ISU have published the updated List of Referees, Judges, Technical Controllers, Technical Specialists, Data & Replay Operators season 2024/25 for Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating, valid for 2024/2025 season.
Going through them, the changes compared to last season seems to be
Single and Pairs
New international judges:
Mr Valdislav Vladimirov (Armenia) * Also moving from Russia to Armenia
Ms Rachel Caughley (Australia)
Ms Fanny Eve Tapp (Canada)
Mr Tomas Janecko (Czech Republic)
Ms Ksenia Petrova (Estonia)
Mr Jorge Canizares (Ecuador)
Ms Mia Laakso (Finland)
Mr Nicolo Novarino (Italy)
Mr Atsushi Usuda (Japan)
Ms Nicole Siegenthaler (Switzerland)
Mr Jeffrey Charbonneau (USA)
Retired/delated ISU judges
Beth Crane (Canada)
Pekka Leskinen (Finland)
Mika Saarelainen (Finland)
Margaret Worsfold (Great Britain)
Halina Gordon-Poltorak (Poland)
Beatrice Pfister (Switzerland)
** these ones are all or almost all due to reaching the age limit of 70 years old. I am sure that Crane, Leskinen, Worsfold and Gordon-Poltorak were born in 1954.
Except for Crane, the other 5 all served as judges or referees at Olympic Games.
Retired/delated International judges
Georg Ganner (Austria)
Marion Jäger (Austria)
Dagmar Kotnauer (Austria)
Guangying Qin (China) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Frantisek Baudys (Czech Republic)
Nikolai Salnikov (Estonia) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Tuire Kuronen (Finland) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Didier Higel (France)
Uta Limpert (Germany) * she remains in the list of judges for Synchro.
Takeo Kuno (Japan)
Yong Yun Hye (North Korea)
Andreea Gmelin (Romania) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Natalia Primachenko (Russia)
Kveta Matejova (Slovakia) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
David Munoz Perez (Spain) * he is still in the Ice Dance list of judges
Changes of ISU Member
Anny Hou (ISU judge) from Taiwan to Belgium
Shi Wei (ISU judge) from China to Canada
Technical specialists promoted from International to ISU status
Yue Cao (China)
Tunca Unlu (Turkey) *He was demoted last year, and re-instated now. Possibly the problem was lack of attendance to a recertification seminar
New international Technical Specialists - Single
Tomislav Mikulandric (Croatia)
Erik Antero Martoma (Finland)
Maylin Wende (Germany)
David Richardson (Great Britain)
Giorgia Carrossa (Italy)
Yoshie Onda (Japan)
Matej Gregorc (Slovenia)
Jennifer Park (Sweden)
Dana Graham (USA)
New international Technical Specialists - Pairs
Kerstin Frank (Austria)
Cong Han (China)
Samantha Payne (Great Britain)
Marc Weitzman (USA)
Retired/delated ISU Technical Specialist
Todd Sand (USA)
Come-back
Ubavka Kutinou-Novakovic (Bosnia Herzegoniva, ISU judge in Single, Pairs and Ice Dance, and Technical Controller for Pairs). She was delated in January 2023 from all lists.
Ice Dance
New international judges
Mr Valdislav Vladimirov (Armenia) * It is a come-back, now for Amernia. He used to a judge for Russia.
Ms Lolita Katsora (Belarus)
Mr Ethan Swinburnson (Canada)
Ms Yuqing Liu (China)
Ms Riitta Elina Turunen (Finland)
Mr Stephan Sparakowski (Germany)
Ms Bettina Langwald-Maid (Germany)
Mr Ryan Candy (Great Britain)
Mr Sundeep Pandya (Great Britain)
Ms Julia Rey (USA) * she is now technical specialist, controller and judge.
Retired/delated ISU judges
Mika Saarelainen (Finland)
Christopher Buchanan (Great Britain)
Halina Gordon-Poltorak (Poland)
Jennifer Mast (USA)
Gordon-Poltarok, Buchanan and Mast reached the age limit. They all served as judges or referees at Olympic Games.
Demoted from ISU to International status
Tianyi Zhang (China) * She has not been particularly active since having judged 2018 Olympics.
Changes of ISU Member
Yan Lukouski, from Belarus to Slovakia
New International Technical Specialists:
Jonathan Guerreiro (Australia)
Elizabeth Rivard (Canada)
Xibei Li (China)
Yiyi Zhang (China)
Kamila Vokoun Hajkova (Switzerland)
Christian Nuchtern (Germany)
Paul Bellantuono (USA)
Promoted from International to ISU status
Cedric Pernet * who also moved Federation, from France to Switzerland
Disclaimer 1: I may have done some mistakes cross-checking the lists
Disclaimer 2: ISU may have done some mistakes in drafting the document. For instance, Jamie McGrigor was born in 1954 and so he should be delated because of age limit.
