All posts tagged "Yukina Ota"
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Figure Skating News
Japan's Artistic Yukina Ota
While many of the Japanese ladies have been inspired by Midori Ito to focus on the technical side of skating, balletic Yukina...
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Figure Skating News
2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Highlights
Japan’s Yukina Ota was the winner in the ladies event, taking home her first Four Continents medal. Cynthia Phaneuf of Canada won...
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Figure Skating News
2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Highlights
For the second year in a row, Japan put two ladies on the podium at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships,...
Did you Know?
Daisuke Takahashi became the first Japanese single men’s figure skater to win an Olympic medal (the bronze) at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was also the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final, Takahashi made history again as the first Japanese man to win a gold medal in the event, an addition to his previous accomplishment of being the first Japanese man to medal at the event in 2005. More on Daisuke Takahashi in the GS Forum!