The list officials for 2026/27 season has been published the ISU:
https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.az...ficials-FS-ID-SYS-2026-27-1786527888-1467.pdf
Changes compared to last season
(apologize for any mistake I could have done in comparing the lists with last year's one. And for any mistake by ISU…I already noticed something inconsistent with Diana Barbacci or Katarina Henriksson being in both the list of ISU and International TCs. So I wouldn't be surprised if something else is wrongly formatted in the ISU communication when in one country you have all ISU referees disappearing, or all the ISU judge being demoted).
Single and Pair judges
Off the list (those reaching 70 years old before 1 July are automatically retired)
ISU judges
Yumin Wang (China) *Judged in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022 Olympics
Richard Kosina (Czechia) * Judged in 2018 (Single) and 2026 (Ice Dance) Olympics
Raffaella Locatelli (Italy) * Judged in 2006 Olympics, technical controller in 2018 Olympics and referee in 2026 Olympics
Yoshiko Kobayashi (Japan)
Laimute Krauziene (Lithuania) * Judged Ice Dance in 2010, 2014, 2022, 2026 Olympics.
Neil Gerrard (South Africa)
Alice Walder (Switzerland) * Judged in 2026 Olympics
Eddy Wu (Taiwan)
Deborah Currie (USA) * Judged in 2010 Olympics
Hal Marron (USA)
(I don't know the year of birth of everybody but Wang, Locatelli, Krauziene, Gerrard were all born in 1956 and so they aged out. I suppose Hal Marron also aged out as he skated in Juniors in 1973 US regionals)
International judges
Susan Morriss (Canada)
Tomas Janecko (Czechia)
Martin Osmera (Czechia)
Zuzana Plesnikova (Czechia) * remains in the list of Ice Dance judges
Francis Betsch (France) * recently demoted from ISU to International
Jean Yves Kerbourc’h (France)
Sabrina Lebatteur (France)
Bruno Rostan (France)
Thomas Heck (Germany)
Maria Fortescue (Iceland)
Atsushi Usuda (Japan)
Anna Firych-Nowacka (Poland)
Neda Rakovic (Serbia)
Vladimir Cuchran (Slovakia) * remains in the list of Ice Dance judges
Hans Ulrich Luthi (Switzerland)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Brigitte Wendt (Germany) * in 2023 she dropped out from the Ice Dance list
Anna Chatziathanasiou (Greece)
Anastasia Papagiannopoulou (Greece)
Laurie Johnson (USA) who was demoted from ISU to International status last year, she is moved back to ISU (I guess the issue last year was lack of the required seminar attendance)
Technical specialists - Single
Off the list
ISU
Kelly Cruickshank (Canada) * technical specialist at 2022 Olympics
Anna Burvall (Sweden)
International
Laurene Collin-Knoblauch (Canada)
Annalisa Spampinato (Italy)
Yoshie Onda (Japan)
Ingrida Snieskiene (Lithuania)
Mariusz Siudek (Poland)
Vadim Fedchenko (Ukraine) * he was demoted from ISU to International last season
Demoted from ISU to International status
Margus Hernits (Estonia)
Lorenzo Magri (Itay)
Raimo Reinsalu (Latvia)
Promoted from International to ISU status
Kerstin Frank (Austria)
Marit Silvius (Netherlands)
New International
Dan Fang (China)
Kristof Fargo (Hungary)
Benjamin Naggiar (Iceland)
Pawel Cisowski (Poland)
Doroteja Simunic (Slovenia)
Technical specialists – Pairs
Off the list
ISU
Laurene Collin-Knoblauch (Canada)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Lorenzo Magri (Itay)
Mariusz Siudek (Poland)
Sarkis Tewanian (Poland) * technical specialist at 2022 Olympics
Promoted from International to ISU status
Caroline McEwen (Canada)
Julia Sheiko (Israel)
New International
Corey Sutherland (Canada)
JinYu Li (China)
Technical controllers
Single
Deborah Noyes (Australia) demoted from ISU to International status.
Betsch, Locatelli, Krauziene retired
Todd Bromley (USA) dropped from the list of international TCs.
Pairs
Noyes demoted here too.
