title: 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
text: # 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
  
  The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 25 through March 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria. 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, pair skating, and ice dancing.
  
  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.
  
  ## Medals Table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Adam Rippon | United States | 199.90 | 1 | 69.35 | 1 | 130.55 |
  | 2 | Artem Borodulin | Russia | 194.77 | 2 | 66.16 | 2 | 128.61 |
  | 3 | Guan Jinlin | China | 189.60 | 4 | 62.47 | 3 | 127.13 |
  | 4 | Brandon Mroz | United States | 186.20 | 3 | 63.36 | 5 | 122.84 |
  | 5 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 184.40 | 5 | 62.11 | 6 | 122.29 |
  | 6 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada | 180.78 | 13 | 55.77 | 4 | 125.01 |
  | 7 | Ivan Bariev | Russia | 175.06 | 10 | 58.39 | 7 | 116.67 |
  | 8 | Jeremy Ten | Canada | 173.34 | 11 | 58.29 | 8 | 115.05 |
  | 9 | Tommy Steenberg | United States | 166.64 | 6 | 61.33 | 13 | 105.31 |
  | 10 | Florent Amodio | France | 164.79 | 9 | 58.50 | 12 | 106.29 |
  | 11 | Kim Lucine | France | 164.61 | 7 | 60.01 | 16 | 104.60 |
  | 12 | Moris Pfeifhofer | Switzerland | 162.88 | 15 | 51.23 | 10 | 111.65 |
  | 13 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 161.01 | 14 | 52.25 | 11 | 108.76 |
  | 14 | Nikolai Bondar | Ukraine | 159.61 | 12 | 56.68 | 17 | 102.93 |
  | 15 | Yang Chao | China | 158.48 | 24 | 45.82 | 9 | 112.66 |
  | 16 | Denis Ten | Kazakhstan | 155.70 | 8 | 60.00 | 19 | 95.70 |
  | 17 | Akio Sasaki | Japan | 155.14 | 18 | 50.05 | 14 | 105.09 |
  | 18 | Adrian Schultheiss | Sweden | 154.12 | 19 | 49.15 | 15 | 104.97 |
  | 19 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 145.82 | 21 | 47.66 | 18 | 98.16 |
  | 20 | Nikita Mikhailov | Russia | 140.36 | 23 | 46.40 | 20 | 93.96 |
  | 21 | Elladj Balde | Canada | 140.34 | 22 | 46.98 | 21 | 93.36 |
  | 22 | Denis Wieczorek | Germany | 137.17 | 17 | 50.37 | 22 | 86.80 |
  | 23 | Jakub Strobl | Slovakia | 134.45 | 20 | 48.59 | 23 | 85.86 |
  | 24 | Maciej Cieplucha | Poland | 133.69 | 16 | 50.70 | 24 | 82.99 |
  | 25 | Pavel Petrov Savinov | Bulgaria | 77.51 | 46 | 24.70 | 25 | 52.81 |
  | Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
  | 26 | Viktor Romanenkov | Estonia | | 25 | 44.95 | | |
  | 27 | Severin Kiefer | Austria | | 26 | 44.63 | | |
  | 28 | Michael Chrolenko | Norway | | 27 | 44.62 | | |
  | 29 | Bela Papp | Finland | | 28 | 44.45 | | |
  | 30 | Evgeni Krasnapolski | Israel | | 29 | 43.44 | | |
  | 31 | Ruben Errampalli | Italy | | 30 | 43.41 | | |
  | 32 | Danil Privalov | Azerbaijan | | 31 | 41.39 | | |
  | 33 | Matthew Precious | Australia | | 32 | 39.78 | | |
  | 34 | Elliot Hilton | United Kingdom | | 33 | 39.53 | | |
  | 35 | Boris Martinec | Croatia | | 34 | 37.76 | | |
  | 36 | Kevin Alves | Brazil | | 35 | 34.44 | | |
  | 37 | Dimitri Kahirau | Belarus | | 36 | 34.28 | | |
  | 38 | Ruben Blommaert | Belgium | | 37 | 32.44 | | |
  | 39 | Kim Min-seok | South Korea | | 38 | 32.31 | | |
  | 40 | Sarkis Hairapetyan | Armenia | | 39 | 30.52 | | |
