Grand Prix de France (figure skating)

The Grand Prix de France is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports (French: Fédération Française des Sports de Glace) (FFIS). The first Grand Prix de France was held in 1987 in Paris. When the ISU launched the Champions Series (later renamed the Grand Prix Series) in 1995, the Grand Prix de France was one of the five qualifying events. It has been a Grand Prix event every year except for 2020, when the FFIS was forced to cancel the event in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Grand Prix de France has been held under several names: the Grand Prix International de Paris, the Trophée de France, the Trophée Lalique, the Trophée Éric Bompard, and the Internationaux de France.

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

Alexei Yagudin of Russia currently holds the record for winning the most titles in men's singles (with five),^[1] while Surya Bonaly of France holds the record in women's singles (also with five). Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany,^[2] and Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia, are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating (with three each), and Berezhnaya has won an additional title while partnered with Oļegs Šļahovs and competing for Latvia.^[3] Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron,^[4] both of France, are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance (with six each).

The 2025 Grand Prix de France is scheduled to be held October 17–19 in Angers.^[5]

The inaugural competition – the 1987 Grand Prix International de Paris – was held in Paris. Petr Barna of Czechoslovakia won the men's event, Jill Trenary of the United States won the women's event, Natalie and Wayne Seybold of the United States won the pairs event, and Lia Trovati and Roberto Pelizzola of Italy won the ice dance event.^[6]

The competition was known as the Trophée Lalique from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2002 in recognition of its sponsor, the luxury glass-maker Lalique.^[7] In addition to their gold medalists, champions also received crystal trophies designed by Marie-Claude Lalique.^[8] The 1991 Trophée Lalique was held at the Halle Olympique in Albertville and served as the test event for the 1992 Winter Olympics.^[9]

From 1994 to 1995, the competition was known as the Trophée de France. Beginning with the 1995–96 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) launched the Champions Series – later renamed the Grand Prix Series – which, at its inception, consisted of five qualifying competitions and the Champions Series Final. This allowed skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they would later compete at the World Championships.^[10] This series also provided the viewing public with additional televised skating, which was in high demand.^[10] The five qualifying competitions during this inaugural season were the 1995 Nations Cup, the 1995 NHK Trophy, the 1995 Skate America, the 1995 Skate Canada International, and the 1995 Trophée de France.^[11] Skaters earned points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline were invited to compete at the Champions Series Final in Paris.^[12]

In 2003, the cashmere manufacturer Éric Bompard became the competition's principal sponsor and the name Trophée Éric Bompard was adopted.^[13][14] The 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard was cancelled after the November 2015 Paris attacks. The short programs had been completed on 13 November, but the free skating was to be held the next day.^[15] On 23 November, the International Skating Union announced that the results of the short programs would be considered the final results for the competition.^[16]

Citing losses from the cancelled 2015 competition and a failure of the French Federation of Ice Sports to respond to its inquiries, Éric Bompard chose to end its sponsorship of the Grand Prix de France in the summer of 2016.^[14] The competition returned to Paris in 2016 and the name Trophée de France.^[17] The following year, it relocated to Grenoble and became known as the Internationaux de France.^[18]

The 2020 Internationaux de France was cancelled after French president Emmanuel Macron imposed a curfew on Grenoble on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[19] Beginning in 2022, the competition relocated to Angers and adopted its current name.^[20]

The reigning Grand Prix de France champions: Adam Siao Him Fa of France (men's singles); Amber Glenn of the United States (women's singles); Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany (pair skating); and Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France (ice dance)