Ubavka Kutinou-Novakovic (Bosnia) and Laurene Collin-Knoblauch (Canada) are off.
Steven Hsu (USA) and Wendy Enzmann (USA) promoted from ISU to International status
ICE DANCE
Judges
Off the list
ISU
Richard Kosina (Czechia) * Judged in 2018 (Single) and 2026 (Ice Dance) Olympics
Janet Coton (Great Britain) * Referee at 2006 Olympics
Laimute Krauziene (Lithuania) * Judged Ice Dance in 2010, 2014, 2022, 2026 Olympics
Hal Marron (USA)
(Coton is another one who aged out. She was born in March 1956)
International
Michael Degl (Austria) * not active international sicne
Hongguo Ren (China)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Roland Mader (Switzerland)
Patrick Brench (Switzerland)
Technical specialists
Off the list
ISU
Maurizio Margaglio (Italy)
International
Katherine Firkin (Australia)
Marien de la Asuncion (France)
Matteo Ballabio (Italy)
Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Cedric Pernet (Switzerland)
Maria Tumanovskaya (Ukraine)
Promoted from International to ISU status
Kristy Balkwill (Canada)
Marina Gravino (Canada)
Bianca Szijgyarto (Hungary)
Alper Ucar (Turkey)
Stephanie Jenkins (USA)
New International
Vadzim Davidovich (Belarus)
Vilem Hlavsa (Czechia)
Paul Dredge (Great Britain)
Francesco Fioretti (Italy)
Kentaro Suzuki (Japan)
Lucie Mysliveckova (Switzerland)
Stephanie Zastrow (USA)
Technical controllers
New ISU
Laureen Senft (Canada) * already an ISU technical specialist
Francesca Fermi (Italy) * already an ISU technical specialist
Kathleen Cutone (USA) * promoted from International status)
New International
Stefan Grampelhuber (Austria)
André Marfc Allain (Canada)
Ge Gao (China)
Francois Soubiran (France)
Dominique Dieck (Germany) * Tim’s sister
Retired
Janet Coton (Great Britain)
Hal Marron (USA)
https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.az...ficials-FS-ID-SYS-2026-27-1786527888-1467.pdf
Changes compared to last season
(apologize for any mistake I could have done in comparing the lists with last year's one. And for any mistake by ISU…I already noticed something inconsistent with Diana Barbacci or Katarina Henriksson being in both the list of ISU and International TCs. So I wouldn't be surprised if something else is wrongly formatted in the ISU communication when in one country you have all ISU referees disappearing, or all the ISU judge being demoted).
Single and Pair judges
Off the list (those reaching 70 years old before 1 July are automatically retired)
ISU judges
Yumin Wang (China) *Judged in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022 Olympics
Richard Kosina (Czechia) * Judged in 2018 (Single) and 2026 (Ice Dance) Olympics
Raffaella Locatelli (Italy) * Judged in 2006 Olympics, technical controller in 2018 Olympics and referee in 2026 Olympics
Yoshiko Kobayashi (Japan)
Laimute Krauziene (Lithuania) * Judged Ice Dance in 2010, 2014, 2022, 2026 Olympics.