  | 41 | Jesper Kristiansen | Denmark | | 40 | 30.44 | | |
  | 42 | Cameron Hems | New Zealand | | 41 | 27.88 | | |
  | 43 | Vlad Ionescu | Romania | | 42 | 27.35 | | |
  | 44 | Krisztian Andraska | Hungary | | 43 | 27.03 | | |
  | 45 | Boyito Mulder | Netherlands | | 44 | 26.42 | | |
  | 46 | Engin Ali Artan | Turkey | | 45 | 25.96 | | |
  | 47 | Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | | 47 | 22.45 | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rachael Flatt | United States | 172.19 | 3 | 60.16 | 1 | 112.03 |
  | 2 | Caroline Zhang | United States | 171.84 | 2 | 62.60 | 2 | 109.24 |
  | 3 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 162.89 | 1 | 65.07 | 3 | 97.82 |
  | 4 | Jenni Vähämaa | Finland | 142.54 | 6 | 50.30 | 4 | 92.24 |
  | 5 | Yuki Nishino | Japan | 139.44 | 4 | 54.15 | 6 | 85.29 |
  | 6 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 138.06 | 7 | 49.76 | 5 | 88.30 |
  | 7 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden | 130.46 | 8 | 49.10 | 9 | 81.36 |
  | 8 | Sarah Hecken | Germany | 128.45 | 11 | 46.12 | 8 | 82.33 |
  | 9 | Katarina Gerboldt | Russia | 126.37 | 18 | 43.09 | 7 | 83.28 |
  | 10 | Myriane Samson | Canada | 125.91 | 14 | 44.73 | 10 | 81.18 |
  | 11 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 125.56 | 5 | 53.05 | 12 | 72.51 |
  | 12 | Sonia Lafuente | Spain | 119.99 | 9 | 46.36 | 11 | 73.63 |
  | 13 | Stefania Berton | Italy | 115.21 | 15 | 44.62 | 13 | 70.59 |
  | 14 | Kim Hyeon-jung | South Korea | 115.09 | 13 | 45.19 | 15 | 69.90 |
  | 15 | Ivana Reitmayerová | Slovakia | 113.06 | 20 | 42.53 | 14 | 70.53 |
  | 16 | Rumi Suizu | Japan | 112.19 | 10 | 46.25 | 21 | 65.94 |
  | 17 | Sin Na-hee | South Korea | 111.47 | 12 | 45.30 | 20 | 66.17 |
  | 18 | Eleonora Vinnichenko | Ukraine | 110.92 | 21 | 42.28 | 16 | 68.64 |
  | 19 | Miriam Ziegler | Austria | 110.60 | 16 | 43.78 | 19 | 66.82 |
  | 20 | Sofia Otala | Finland | 108.64 | 17 | 43.61 | 22 | 65.03 |
  | 21 | Geng Bingwa | China | 107.97 | 24 | 39.82 | 17 | 68.15 |
  | 22 | Alexandra Rout | New Zealand | 107.72 | 23 | 40.70 | 18 | 67.02 |
  | 23 | Cheltzie Lee | Australia | 106.89 | 19 | 42.77 | 23 | 64.12 |
  | 24 | Katherine Hadford | Hungary | 104.06 | 22 | 41.04 | 24 | 63.02 |
  | 25 | Manuela Stanukova | Bulgaria | 84.52 | 43 | 29.60 | 25 | 54.92 |
  | Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
  | 26 | Svetlana Issakova | Estonia | | 25 | 39.73 | | |
  | 27 | Nella Simaová | Czech Republic | | 26 | 39.68 | | |
  | 28 | Emma Hagieva | Azerbaijan | | 27 | 38.80 | | |
  | 29 | Sigrid Young | Chinese Taipei | | 28 | 38.70 | | |
  | 30 | Minna Parviainen | Finland | | 29 | 36.76 | | |
  | 31 | Sara Twete | Denmark | | 30 | 36.52 | | |
  | 32 | Mirna Libric | Croatia | | 31 | 36.16 | | |
  | 33 | Francesca Rio | Italy | | 32 | 34.45 | | |
  | 34 | Barbara Klerk | Belgium | | 33 | 34.10 | | |
  | 35 | Charlotte Gendreau | France | | 34 | 34.03 | | |
  | 36 | Mérovée Ephrem | Monaco | | 35 | 33.89 | | |
  | 37 | Noemie Silberer | Switzerland | | 36 | 33.81 | | |
  | 38 | Mary Grace Baldo | Philippines | | 37 | 33.31 | | |
  | 39 | Aneta Michałek | Poland | | 38 | 33.05 | | |
  | 40 | Mary Ro Reyes | Mexico | | 39 | 32.84 | | |
  | 41 | Nika Ceric | Slovenia | | 40 | 32.41 | | |