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1987	Paris	Petr Barna	Angelo D'Agostino	Paul Robinson	[6]
1988		Paul Wylie	Grzegorz Filipowski	Michael Slipchuk	[21]
1989		Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Grzegorz Filipowski	Norm Proft	[22]
1990		Christopher Bowman	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Elvis Stojko	[8]
1991	Albertville	Kurt Browning	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Alexei Urmanov	[23]
1992	Paris	Mark Mitchell	Éric Millot	Sébastien Britten	[24]
1993		Todd Eldredge	Philippe Candeloro	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	[25]
1994	Lyon	Philippe Candeloro	Éric Millot	Michael Chack	[26]
1995	Bordeaux	Ilia Kulik	Éric Millot	Elvis Stojko	[27]
1996	Paris	Todd Eldredge	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Michael Weiss	[28]
1997		Alexei Yagudin	Philippe Candeloro	Igor Pashkevich	[29]
1998		Alexei Yagudin	Michael Weiss	Emanuel Sandhu	[30]
1999		Alexei Yagudin	Vincent Restencourt	Ivan Dinev	[31]
2000		Alexei Yagudin	Stanick Jeannette	Roman Serov	[32]
2001		Alexei Yagudin	Todd Eldredge	Andrejs Vlaščenko	[33]
2002		Michael Weiss	Zhang Min	Takeshi Honda	[34]
2003		Evgeni Plushenko	Kevin van der Perren	Michael Weiss	[35]
2004		Johnny Weir	Brian Joubert	Emanuel Sandhu	[36]
2005		Jeffrey Buttle	Brian Joubert	Gheorghe Chiper	[37]
2006		Brian Joubert	Alban Préaubert	Sergei Dobrin	[38]
2007		Patrick Chan	Sergei Voronov	Alban Préaubert	[39]
2008		Patrick Chan	Takahiko Kozuka	Alban Préaubert	[40]
2009		Nobunari Oda	Tomáš Verner	Adam Rippon	[41]
2010		Takahiko Kozuka	Florent Amodio	Brandon Mroz	[42]
2011		Patrick Chan	Song Nan	Michal Březina	[43]
2012		Takahito Mura	Jeremy Abbott	Florent Amodio	[44]
2013		Patrick Chan	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jason Brown	[45]
2014	Bordeaux	Maxim Kovtun	Tatsuki Machida	Denis Ten	[46]
2015		Shoma Uno	Maxim Kovtun	Daisuke Murakami	[47]
2016	Paris	Javier Fernández	Denis Ten	Adam Rippon	[48]
2017	Grenoble	Javier Fernández	Shoma Uno	Misha Ge	[18]
2018		Nathan Chen	Jason Brown	Alexander Samarin	[49]
2019		Nathan Chen	Alexander Samarin	Kévin Aymoz	[50]
2020		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[19]
2021		Yuma Kagiyama	Shun Sato	Jason Brown	[51]
2022	Angers	Adam Siao Him Fa	Sōta Yamamoto	Kazuki Tomono	[20]
2023		Adam Siao Him Fa	Ilia Malinin	Yuma Kagiyama	[52]
2024		Adam Siao Him Fa	Koshiro Shimada	Andrew Torgashev	[53]

