Yamato Tamura
Japanese name | |
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Kanji | 田村 岳斗 |
Kana | たむら やまと |
Yamato Tamura | |
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Tamura in 2003. | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Japan |
Born |
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | May 28, 1979
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Former partner | Marie Arai |
Former coach | Minoru Sano, Hiroshi Nagakubo, Masako Ogasawara |
Skating club | Nihon University, Tokyo |
Began skating | 1984 |
Retired | 2004 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total |
149.74 2003 NHK Trophy |
Short program |
53.95 2003 NHK Trophy |
Free skate |
95.79 2003 NHK Trophy |
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.
Career
As a competitor
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
Tamura is a coach at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka alongside Mie Hamada. His students include:
- Marin Honda,[1] 2015–16 Junior JGP Final bronze medalist
- Taichi Honda[2]
- Mariko Kihara[3]
- Satoko Miyahara,[4] 2015 World silver medalist and 2-time Japanese National champion (2015, 2016)
- Yuna Shiraiwa,[5] 2015–16 Japanese Junior silver medalist
His former students include:
- Kana Muramoto[6] (as a singles skater)
- Satsuki Muramoto
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2003–04 [7] |
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2002–03 [8] |
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2001–02 [9] |
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2000–01 [10] |
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Results
GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix
International[11] | ||||||||
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Event | 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 | |||||||
National[11] | ||||||||
Japan Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st |
WD: Withdrew |
References
- ↑ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Men". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "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 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Yamato TAMURA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "Yamato TAMURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
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