Yamato Tamura
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| Yamato Tamura | |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 田村 岳斗 |
| Kana | たむら やまと |
| Yamato Tamura | |
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 Tamura in 2003. | |
| Born | May 28, 1979 Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Skating club | Nihon University, Tokyo |
| Began skating | 1984 |
| Retired | 2004 |
Yamato Tamura (田村 岳斗, Tamura Yamato, born May 28, 1979) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th.[1]
Career[edit]
As a competitor[edit]
Competing in single skating, Tamura won two Japanese national titles. He was selected to represent Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics and placed 17th. Minoru Sano coached him during his career. Tamura landed a quadruple toe loop in competition in 1999 and a quadruple toe-triple toe combination in 2000. He retired from competition in 2004 and turned to coaching.
Tamura also competed briefly in pair skating, winning the 1997 national title with Marie Arai.
As a coach[edit]
Tamura is a coach at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka alongside Mie Hamada. His students have included:
- Mariko Kihara[2]
- Satoko Miyahara,[3] 2015 World silver medalist and 4-time Japanese National champion (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Yuna Shiraiwa,[4] two time Japanese Junior silver medallist (2016, 2017)
- Rika Kihira,[5] 2017-18 Japanese Junior national champion as well as Senior national bronze and silver medallist. She was the first lady to land a 3A+3T combination in international competition (at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final).
- Young You, 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, 4-time South Korean National champion (2015, 18-20) and 2019 Skate Canada Bronze medalist
- Taichi Honda[6]
- Marin Honda,[7] 2016 Junior World Champion, 2017 Junior World silver medallist
- Kana Muramoto[8] (as a singles skater)
- Satsuki Muramoto[9]
Programs[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2003–04 [1] |
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| 2002–03 [10] |
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| 2001–02 [11] | ||
| 2000–01 [12] |
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Results[edit]
GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix
| International[13] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 |
| Olympics | 17th | ||||||||
| Worlds | 26th | 27th | 17th | 22nd | |||||
| Four Continents | 8th | 6th | 9th | 5th | |||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 10th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 10th | ||
| GP Skate America | 8th | 9th | |||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 4th | ||||||||
| GP Sparkassen | 4th | 10th | |||||||
| GP Trophée Lalique | 8th | 10th | |||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||
| Asian Games | 4th | ||||||||
| Universiade | 7th | ||||||||
| International: Junior[13] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 8th | 7th | |||||||
| National[13] | |||||||||
| Japan Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |
| Japan Junior | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| WD: Withdrew | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Yamato TAMURA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004.
- ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Men". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Crystal Report Viewer". 2007-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ "Yamato TAMURA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.
- ^ "Yamato TAMURA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 11, 2002.
- ^ "Yamato TAMURA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.
- ^ a b c "Yamato TAMURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
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