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1987	Paris	Jill Trenary	Agnès Gosselin	Patricia Neske	[6]
1988		Claudia Leistner	Natalia Gorbenko	Evelyn Großmann	[21]
1989		Surya Bonaly	Holly Cook	Laëtitia Hubert	[22]
1990		Surya Bonaly	Lenka Kulovaná	Nancy Kerrigan	[8]
1991	Albertville	Midori Ito	Kristi Yamaguchi	Nancy Kerrigan	[23]
1992	Paris	Surya Bonaly	Karen Preston	Laëtitia Hubert	[24]
1993		Surya Bonaly	Mila Kajas	Lisa Sargeant	[25]
1994	Lyon	Surya Bonaly	Tonia Kwiatkowski	Michelle Kwan	[26]
1995	Bordeaux	Josée Chouinard	Chen Lu	Surya Bonaly	[27]
1996	Paris	Michelle Kwan	Maria Butyrskaya	Tara Lipinski	[28]
1997		Laëtitia Hubert	Tara Lipinski	Vanessa Gusmeroli	[29]
1998		Maria Butyrskaya	Nicole Bobek	Vanessa Gusmeroli	[30]
1999		Maria Butyrskaya	Viktoria Volchkova	Sarah Hughes	[31]
2000		Maria Butyrskaya	Viktoria Volchkova	Jennifer Kirk	[32]
2001		Maria Butyrskaya	Sarah Hughes	Sasha Cohen	[33]
2002		Sasha Cohen	Yoshie Onda	Alisa Drei	[34]
2003		Sasha Cohen	Shizuka Arakawa	Júlia Sebestyén	[35]
2004		Joannie Rochette	Carolina Kostner	Júlia Sebestyén	[36]
2005		Mao Asada	Sasha Cohen	Shizuka Arakawa	[37]
2006		Yuna Kim	Miki Ando	Kimmie Meissner	[38]
2007		Mao Asada	Kimmie Meissner	Ashley Wagner	[39]
2008		Joannie Rochette	Mao Asada	Caroline Zhang	[40]
2009		Yuna Kim	Mao Asada	Yukari Nakano	[41]
2010		Kiira Korpi	Mirai Nagasu	Alissa Czisny	[42]
2011		Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Carolina Kostner	Alissa Czisny	[43]
2012		Ashley Wagner	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Yulia Lipnitskaya	[44]
2013		Ashley Wagner	Adelina Sotnikova	Anna Pogorilaya	[45]
2014	Bordeaux	Elena Radionova	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Ashley Wagner	[46]
2015		Gracie Gold	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Roberta Rodeghiero	[47]
2016	Paris	Evgenia Medvedeva	Maria Sotskova	Wakaba Higuchi	[48]
2017	Grenoble	Alina Zagitova	Maria Sotskova	Kaetlyn Osmond	[18]
2018		Rika Kihira	Mai Mihara	Bradie Tennell	[49]
2019		Alena Kostornaia	Alina Zagitova	Mariah Bell	[50]
2020		Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[19]
2021		Anna Shcherbakova	Alena Kostornaia	Wakaba Higuchi	[51]
2022	Angers	Loena Hendrickx	Kim Ye-lim	Rion Sumiyoshi	[20]
2023		Isabeau Levito	Nina Pinzarrone	Rion Sumiyoshi	[52]
2024		Amber Glenn	Wakaba Higuchi	Rion Sumiyoshi	[53]

From left to right: Alexei Yagudin of Russia has won five Grand Prix de France competitions in men's singles; Surya Bonaly of France has won five Grand Prix de France competitions in women's singles; Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany have won three Grand Prix de France competitions in pair skating; and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France have won six Grand Prix de France competitions in ice dance.

Total number of Grand Prix of France medals in men's singles by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	6	9	24
2	Russia	8	3	3	14
3	Canada	6	0	7	13
4	France	5	11	4	20
5	Japan	5	7	4	16
6	Spain	2	0	0	2
7	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4
8	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
9	China	0	2	0	2
	Poland	0	2	0	2
11	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
13	Belgium	0	1	0	1
14	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		37	37	37	111

Total number of Grand Prix of France medals in women's singles by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	10	11	2	23
2	United States	9	9	15	33
3	France	6	1	5	12
4	Japan	4	7	7	18
5	Canada	3	1	2	6
6	South Korea	2	1	0	3
7	Finland	1	1	1	3
8	Belgium	1	1	0	2
9	West Germany	1	0	1	2
10	Italy	0	2	1	3
11	China	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
14	Hungary	0	0	2	2
15	East Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		37	37	37	111

Total number of Grand Prix of France medals in pairs by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	18	11	6	35
2	China	4	3	4	11
3	Germany	4	1	4	9
4	France	3	4	3	10
5	Soviet Union	3	2	1	6
6	Canada	2	5	5	12
7	United States	1	5	9	15
8	East Germany	1	1	0	2
	Latvia	1	1	0	2
10	Italy	0	2	3	5
11	Czechoslovakia	0	2	1	3
12	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		37	37	37	111

Total number of Grand Prix of France medals in ice dance by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	18	9	7	34
2	Russia	4	5	5	14
3	Italy	4	5	4	13
4	Canada	3	7	2	12
5	United States	2	8	5	15
6	Ukraine	2	1	3	6
7	Bulgaria	2	1	0	3
8	Soviet Union	2	0	2	4
9	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
10	Lithuania	0	0	3	3
11	Czech Republic	0	0	2	2
12	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		37	37	37	111