The 2011 Ice Challenge is an international figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 competition during the 2011–2012 season

2011–2012 figure skating season

The 2011–2012 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this season, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships...

. The Ice Challenge

Ice Challenge

The Ice Challenge is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen and was retitled the Ice Challenge in 2008. It is held every autumn in...

 is an annual event organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

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Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pair skating

Pair skating

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, and ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

, with senior, junior, and novice levels. The competition will be held in Graz

Graz

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, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 from 1–6 November 2011.

The Ice Challenge is designated as one of the events at which skaters may try to achieve a minimum score.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Stephen Carriere Stephen Carriere Stephen Carriere is an American figure skater. He is the 2008 U.S. bronze medalist, the 2007 World Junior Champion, and the 2006-07 Junior Grand Prix Final champion.- Personal life :...		215.20	1	71.96	1	143.24
2	Misha Ge Misha Ge Misha Ge is an Uzbekistani figure skater.- Career :Misha Ge began competing for Uzbekistan in 2010. He trains in Lake Arrowhead and Tashkent. He finished 6th at the 2011 Asian Winter Games and 12th at the 2011 Four Continents He is currently training with Frank Caroll as his jump coach.- Personal...		199.12	2	65.09	2	134.03
3	Viktor Pfeifer Viktor Pfeifer Viktor Pfeifer is an Austrian figure skater. He is a six-time Austrian national champion. Pfeifer represented Austria at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed 22nd and 21st accordingly....		188.87	4	58.88	3	129.99
4	Ivan Bariev Ivan Bariev Ivan Bariev is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2008 Russian junior national champion. He won two silver medals on the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix, qualifying him for the Final, where he placed 7th. Unlike most male skaters, Bariev has performed the Biellmann spin in competition.-Competitive...		181.09	3	60.92	5	120.17
5	Martin Rappe		181.06	5	57.45	4	123.61
6	Kim Lucine Kim Lucine Kim Lucine is a French figure skater who skates internationally for Monaco. He is the 2003-2005 French national novice champion. He placed 17th at the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and is a four-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. He is coached by his parents...		176.21	6	56.58	6	119.63

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Caroline Zhang Caroline Zhang Caroline Zhao Zhang is an American figure skater. She is the 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2007 World Junior Champion, the 2006–2007 Junior Grand Prix Final Champion and the 2009 U.S. bronze medalist.-Personal life:...		152.72	1	52.82	2	99.90
2	Natalia Popova Natalia Popova Natalia Popova is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is the 2010 Ukrainian national champion.- Programs :- Competitive highlights :- References :...		149.81	2	47.40	1	102.41
3	Linnea Mellgren Linnea Mellgren Linnea Mellgren is a Swedish figure skater. She is a two-time Nordic silver medalist and the 2009 Swedish national silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:-External links:*...		136.58	3	47.04	3	89.54
4	Léna Marrocco Léna Marrocco - External links :...		127.80	5	42.27	4	85.53
5	Kerstin Frank Kerstin Frank Kerstin Frank is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2009 Austrian silver medalist and 2007 & 2008 bronze medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew-External links:* *...		121.61	6	41.20	5	80.41
6	Fleur Maxwell Fleur Maxwell Fleur Maxwell is a Luxembourgish figure skater. She is the 2005 Luxembourg national champion.She started skating at the age of 9. She made her senior international debut at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships. At the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships, she placed 29th...		120.52	4	44.00	7	76.52

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim		143.14	1	51.72	1	91.42
2	Mari Vartmann Mari Vartmann Mari-Doris Vartmann is a German pair skater. She is of Japanese and German descent. She started skating at the age of five in her home town of Neuss. Four years later she changed to Düsseldorfer, the club she currently represents. In January 2004, she turned to pair skating and was partnered with...  / Aaron Van Cleave Aaron Van Cleave Aaron Van Cleave is a pair skater. He holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship.He first skated with Sarah McCoy, representing Canada. The pair participated in Junior Grand Prix events. He later teamed up with Ameena Sheikh representing the United States...		138.24	2	46.86	2	91.38
3	Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski		130.95	3	45.14	3	85.81
4	Tatiana Novik Tatiana Novik Tatiana Germanovna Novik is a Russian pair skater. She competes with Mikhail Kuznetsov. They are the 2010 Russian junior silver medalists.-Career:Novik and Kuznetsov teamed up in spring 2009. The team is coached by Nina Mozer in Moscow...  / Andrei Novoselov Andrei Novoselov Andrei Aleksandrovich Novoselov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Sabina Imaikina, he qualified for the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed 5th. That partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season. Novoselov then teamed up with Tatiana Danilova...		125.75	4	43.94	4	81.81
5	Evgenia Tarasova / Egor Chudin		121.24	5	43.78	5	77.46
6	Elizaveta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze		101.21	6	36.46	6	65.75

