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2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 25 – March 2
Season:	2007–2008
Location:	Sofia, Bulgaria
Venue:	Winter Sport Hall
Champions
Men's singles: Adam Rippon
Ladies singles: Rachael Flatt
Pair skating: Ksenia Krasilnikova & Konstantin Bezmaternikh
Ice dancing: Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates
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The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2007/2008 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 of the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dance.

The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than necessarily the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but are still age-eligible for World Juniors. Regardless of whether they have competed as seniors, all competitors perform programs that conform to the ISU rules for junior level competition in terms of program lengths, jumping passes, etc.

The 2008 championships were held from February 25 through March 2, 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Medals Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	1	1	5
2	Russia	1	2	1	4
3	China	0	0	2	2
4	Canada	0	1	0	1

Results

Men

The men's podium. From left: Artem Borodulin (2nd), Adam Rippon (1st), Guan Jinlin (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Adam Rippon	United States	199.90	1	1
2	Artem Borodulin	Russia	194.77	2	2
3	Guan Jinlin	China	189.60	4	3
4	Brandon Mroz	United States	186.20	3	5
5	Michal Brezina	Czech Republic	184.40	5	6
6	Kevin Reynolds	Canada	180.78	13	4
7	Ivan Bariev	Russia	175.06	10	7
8	Jeremy Ten	Canada	173.34	11	8
9	Tommy Steenberg	United States	166.64	6	13
10	Florent Amodio	France	164.79	9	12
11	Kim Lucine	France	164.61	7	16
12	Moris Pfeifhofer	Switzerland	162.88	15	10
13	Javier Fernandez	Spain	161.01	14	11
14	Nikolai Bondar	Ukraine	159.61	12	17
15	Yang Chao	China	158.48	24	9
16	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	155.70	8	19
17	Akio Sasaki	Japan	155.14	18	14
18	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	154.12	19	15
19	Takahito Mura	Japan	145.82	21	18
20	Nikita Mikhailov	Russia	140.36	23	20
21	Elladj Balde	Canada	140.34	22	21
22	Denis Wieczorek	Germany	137.17	17	22
23	Jakub Strobl	Slovakia	134.45	20	23
24	Maciej Cieplucha	Poland	133.69	16	24
25	Pavel Petrov Savinov	Bulgaria	77.51	46	25
Free Skate Not Reached
26	Viktor Romanenkov	Estonia	44.95	25
27	Severin Kiefer	Austria	44.63	26
28	Michael Chrolenko	Norway	44.62	27
29	Bela Papp	Finland	44.45	28
30	Evgeni Krasnapolski	Israel	43.44	29
31	Ruben Errampalli	Italy	43.41	30
32	Danil Privalov	Azerbaijan	41.39	31
33	Matthew Precious	Australia	39.78	32
34	Elliot Hilton	United Kingdom	39.53	33
35	Boris Martinec	Croatia	37.76	34
36	Kevin Alves	Brazil	34.44	35
37	Dimitri Kahirau	Belarus	34.28	36
38	Ruben Blommaert	Belgium	32.44	37
39	Kim Min-Seok	South Korea	32.31	38
40	Sarkis Hairapetyan	Armenia	30.52	39
41	Jesper Kristiansen	Denmark	30.44	40
42	Cameron Hems	New Zealand	27.88	41
43	Vlad Ionescu	Romania	27.35	42
44	Krisztian Andraska	Hungary	27.03	43
45	Boyito Mulder	Netherlands	26.42	44
46	Engin Ali Artan	Turkey	25.96	45
47	Saulius Ambrulevicius	Lithuania	22.45	47

Ladies

The ladies medalists hold up the American flag. From left: Mirai Nagasu (3rd), Rachael Flatt (1st), Caroline Zhang (2nd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Rachael Flatt	United States	172.19	3	1
2	Caroline Zhang	United States	171.84	2	2
3	Mirai Nagasu	United States	162.89	1	3
4	Jenni Vahamaa	Finland	142.54	6	4
5	Yuki Nishino	Japan	139.44	4	6
6	Alena Leonova	Russia	138.06	7	5
7	Joshi Helgesson	Sweden	130.46	8	9
8	Sarah Hecken	Germany	128.45	11	8
9	Katarina Gerboldt	Russia	126.37	18	7
10	Myriane Samson	Canada	125.91	14	10
11	Elena Glebova	Estonia	125.56	5	12
12	Sonia Lafuente	Spain	119.99	9	11
13	Stefania Berton	Italy	115.21	15	13
14	Kim Hyeon-Jung	South Korea	115.09	13	15
15	Ivana Reitmayerova	Slovakia	113.06	20	14
16	Rumi Suizu	Japan	112.19	10	21
17	Sin Na-Hee	South Korea	111.47	12	20
18	Eleonora Vinnichenko	Ukraine	110.92	21	16
19	Miriam Ziegler	Austria	110.60	16	19
20	Sofia Otala	Finland	108.64	17	22
21	Geng Bingwa	China	107.97	24	17
22	Alexandra Rout	New Zealand	107.72	23	18
23	Cheltzie Lee	Australia	106.89	19	23
24	Katherine Hadford	Hungary	104.06	22	24
25	Manuela Stanukova	Bulgaria	84.52	43	25
Free Skate Not Reached
26	Svetlana Issakova	Estonia	39.73	25
27	Nella Simaova	Czech Republic	39.68	26
28	Emma Hagieva	Azerbaijan	38.80	27
29	Sigrid Young	Chinese Taipei	38.70	28
30	Minna Parviainen	Finland	36.76	29
31	Sara Twete	Denmark	36.52	30
32	Mirna Libric	Croatia	36.16	31
33	Francesca Rio	Italy	34.45	32
34	Barbara Klerk	Belgium	34.10	33
35	Charlotte Gendreau	France	34.03	34
36	Merovee Ephrem	Monaco	33.89	35
37	Noemie Silberer	Switzerland	33.81	36
38	Mary Grace Baldo	Philippines	33.31	37
39	Aneta Michalek	Poland	33.05	38
40	Mary Ro Reyes	Mexico	32.84	39
41	Nika Ceric	Slovenia	32.41	40
42	Erle Harstad	Norway	31.76	41
43	Beatrice Rozinskaite	Lithuania	30.07	42
44	Elena Rodrigues	Brazil	29.14	44
45	Manouk Gijsman	Netherlands	28.80	45
46	Birce Atabey	Turkey	27.04	46
47	Victoria Liakhava	Belarus	26.23	47
48	Armine Stambultsyan	Armenia	26.04	48
49	Zanna Pugaca	Latvia	25.83	49
50	Georgia Glastris	Greece	25.34	50
51	Anita Nagy	Romania	24.95	51
52	Siobhan McColl	South Africa	23.80	52
53	Lydia Fuentes	Andorra	22.64	53
54	Sofia Bardakov	Israel	22.26	54
55	Hounsh Munshi	India	21.13	55
56	Mila Petrovic	Serbia	19.80	56

