Yukina Ota

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Yukina Ota
Ota at the 2004 Four Continents Championships.
Other namesYukina Ohta
Born (1986-11-26) November 26, 1986 (age 37)
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
Skating clubKyoto Daigo FSC
Began skating1993
RetiredNovember 26, 2008
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Ladies' singles Figure skating
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Hamilton Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Ostrava Ladies' singles
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place
2002–2003 The Hague
 Ladies' singles

Yukina Ōta (太田 由希奈, Ōta Yukina, born November 26, 1986 in Kyoto)[1] is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2003 World Junior champion and the 2004 Four Continents champion. She announced her retirement from competitive skating in November 2008, due to injury.

Career

Ota won the bronze medal at the 2000–2001 Japan Junior Championships. In the 2001–2002 season, Ota made her

Japan Championships, Ota placed fifth. She competed at the 2004 Four Continents and won the event after placing third in the short program and second in the free skate.[2] In the 2004–2005 season, Ota competed again on the senior international circuit. She placed 7th at the 2004 Skate America
.

Ota missed the 2005–2006 season due to injury. In the 2006–2007 season, Ota began competing again. She placed 12th at the

Japan Championship
, she placed 7th. Ota withdrew from events to qualify for the 2008–2009 Japan Championships before they began.

She announced her retirement from competitive skating on November 26, 2008, her 22nd birthday, due to injury.[3] Following her retirement, she has skated professionally in ice shows.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2007–2008
2006–2007
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2005–2006
  • Anytime, Anywhere
    by Sarah Brightman
2004–2005
[4]
  • Anytime, Anywhere
    by Sarah Brightman
2003–2004
[5][2]
  • Picasso's Dance
  • Omotai
    (from Between Black and White)
2002–2003
[6]
  • Twilight Waltz
    by Takashi Kako
2001–2002
[7]
2000–2001

Results

Results[8][9]
International
Event 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08
Four Continents 1st
GP NHK Trophy 6th
GP Skate America 7th
GP Skate Canada 4th
Golden Spin 4th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 9th 1st
JGP Final 6th 1st
JGP Bulgaria
 1st
JGP Italy
 1st
JGP Sweden
 4th
JGP Yugoslavia
 1st
National
Japan Champ. 4th 5th 12th 7th
Japan Junior 11th 6th 3rd 3rd
Japan Novice 1st B 9th A 3rd A
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix
Ota did not compete in the 2005–2006 season.

References

  1. ^ "Yukina Ota". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  2. ^ a b Mittan, Barry (February 11, 2004). "Japan's Artistic Yukina Ota". Golden Skate.
  3. ^ Deleeuw, Claudia (2018-12-04). "Yukina Ota – A ballerina on ice among master jumpers". Frozen in Time. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  4. ^ "Yukina OTA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 5, 2005.
  5. ^ "Yukina OTA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2004.
  6. ^ "Yukina OTA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003.
  7. ^ "Yukina OTA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 12, 2002.
  8. ^ "Competition Results: Yukina OHTA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012.
  9. ^ "|Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site|". www.jsfresults.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

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