Neil Gerrard (South Africa)
Alice Walder (Switzerland) * Judged in 2026 Olympics
Eddy Wu (Taiwan)
Deborah Currie (USA) * Judged in 2010 Olympics
Hal Marron (USA)
(I don't know the year of birth of everybody but Wang, Locatelli, Krauziene, Gerrard were all born in 1956 and so they aged out. I suppose Hal Marron also aged out as he skated in Juniors in 1973 US regionals)
International judges
Susan Morriss (Canada)
Tomas Janecko (Czechia)
Martin Osmera (Czechia)
Zuzana Plesnikova (Czechia) * remains in the list of Ice Dance judges
Francis Betsch (France) * recently demoted from ISU to International
Jean Yves Kerbourc’h (France)
Sabrina Lebatteur (France)
Bruno Rostan (France)
Thomas Heck (Germany)
Maria Fortescue (Iceland)
Atsushi Usuda (Japan)
Anna Firych-Nowacka (Poland)
Neda Rakovic (Serbia)
Vladimir Cuchran (Slovakia) * remains in the list of Ice Dance judges
Hans Ulrich Luthi (Switzerland)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Brigitte Wendt (Germany) * in 2023 she dropped out from the Ice Dance list
Anna Chatziathanasiou (Greece)
Anastasia Papagiannopoulou (Greece)
Laurie Johnson (USA) who was demoted from ISU to International status last year, she is moved back to ISU (I guess the issue last year was lack of the required seminar attendance)
Technical specialists - Single
Off the list
ISU
Kelly Cruickshank (Canada) * technical specialist at 2022 Olympics
Anna Burvall (Sweden)
International
Laurene Collin-Knoblauch (Canada)
Annalisa Spampinato (Italy)
Yoshie Onda (Japan)
Ingrida Snieskiene (Lithuania)
Mariusz Siudek (Poland)
Vadim Fedchenko (Ukraine) * he was demoted from ISU to International last season
Demoted from ISU to International status
Margus Hernits (Estonia)
Lorenzo Magri (Itay)
Raimo Reinsalu (Latvia)
Promoted from International to ISU status
Kerstin Frank (Austria)
Marit Silvius (Netherlands)
New International
Dan Fang (China)
Kristof Fargo (Hungary)
Benjamin Naggiar (Iceland)
Pawel Cisowski (Poland)
Doroteja Simunic (Slovenia)
Technical specialists – Pairs
Off the list
ISU
Laurene Collin-Knoblauch (Canada)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Lorenzo Magri (Itay)
Mariusz Siudek (Poland)
Sarkis Tewanian (Poland) * technical specialist at 2022 Olympics
Promoted from International to ISU status
Caroline McEwen (Canada)
Julia Sheiko (Israel)
New International
Corey Sutherland (Canada)
JinYu Li (China)
Technical controllers
Single
Deborah Noyes (Australia) demoted from ISU to International status.
Betsch, Locatelli, Krauziene retired
Todd Bromley (USA) dropped from the list of international TCs.
Pairs
Noyes demoted here too.
Ubavka Kutinou-Novakovic (Bosnia) and Laurene Collin-Knoblauch (Canada) are off.
Steven Hsu (USA) and Wendy Enzmann (USA) promoted from ISU to International status
ICE DANCE
Judges
Off the list
ISU
Richard Kosina (Czechia) * Judged in 2018 (Single) and 2026 (Ice Dance) Olympics
Janet Coton (Great Britain) * Referee at 2006 Olympics
Laimute Krauziene (Lithuania) * Judged Ice Dance in 2010, 2014, 2022, 2026 Olympics
Hal Marron (USA)
(Coton is another one who aged out. She was born in March 1956)
International
Michael Degl (Austria) * not active international sicne
Hongguo Ren (China)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Roland Mader (Switzerland)
Patrick Brench (Switzerland)
Technical specialists
Off the list
ISU
Maurizio Margaglio (Italy)
International
Katherine Firkin (Australia)
Marien de la Asuncion (France)
Matteo Ballabio (Italy)
Hiroshi Tanaka (Japan)
Demoted from ISU to International status
Cedric Pernet (Switzerland)
Maria Tumanovskaya (Ukraine)
Promoted from International to ISU status
Kristy Balkwill (Canada)
Marina Gravino (Canada)
Bianca Szijgyarto (Hungary)
Alper Ucar (Turkey)
Stephanie Jenkins (USA)
New International
Vadzim Davidovich (Belarus)
Vilem Hlavsa (Czechia)
Paul Dredge (Great Britain)
Francesco Fioretti (Italy)
Kentaro Suzuki (Japan)
Lucie Mysliveckova (Switzerland)
Stephanie Zastrow (USA)
Technical controllers
New ISU
Laureen Senft (Canada) * already an ISU technical specialist
Francesca Fermi (Italy) * already an ISU technical specialist
Kathleen Cutone (USA) * promoted from International status)
New International
Stefan Grampelhuber (Austria)
André Marfc Allain (Canada)
Ge Gao (China)
Francois Soubiran (France)
Dominique Dieck (Germany) * Tim’s sister
Retired
Janet Coton (Great Britain)
Hal Marron (USA)
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