Pairs

The pairs podium. From left: Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (2nd), Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh (1st), Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Russia	148.12	1	2
2	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	144.86	2	1
3	Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming	China	141.33	5	3
4	Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Russia	136.14	3	5
5	Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss	United States	133.12	8	4
6	Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Estonia	131.02	9	6
7	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	China	130.92	4	7
8	Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart	Canada	127.23	7	8
9	Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez	Canada	125.46	10	9
10	Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon	United States	123.93	6	12
11	Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen	United States	120.81	12	11
12	Anais Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Switzerland	118.92	11	14
13	Amanda Sunyoto-Yang / Darryll Sulindro-Yang	Chinese Taipei	118.90	14	10
14	Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon	Italy	113.35	15	13
15	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Japan	113.23	13	15
16	Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta	Poland	108.87	16	16
17	Gabriela Cermanova / Martin Hanulak	Slovakia	95.74	17	17
18	Camille Foucher / Bruno Massot	France	89.09	18	18
19	Andrea Hollerova / Jakub Safranek	Czech Republic	80.85	19	19
20	Natalie Ganem / Christopher Trefil	Hungary	70.91	20	20

Ice Dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier (2nd), Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates (1st), Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates	United States	181.66	1	1	1
2	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier	Canada	178.09	3	2	2
3	Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov	Russia	172.85	4	3	3
4	Maria Monko / Ilia Tkachenko	Russia	166.01	2	4	4
5	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell	United States	157.47	5	5	5
6	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	153.29	7	6	6
7	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun	Ukraine	150.57	8	7	7
8	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	Canada	144.29	10	9	9
9	Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso	Italy	144.13	14	8	8
10	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle	Canada	138.61	9	11	11
11	Maureen Ibanez / Neil Brown	France	138.10	11	10	10
12	Lucie Mysliveckova / Matej Novak	Czech Republic	137.56	6	14	15
13	Ashley Foy / Benjamin Blum	Germany	134.84	12	12	13
14	Isabella Tobias / Otar Japaridze	Georgia	134.26	15	13	12
15	Natalia Mitiushina / Matteo Zanni	Italy	129.69	13	16	14
16	Anastasia Gavrylovych / Maciej Bernadowski	Poland	124.64	18	15	19
17	Nikola Visnova / Lukas Csolley	Slovakia	123.33	22	22	16
18	Charlene Guignard / Guillaume Paulmier	France	122.78	16	17	21
19	Guan Xueting / Wang Meng	China	122.02	24	23	17
20	Emese Laszlo / Mate Fejes	Hungary	121.92	20	19	20
21	Barbora Heroldova / Nikolaj Sorensen	Denmark	121.58	23	21	18
22	Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand	Estonia	117.74	19	20	23
23	Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomaki	Finland	117.05	21	24	22
24	Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin	Bulgaria	107.35	27	27	24
WD	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	United Kingdom		17	26
Free Dance Not Reached
26	Ekaterina Zabolotnaya / Julian Wagner	Germany	61.29	29	18
27	Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost	Switzerland	59.15	25	25
28	Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer	Austria	54.59	26	29
29	Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev	Estonia	52.41	28	30
30	Hanna Asadchaya / Dmitri Lamtyugin	Belarus	51.77	30	28
Original Dance Not Reached
31	Jekaterina Sergejeva / Andrejs Sitiks	Latvia	17.44	31
32	Tamsyn Scoble / Quiesto Spieringshoek	South Africa	13.87	32

Multiple spots for the 2009 World Junior Championships

The following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships based on their performance at the 2008 World Junior Championships.^[1]

Spots	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Dance
3	Russia  United States	United States	China  Russia	Canada  Russia  United States
2	Canada  China  Czech Republic  France	Canada  Finland  Germany  Japan  Russia  Sweden	Canada  Estonia  United States	France  Italy  Ukraine

References

• Competitors list
• Definite Allotment of ISU Championships 2008PDF (74.8 KiB)
• ISU Communication No. 1469: Entries ISU Championships 2008PDF

External links

• Official site at the Internet Archive
• ISU site
• Starting Orders and Results