial CS". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2022 Denis Ten Memorial CS". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2023 Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2024 Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2025 Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
External links
- Denis Ten Memorial Challenge at Skating Scores
- Denis Ten Foundation