The Ice Challenge (formerly known as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen or Leo Scheu Memorial) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. The event is usually held every autumn in Graz, Austria. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series.
History
The event began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen (Leo Scheu Memorial). It was re-titled the Ice Challenge in 2008. The name Leo Scheu Memorial was retained for a junior, novice, and lower-level competition that is held in conjunction with the senior event.
In 2011, the ISU designated the Ice Challenge as one of the events at which skaters could achieve a minimum score. In 2014 and 2015, the Ice Challenge's senior events were part of the ISU Challenger Series. The 2016 edition was cancelled.
Senior medalists
CS: ISU Challenger Series]
Men
| Senior men |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Tomáš Verner | Anton Kovalevski | Alban Préaubert | |
| 2010 | Alexander Majorov | Douglas Razzano | Kristoffer Berntsson | |
| 2011 | Stephen Carriere | Misha Ge | Viktor Pfeifer | |
| 2012 | Peter Liebers | Douglas Razzano | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | |
| 2013 | Denis Ten | Viktor Pfeifer | Gordei Gorshkov | |
| 2014 CS | Douglas Razzano | Alexander Samarin | Martin Rappe | |
| 2015 CS | Artur Dmitriev, Jr. | Jason Brown | Mikhail Kolyada | |
Ladies
| Senior ladies |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Kanako Murakami | Valentina Marchei | Amanda Dobbs | |
| 2010 | Lena Marrocco | Natalia Popova | Sarah Hecken | |
| 2011 | Caroline Zhang | Natalia Popova | Linnea Mellgren | |
| 2012 | Jenna McCorkell | Isabelle Olsson | Monika Simančíková | |
| 2013 | Courtney Hicks | Miki Ando | Nicole Rajičová | |
| 2014 CS | Hannah Miller | Isabelle Olsson | Ivett Tóth | |
| 2015 CS | Mirai Nagasu | Maria Artemieva | Tyler Pierce | |
Pairs
| Senior pairs |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin | Chloe Katz / Joseph Lynch | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | |
| 2010 | Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende | Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin | Ji Hyang Ri / Won Hyok Thae | |
| 2011 | Andrea Poapst / Chris Knierim | Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave | Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski | |
| 2012 | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir | Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff | Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski | |
| 2013 | Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff | Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | |
| 2014 CS | Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave | |
| 2015 CS | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | |
Ice dancing
| Senior ice dancing |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Nora Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin | Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt | Christina Beier / William Beier | |
| 2010 | Louise Walden / Owen Edwards | Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze | Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso | |
| 2011 | Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt | Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello | Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun | |
| 2012 | Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt | Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown | Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost | |
| 2013 | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso | |
| 2014 CS | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin | |
| 2015 CS | Danielle Thomas / Daniel Eaton | Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri | Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm | |
Junior medalists
Men
| Junior men |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Franz Streubel | Kamil Białas | Timothy Leemann | |
| 2010 | Stanislav Pertsov | Martin Rappe | Olexander Kucher | |
| 2011 | Peter James Hallam | Kamil Dymowski | Nicola Todeschini | |
| 2012 | Tomáš Kupka | Alexander Bjelde | Peter Hallam | |
| 2013 | Alexei Genia | Tomáš Kupka | Charles Tetar | |
| 2014 | Dmitri Aliev | Byun Se-jong | Anton Kempf | |
| 2015 | Petr Gumennik | Daniel Grassl | Catalin Dimitrescu | |
Ladies
| Junior ladies |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Gerli Liinamäe | Barbora Švédová | Anastasia Kistler | |
| 2010 | Monika Simančíková | Isabelle Olsson | Lara Eisenbauer | |
| 2011 | Kristina Zaseeva | Elin Hallberg | Gabriella Josefsson | |
| 2012 | Sabrina Schulz | Minami Hanashiro | Nelma Hede | |
| 2013 | Maria-Katharina Herceg | Anna Dušková | Yasmine Kimiko Yamada | |
| 2014 | Lea Johanna Dastich | Byun Jihyun | Anna Dušková | |
| 2015 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Maria Perederova | Kristina Isaev | |
Pairs
| Junior pairs |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař | Evgenia Krapivina / Konstantin Medovikov | Catherine Clement / James Hunt | |
| 2010 | Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein | No other competitors | |
| 2011 | Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin | Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński | Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer | |
| 2012 | Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert | No other competitors | |
| 2013 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | No other competitors | |
| 2014 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | No other competitors | |
| Competition not held in 2015 |
Ice dancing
| Junior ice dancing |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Stefanie Frohberg / Tim Giesen | Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk | Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost | |
| 2010 | Karolina Procházková / Michal Češka | Lolita Yermak / Alexander Liubchenko | Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn | |
| 2011 | Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov | Sophie Jones / Richard Sharpe | Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki | |
| 2012 | Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın | Julia Dolgikh / Alexandr Prachanov | Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd | |
| 2013 | Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács | Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac | Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer | |
| 2014 | Carolina Moscheni / Ádám Lukács | Sara Ghislandi / Giona Ortenzi | Eva Khachaturian / Andrei Bagin | |
| Competition not held in 2015 |
Advanced novice medalists
Boys
| Advanced novice boys |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Michael Christian Martinez | Clement Ledoux | Simon-Gabriel Ionian | |
| 2010 | Simon-Gabriel Ionian | Marco Klepoch | Thomas Kennes | |
| 2011 | Sondre Oddvold Boe | John Hallman | Marco Klepoch | |
| 2012 | Matej Gregorc | Niclas Rust | Steven Spencer Baker | |
| 2013 | Severin Reich | Petr Kotlařík | Matýaš Bělohradský | |
| 2014 | Radek Jakubka | Florian Paschke | Kai Jagoda | |
| 2015 | Gabriel Folkesson | Maxim Knorr | Jonathan Egyptsson | |
Girls
| Advanced novice girls |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Jana Čejková | Victoria Manni | Agata Kryger | |
| 2010 | Alisson Perticheto | Lutricia Bock | Kristina Yntema | |
| 2011 | Liubov Efimenko | Elizaveta Yushenko | Kristina Yntema | |
| 2012 | Danielle Harrison | Sallianna Öztürk | Nina Letenayová | |
| 2013 | Anita Östlund | Anastasia Schneider | Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková | |
| 2014 | Pauline Wanner | Ann-Christin Marold | Noemie Carroue | |
| 2015 | Alina Urušadze | Ann-Christin Marold | Dora Nagy | |
Pairs
| Advanced novice pairs |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin | No other competitors | |
| Competition not held in 2010–2011 |
| 2012 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Natálie Kratěnová / Petr Kotlařík | Christina Baker / Steven Baker | |
| 2013 | Natálie Kratěnová / Petr Kotlařík | No other competitors | |
| Competition not held in 2014–2015 |
Ice dancing
| Advanced novice ice dancing |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
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| 2009 | Ria Schiffner / Julian Salatzki | Joanna Zając / Damian Binkowski | Colette Long / Daniel Linovice | |
| 2010 | Annika Maczka / Henry Aiken | Christine Smith / Simon Eisenbauer | Laura Abts / Maarten Buckens | |
| 2011 | Valeria Neiman / Grigoriy Smirnov | No other competitors | |
| 2012 | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov | Anastasia Savitskaya / Alexey Dubrovin | Polina Velikanova / Elisey Kramar | |
| Competition not held in 2013 |
| 2014 | Maria Marchenko / Egor Pozdnyakov | Candice Girardot / Thomas De Lorenzi | Salome Gehmlich / Samuel Joshua Steffan | |
| Competition not held in 2015 |