Going through them, the changes compared to last season seems to be
Single and Pairs
New international judges:
Mr Valdislav Vladimirov (Armenia) * Also moving from Russia to Armenia
Ms Rachel Caughley (Australia)
Ms Fanny Eve Tapp (Canada)
Mr Tomas Janecko (Czech Republic)
Ms Ksenia Petrova (Estonia)
Mr Jorge Canizares (Ecuador)
Ms Mia Laakso (Finland)
Mr Nicolo Novarino (Italy)
Mr Atsushi Usuda (Japan)
Ms Nicole Siegenthaler (Switzerland)
Mr Jeffrey Charbonneau (USA)
Retired/delated ISU judges
Beth Crane (Canada)
Pekka Leskinen (Finland)
Mika Saarelainen (Finland)
Margaret Worsfold (Great Britain)
Halina Gordon-Poltorak (Poland)
Beatrice Pfister (Switzerland)
** these ones are all or almost all due to reaching the age limit of 70 years old. I am sure that Crane, Leskinen, Worsfold and Gordon-Poltorak were born in 1954.
Except for Crane, the other 5 all served as judges or referees at Olympic Games.
Retired/delated International judges
Georg Ganner (Austria)
Marion Jäger (Austria)
Dagmar Kotnauer (Austria)
Guangying Qin (China) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Frantisek Baudys (Czech Republic)
Nikolai Salnikov (Estonia) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Tuire Kuronen (Finland) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Didier Higel (France)
Uta Limpert (Germany) * she remains in the list of judges for Synchro.
Takeo Kuno (Japan)
Yong Yun Hye (North Korea)
Andreea Gmelin (Romania) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
Natalia Primachenko (Russia)
Kveta Matejova (Slovakia) * former ISU judge, demoted from ISU to International status last year
David Munoz Perez (Spain) * he is still in the Ice Dance list of judges
Changes of ISU Member
Anny Hou (ISU judge) from Taiwan to Belgium
Shi Wei (ISU judge) from China to Canada
Technical specialists promoted from International to ISU status
Yue Cao (China)
Tunca Unlu (Turkey) *He was demoted last year, and re-instated now. Possibly the problem was lack of attendance to a recertification seminar
New international Technical Specialists - Single
Tomislav Mikulandric (Croatia)
Erik Antero Martoma (Finland)
Maylin Wende (Germany)
David Richardson (Great Britain)
Giorgia Carrossa (Italy)
Yoshie Onda (Japan)
Matej Gregorc (Slovenia)
Jennifer Park (Sweden)
Dana Graham (USA)
New international Technical Specialists - Pairs
Kerstin Frank (Austria)
Cong Han (China)
Samantha Payne (Great Britain)
Marc Weitzman (USA)
Retired/delated ISU Technical Specialist
Todd Sand (USA)
Come-back
Ubavka Kutinou-Novakovic (Bosnia Herzegoniva, ISU judge in Single, Pairs and Ice Dance, and Technical Controller for Pairs). She was delated in January 2023 from all lists.
Ice Dance
New international judges
Mr Valdislav Vladimirov (Armenia) * It is a come-back, now for Amernia. He used to a judge for Russia.
Ms Lolita Katsora (Belarus)
Mr Ethan Swinburnson (Canada)
Ms Yuqing Liu (China)
Ms Riitta Elina Turunen (Finland)
Mr Stephan Sparakowski (Germany)
Ms Bettina Langwald-Maid (Germany)
Mr Ryan Candy (Great Britain)
Mr Sundeep Pandya (Great Britain)
Ms Julia Rey (USA) * she is now technical specialist, controller and judge.
Retired/delated ISU judges
Mika Saarelainen (Finland)
Christopher Buchanan (Great Britain)
Halina Gordon-Poltorak (Poland)
Jennifer Mast (USA)
Gordon-Poltarok, Buchanan and Mast reached the age limit. They all served as judges or referees at Olympic Games.
Demoted from ISU to International status
Tianyi Zhang (China) * She has not been particularly active since having judged 2018 Olympics.
Changes of ISU Member
Yan Lukouski, from Belarus to Slovakia
New International Technical Specialists:
Jonathan Guerreiro (Australia)
Elizabeth Rivard (Canada)
Xibei Li (China)
Yiyi Zhang (China)
Kamila Vokoun Hajkova (Switzerland)
Christian Nuchtern (Germany)
Paul Bellantuono (USA)
Promoted from International to ISU status
Cedric Pernet * who also moved Federation, from France to Switzerland
Disclaimer 1: I may have done some mistakes cross-checking the lists
Disclaimer 2: ISU may have done some mistakes in drafting the document. For instance, Jamie McGrigor was born in 1954 and so he should be delated because of age limit.
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