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD Short dance The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...		FD Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...
1	Lynn Kriengkrairut Lynn Kriengkrairut Lynn Kriengkrairut is an American ice dancer. She currently competes with Logan Giulietti-Schmitt.- Career :Early in her career, Kriengkrairut skated with Jon Lauten....  / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Logan Giulietti-Schmitt is an American ice dancer. He currently competes with Lynn Kriengkrairut.- Career :...		138.07	2	51.88	1	86.19
2	Isabella Cannuscio Isabella Cannuscio Isabella Cannuscio is an American ice dancer who competes with Ian Lorello. They are the 2010 U.S. Junior pewter medalists.She has a sister, Anastasia Cannuscio, who is also a competitive ice dancer.- Programs :...  / Ian Lorello Ian Lorello Ian Lorello is an American ice dancer who competes with Isabella Cannuscio. They are the 2010 U.S. Junior pewter medalists....		134.88	1	52.75	2	82.13
3	Siobhan Heekin-Canedy Siobhan Heekin-Canedy Siobhan Heekin-Canedy is an American ice dancer who competes with Dmitri Dun for Ukraine.- Career :...  / Dmitri Dun Dmitri Dun -External links:*...		121.44	4	44.67	3	76.77
4	Zsuzsanna Nagy Zsuzsanna Nagy Zsuzsanna Nagy is a Hungarian ice dancer. She competes with Máté Fejes. They are the 2010 Hungarian silver medalists....  / Mate Fejes		116.95	3	46.49	4	70.46
5	Barbora Silna Barbora Silná Barbora Silná is a Czech ice dancer who currently competes for Austria. She previously competed for the Czech Republic with Martin Šubrt. She teamed up with Ukrainian-born skater Dmitri Matsjuk to represent Austria in 2005. The two are the 2006-2008 Austrian national champions...  / Juri Kurakin Juri Kurakin Juri Kurakin is an Estonian ice dancer who has competed for Estonia, Bulgaria, and currently Austria. Early in his career, he competed with Alexandra Baurina for Estonia. He teamed up with Ina Demireva in 2005 and skated for Bulgaria with her. They are the 2006 Bulgarian national silver medalists...		113.75	7	43.42	5	70.33
6	Louise Walden Louise Walden Louise Walden is a British ice dancer. She competes with Owen Edwards, with whom she teamed up in 2006. They are the 2010 British Gold Medalists and are 2011 British and Welsh ice dancing champions.Walden was born in Preston, England...  / Owen Edwards Owen Edwards Owen Edwards is a Welsh ice dancer who competes for Great Britain. He competes with Louise Walden, with whom he teamed up in 2006...		109.88	8	43.27	6	66.61
7	Federica Bernardi / Christopher Mior		107.68	5	44.14	7	63.54
8	Ramona Elsener Ramona Elsener Ramona Elsener is a Swiss ice dancer. She competes with Florian Roost. They are the 2010 Swiss national champions and 2007-2009 junior national champions.-Competitive highlights:- References :...  / Florian Roost Florian Roost Florian Roost is a Swiss ice dancer. He competes with Ramona Elsener. They are the 2010 Swiss national champions and 2007-2009 junior national champions.-Competitive highlights:- References :...		106.12	6	44.00	8	62.12
9	Dora Turoczy / Balazs Major		97.99	9	38.85	9	59.14

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Peter James Hallam		149.13	1	50.41	1	98.72
2	Kamil Dymowski		135.60	2	45.29	2	90.31
3	Nicola Todeschini		129.24	4	40.44	3	88.80
4	Carlo Vittorio Palermo		127.34	3	42.98	4	84.36
5	Cameron Hemmert		113.23	5	36.97	5	76.26
6	Vincent Cuerel		107.67	6	33.78	6	73.89
7	Mislav Blagojevic		77.51	7	25.03	7	52.48

