Yukina Ota

Yukina Ota

Ota at the 2004 Four Continents Championships.
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	November 26, 1986 (1986-11-26) (age 24)
Residence	Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Former coach	Mie Hamada
Former choreographer	Tom Dickson
Skating club	Kyoto Daigo FSC
Retired	November 26, 2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	162.59 2003 Skate Canada
Short program	63.90 2003 Skate Canada
Free skate	98.69 2003 Skate Canada
Medal record Competitor for  Japan Ladies' singles Figure skating Four Continents Championships Gold 2004 Gangneung Ladies' singles World Junior Championships Gold 2004 The Hague Ladies' singles ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2002-2003 The Hague Ladies' singles

Yukina Ōta (太田 由希奈, Ōta Yukina^?, born November 26, 1986) in Kyoto 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 on November 26, 2008, retiring due to injury.

Biography

Ota won the bronze medal at the 2000-2001 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships.

In the 2001-2002 season, Ota made her Junior Grand Prix debut on the 2001-2002 Junior Grand Prix. She won her event in Bulgaria and placed 4th at the event in Sweden to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where she placed 6th. She won a second bronze medal at the 2001-2002 Japan Junior Championships, which qualified her for the 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She placed 9th at that competition.

In the 2002-2003 season, Ota competed on the 2002-2003 Junior Grand Prix circuit. She won both her events to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, which she won. She placed fourth at the 2002-2003 Japan Figure Skating Championships and qualified for the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She won the World Junior Championships.

In the 2003-2004 season, Ota made her senior international debut. She competed on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. She placed 4th at the 2003 Skate Canada International and 6th at the 2003 NHK Trophy. At the 2003-2004 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Ota placed fifth. She competed at the 2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and won the event after placing third in the short program and second in the free skate.^[1]

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 2006-2007 Japan Figure Skating Championships.

In the 2007-2008 season, Ota competed at the 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb international competition and placed 7th. At the 2007-2008 Japan Figure Skating Championships, 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, retiring due to injury. Following her retirement, she has skated professionally in ice shows.

Programs

Season	Short Program	Free Skating	Exhibition
2007-2008	Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo
2006-2007	Swan Lake by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla	Anytime, Anywhere by Sarah Brightman
2005-2006			Anytime, Anywhere by Sarah Brightman
2004-2005	Tzigane by Maurice Ravel	Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini	Anytime, Anywhere by Sarah Brightman
2003-2004	Picasso's Dance Omotai from Between Black and White	Daphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel	Last Dance by Donna Summer
2002-2003	Danse macabre by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns	Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa-Mae	Twilight Waltz by Takashi Kako
2001-2002	Poeta by Vicente Amigo	Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa-Mae
2000-2001	Tango from Cirque du Soleil	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

Competitive highlights

Event	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2006-07	2007-08
Four Continents Championships						1st
World Junior Championships				9th	1st
Japanese Championships					4th	5th		12th	7th
Japanese Junior Championships	11th	6th	3rd	3rd
Skate America							7th
NHK Trophy						6th
Skate Canada						4th
Golden Spin of Zagreb									4th
Junior Grand Prix Final				6th	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Italy					1st
Junior Grand Prix, Belgrade					1st
Junior Grand Prix, Sweden				4th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria				1st

• Ota did not compete in the 2005-2006 season.

See also

• Media related to Yukina Ota at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ Japan's Artistic Yukina Ota

External links

• Yukina Ota at the International Skating Union

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Name	Ota, Yukina
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Date of birth	November 26, 1986
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