- 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 inTokyo ,Japan ) is aJapanese-American figure skater . She currently trains inHackensack, New Jersey with her partnerJohn Zimmerman and her coachesTamara Moskvina andIgor Moskvin . They turned professional, joiningStars 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 withJason Dungjen from 1991 to 1998, under the coaching ofPeter Burrows andMarylynn Gelderman inMonsey, New York . They excelled as a pair and placed 4th in the1998 Winter Olympics . That same year they separated, with Jason marryingYuka Sato . She andJohn Zimmerman then formed a skating relationship, and they trained underTamara Moskvina andIgor Moskvin in Hackensack,New Jersey . They are able to capitalize on their height difference and perform various difficult lifts.Competitive history
(with John Zimmerman)
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