Kyoko Ina

Infobox Figure skater
title= Kyoko Ina


caption= Ina & Zimmerman in 2001.
country= USA
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1972|10|11
residence=
height= 152 cm
partner= John Zimmerman
formerpartner= Jason Dungjen
coach=
formercoach= Tamara Moskvina, Igor Moskvin, Peter Burrows
choreographer=
formerchoreographer= Alexander Zhulin, Artur Dmitriev
skating club= SC of New York
retired= 2002Infobox East Asian
title=
float=
kanji= 伊奈 恭子
kyujitai=
shinjitai=
kana= いな きょうこ
hiragana=
romaji= Ina Kyoko
revhep=
tradhep=
kunrei=
nihon=

Kyoko Ina (born October 11, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-American figure skater. She currently trains in Hackensack, New Jersey with her partner John Zimmerman and her coaches Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin. They turned professional, joining Stars On Ice.

Biography

Kyoko Ina was born in Japan, but raised in New York. She started skating at the age of 4, at the rink at Rockefeller Center. She skated singles and pairs for Japan in the Junior ranks. Her first American partnership was with Jason Dungjen from 1991 to 1998, under the coaching of Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman in Monsey, New York. They excelled as a pair and placed 4th in the 1998 Winter Olympics. That same year they separated, with Jason marrying Yuka Sato. She and John Zimmerman then formed a skating relationship, and they trained under Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin in Hackensack, New Jersey. They are able to capitalize on their height difference and perform various difficult lifts.

Competitive history

(with John Zimmerman)

External links

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* [http://www.figureskatersonline.com/ina%2Dzimmerman/bios.html Official Site]

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