  | 42 | Erle Harstad | Norway | | 41 | 31.76 | | |
  | 43 | Beatrice Rozinskaite | Lithuania | | 42 | 30.07 | | |
  | 44 | Elena Rodrigues | Brazil | | 44 | 29.14 | | |
  | 45 | Manouk Gijsman | Netherlands | | 45 | 28.80 | | |
  | 46 | Birce Atabey | Turkey | | 46 | 27.04 | | |
  | 47 | Victoria Liakhava | Belarus | | 47 | 26.23 | | |
  | 48 | Armine Stambultsyan | Armenia | | 48 | 26.04 | | |
  | 49 | Zanna Pugaca | Latvia | | 49 | 25.83 | | |
  | 50 | Georgia Glastris | Greece | | 50 | 25.34 | | |
  | 51 | Anita Nagy | Romania | | 51 | 24.95 | | |
  | 52 | Siobhan McColl | South Africa | | 52 | 23.80 | | |
  | 53 | Lydia Fuentes | Andorra | | 53 | 22.64 | | |
  | 54 | Sofia Bardakov | Israel | | 54 | 22.26 | | |
  | 55 | Hounsh Munshi | India | | 55 | 21.13 | | |
  | 56 | Mila Petrovic | Serbia | | 56 | 19.80 | | |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh | Russia | 148.12 | 1 | 56.30 | 2 | 91.82 |
  | 2 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Russia | 144.86 | 2 | 52.05 | 1 | 92.81 |
  | 3 | Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming | China | 141.33 | 5 | 51.16 | 3 | 90.17 |
  | 4 | Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov | Russia | 136.14 | 3 | 51.94 | 5 | 84.20 |
  | 5 | Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss | United States | 133.12 | 8 | 48.01 | 4 | 85.11 |
  | 6 | Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov | Estonia | 131.02 | 9 | 46.92 | 6 | 84.10 |
  | 7 | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | China | 130.92 | 4 | 51.22 | 7 | 79.70 |
  | 8 | Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart | Canada | 127.23 | 7 | 48.29 | 8 | 78.94 |
  | 9 | Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez | Canada | 125.46 | 10 | 46.88 | 9 | 78.58 |
  | 10 | Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon | United States | 123.93 | 6 | 49.37 | 12 | 74.56 |
  | 11 | Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen | United States | 120.81 | 12 | 45.92 | 11 | 74.89 |
  | 12 | Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz | Switzerland | 118.92 | 11 | 46.27 | 14 | 72.65 |
  | 13 | Amanda Sunyoto-Yang / Darryll Sulindro-Yang | Chinese Taipei | 118.90 | 14 | 41.95 | 10 | 76.95 |
  | 14 | Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon | Italy | 113.35 | 15 | 40.21 | 13 | 73.14 |
  | 15 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Japan | 113.23 | 13 | 42.97 | 15 | 70.26 |
  | 16 | Krystyna Klimczak / Janusz Karweta | Poland | 108.87 | 16 | 39.68 | 16 | 69.19 |
  | 17 | Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák | Slovakia | 95.74 | 17 | 37.43 | 17 | 58.31 |
  | 18 | Camille Foucher / Bruno Massot | France | 89.09 | 18 | 33.99 | 18 | 55.10 |
  | 19 | Andrea Hollerova / Jakub Safranek | Czech Republic | 80.85 | 19 | 33.15 | 19 | 47.70 |
  | 20 | Natalie Ganem / Christopher Trefil | Hungary | 70.91 | 20 | 25.77 | 20 | 45.14 |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates | United States | 181.66 | 1 | 35.11 | 1 | 57.84 | 1 | 88.71 |
  | 2 | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier | Canada | 178.09 | 3 | 33.71 | 2 | 57.52 | 2 | 86.86 |
  | 3 | Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov | Russia | 172.85 | 4 | 33.52 | 3 | 55.46 | 3 | 83.87 |