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Kristina Zaseeva		125.34	1	50.36	2	74.98
2	Elin Hallberg		122.84	2	44.44	1	78.40
3	Gabriella Josefsson		112.38	6	38.68	3	73.70
4	Caterina Andermarcher		110.28	10	36.62	4	73.66
5	Katie Powell		107.85	5	40.00	6	67.85
6	Timila Shrestha		103.91	12	35.12	5	68.79
7	Nicole Schott		103.61	4	40.58	15	63.03
8	Elizaveta Ukolova		101.25	7	38.08	14	63.17
9	Laura Raszykova		101.18	3	40.72	20	60.46
10	Jennifer Parker		100.83	9	37.22	13	63.61
11	Silvia Martinelli		100.65	11	35.84	9	64.81
12	Luisa Weber		100.19	17	34.04	8	66.15
13	Andrina Sigron		99.69	21	33.50	7	66.19
14	Emilia Toikkanen		98.87	8	37.38	17	61.49
15	Stina Martini		98.43	15	34.30	11	64.13
16	Anneli Kawelke		96.89	23	32.70	10	64.19
17	Nanna Forster		95.06	22	33.02	16	62.04
18	Viktoria Chiappa		94.37	18	33.66	19	60.71
19	Nina Larissa Wolfslast		93.25	24	31.88	18	61.37
20	Juliette Hohn		93.19	13	35.08	23	58.11
21	Jenny Lin		92.86	14	34.48	22	58.38
22	Anais Claes		89.21	34	25.32	12	63.89
23	Ksenia Tabolkina		88.99	16	34.20	28	54.79
24	Frances Howell		88.94	27	28.84	21	60.10
25	Laura Fritzsche		88.53	19	33.52	27	55.01
26	Adela Jelinkova		85.17	28	28.56	24	56.61
27	Anastassia Kistler		84.51	20	33.52	33	50.99
28	Anna Hofmann		83.52	32	27.26	25	56.26
29	Nika Zafran		83.50	29	28.40	26	55.10
30	Anne Zetzsche		82.32	26	30.64	31	51.68
31	Naja Ferkov		80.11	31	27.48	30	52.63
32	Evelina Oraste		78.98	30	27.62	32	51.36
33	Anna Plank		78.41	35	24.86	29	53.55
34	Lieselotte Swerts		76.43	33	26.40	34	50.03
35	Justiina Niemi		75.24	25	31.50	36	43.74
36	Izabela Cerkuc		67.90	38	19.82	35	48.08
37	Karolina Abdulkarimova		61.01	36	22.28	37	38.73
38	Ursa Krusec		58.46	37	21.46	38	37.00

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin		128.45	1	43.43	1	85.02
2	Magdalena Klatka / Radoslaw Chruscinski		110.41	2	38.30	2	72.11
3	Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer		103.35	3	36.85	3	66.50
4	Maria Deriabina / Vladimir Arkhipov		86.74	4	30.53	4	56.21

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD Short dance The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...		FD Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...
1	Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov		110.30	1	45.48	1	64.82
2	Sophie Jones / Richard Sharpe		104.33	2	45.38	4	58.95
3	Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki		102.26	3	41.14	2	61.12
4	Jana Cejkova / Alexandr Sinicyn		91.18	6	31.37	3	59.81
5	Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer		87.68	4	34.34	5	53.34
6	Margerita Belyakova / Dmitri Volkov		79.85	5	32.31	6	47.54
7	Mariya Ukolova / Jaroslav Brtek		70.02	7	27.64	7	42.38
8	Rebecca Kempt / Russel Luke		66.99	9	26.41	8	40.58
9	Tamara Turoczy / Daniel Majer		64.94	8	27.06	10	37.88
10	Reka Staudt / Mate Staudt		64.32	10	26.39	9	37.93

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Sondre Oddvold Boe		107.84	1	37.36	1	70.48
2	John Hallman		93.06	3	31.31	2	61.75
3	Marco Klepoch		88.45	2	35.54	3	52.91
4	Bernhard Pauli		80.46	4	29.43	4	51.03
5	Daniil Zurav		78.57	6	27.58	5	50.99
6	Kurt Maximilian Grohmann		70.51	8	24.91	7	45.60
7	Martin Krhovjak		70.50	5	27.61	8	42.89
8	Daniil Gorbunov		69.40	9	23.68	6	45.72
9	Mihhail Sokolov		66.77	7	25.19	10	41.58
10	Ivo Gatovski		65.21	10	23.03	9	42.18
11	Johannes Maierhofer		60.69	11	22.20	11	38.49
12	Valentin Eisenbauer		51.10	12	17.09	12	34.01

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Liubov Efimenko		108.22	1	41.21	1	67.01
2	Elizaveta Yushenko		100.13	2	39.81	2	60.32
3	Kristina Yntema		94.76	3	37.77	3	56.99
4	Lutricia Bock		88.27	4	35.38	4	52.89
5	Celine Brunner		85.46	8	32.73	5	52.73
6	Alessia Benetti		84.18	5	33.48	6	50.70
7	Lea Johanna Dastich		84.04	6	33.34	7	50.70
8	Annabelle Prolsz		82.11	7	32.87	8	49.24
9	Lilly Kotvojs		80.33	10	31.43	9	48.90
10	Vivienne Schott		76.67	13	28.37	10	48.30
11	Lara Roth		75.48	12		11
12	Isabella Bittner		72.94	9		19
13	Sophie Almassy		72.88	16		12
14	Samira Huskic		70.27	17		14
15	Ellen Huijgen		70.02	20		13
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Ice dancing

Pattern dance #1: Rocker Foxtrot; Pattern dance #2: Starlight Waltz

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	P1		P2		FD Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...
1	Valeria Neiman / Grigoriy Smirnov		71.89	1	21.85	1	10.92	1	39.12

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