  | 4 | Maria Monko / Ilia Tkachenko | Russia | 166.01 | 2 | 34.99 | 4 | 53.70 | 4 | 77.32 |
  | 5 | Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell | United States | 157.47 | 5 | 30.52 | 5 | 51.30 | 5 | 75.65 |
  | 6 | Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 153.29 | 7 | 28.69 | 6 | 50.96 | 6 | 73.64 |
  | 7 | Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun | Ukraine | 150.57 | 8 | 28.28 | 7 | 49.52 | 7 | 72.77 |
  | 8 | Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill | Canada | 144.29 | 10 | 27.36 | 9 | 47.50 | 9 | 69.43 |
  | 9 | Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso | Italy | 144.13 | 14 | 24.96 | 8 | 47.59 | 8 | 71.58 |
  | 10 | Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle | Canada | 138.61 | 9 | 27.46 | 11 | 46.01 | 11 | 65.14 |
  | 11 | Maureen Ibanez / Neil Brown | France | 138.10 | 11 | 26.40 | 10 | 46.05 | 10 | 65.65 |
  | 12 | Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák | Czech Republic | 137.56 | 6 | 30.43 | 14 | 43.86 | 15 | 63.27 |
  | 13 | Ashley Foy / Benjamin Blum | Germany | 134.84 | 12 | 25.91 | 12 | 44.34 | 13 | 64.59 |
  | 14 | Isabella Tobias / Otar Japaridze | Georgia | 134.26 | 15 | 24.92 | 13 | 44.23 | 12 | 65.11 |
  | 15 | Natalia Mitiushina / Matteo Zanni | Italy | 129.69 | 13 | 25.06 | 16 | 41.05 | 14 | 63.58 |
  | 16 | Anastasia Gavrylovych / Maciej Bernadowski | Poland | 124.64 | 18 | 24.31 | 15 | 41.54 | 19 | 58.79 |
  | 17 | Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csolley | Slovakia | 123.33 | 22 | 22.81 | 22 | 40.17 | 16 | 60.35 |
  | 18 | Charlene Guignard / Guillaume Paulmier | France | 122.78 | 16 | 24.83 | 17 | 40.90 | 21 | 57.05 |
  | 19 | Guan Xueting / Wang Meng | China | 122.02 | 24 | 22.12 | 23 | 39.89 | 17 | 60.01 |
  | 20 | Emese Laszlo / Mate Fejes | Hungary | 121.92 | 20 | 23.31 | 19 | 40.44 | 20 | 58.17 |
  | 21 | Barbora Heroldova / Nikolaj Sorensen | Denmark | 121.58 | 23 | 22.56 | 21 | 40.19 | 18 | 58.83 |
  | 22 | Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand | Estonia | 117.74 | 19 | 23.35 | 20 | 40.40 | 23 | 53.99 |
  | 23 | Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki | Finland | 117.05 | 21 | 23.14 | 24 | 38.48 | 22 | 55.43 |
  | 24 | Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin | Bulgaria | 107.35 | 27 | 20.76 | 27 | 37.00 | 24 | 49.59 |
  | WD | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | United Kingdom | | 17 | 24.77 | 26 | 37.22 | | |
  | Free Dance Not Reached ||||||||||
  | 26 | Ekaterina Zabolotnaya / Julian Wagner | Germany | 61.29 | 29 | 20.46 | 18 | 40.83 | | |
  | 27 | Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost | Switzerland | 59.15 | 25 | 21.91 | 25 | 37.24 | | |
  | 28 | Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer | Austria | 54.59 | 26 | 21.89 | 29 | 32.70 | | |
  | 29 | Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev | Estonia | 52.41 | 28 | 20.66 | 30 | 31.75 | | |
  | 30 | Hanna Asadchaya / Dmitri Lamtyugin | Belarus | 51.77 | 30 | 17.95 | 28 | 33.82 | | |
  | Original Dance Not Reached ||||||||||
  | 31 | Jekaterina Sergejeva / Andrejs Sitiks | Latvia | | 31 | 17.44 | | | | |
  | 32 | Tamsyn Scoble / Quiesto Spieringshoek | South Africa | | 32 | 13.87 | | | | |
  