Mira Leung

Mira Leung

Mira Leung in 2008.
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	March 28, 1989 (1989-03-28) (age 22)
Residence	Vancouver, British Columbia
Height	168 cm (5.51 ft)
Coach	Sonya Hlynka
Former coach	Jennifer Jiang Joanne McLeod Christine McBeth
Choreographer	Lori Nichol
Former choreographer	Joanne McLeod
Skating club	Vancouver SC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	157.36 2008 Four Continents
Short program	53.01 2008 Four Continents
Free skate	104.35 2008 Four Continents

Mira Leung
Traditional Chinese	梁美諾[1]
Simplified Chinese	梁美诺
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Liáng Měinuò Cantonese (Yue) - Yale Romanization Leùhng Méinohk

Mira Leung (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2006-2008 Canadian silver medalist.

Biography

Leung was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She began skating at age 3 with the Kitsilano Figure Skating Club and her former coach Christine Goodall. She has been home schooled since grade 7 and has passed grade 10 piano in Royal Conservatory of Music.^[2]

Leung has been coached by Joanne McLeod for several years. She was briefly coached by her mother, then former World Champion Karen Magnussen. After issues with McLeod, which was a result of her mother's involvement, their relationship dissolved, and Leung trained in Richmond at Minoru Arenas, with the Connaught Skating Club. She was coached by Christine McBeth, with input by Leung's mother. After the 2006 Skate Canada International, Leung returned to McLeod.^[3]

Leung landed her first triple salchow and triple toe loop when she was only eight years old. Skipping the novice level at Canadians, when she was thirteen, Leung jumped straight into the senior level.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short Program	Free Skating	Exhibition
2007-08	La Bayadère by Leon Minkus	Piano Concerto No. 2 & 3 by Sergei Rachmaninov
2006-07	Freedom	Terracotta Warriors (soundtrack)
2005-06	Freedom	Alexander (soundtrack) by Vangelis Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome by Richard Strauss Terracotta Warriors (soundtrack)
2004-05	Rachel's Song by Vangelis The Four Seasons by Vivaldi	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra
2003-04	Heaven and Earth by Ciu Lan / Hou Muren	Le Corsaire The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

Competitive highlights

Event	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Winter Olympics							12th
World Championships							13th	24th	14th
Four Continents Championships									5th
World Junior Championships						8th
Canadian Championships				14th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	6th	WD
Skate America							6th	8th	5th	7th
Cup of China						7th				11th
Trophée Eric Bompard									5th
Skate Canada International						7th	6th	6th
Nebelhorn Trophy						3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia					8th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia				14th
Mladost Trophy	4th N.

• WD = Withdrawn
• N = Novice level

References

1. ^ "奧運花滑國手梁美諾獲表彰 26學子獲世華商會獎學金", Sing Tao Daily, 2011-05-29, http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2342145/1.html, retrieved 2011-10-18 
2. ^ Dimanno, Rosie (2008-01-18). "Little Leung hoping for big things from new routine". The Toronto Star. pp. S1, S5. 
3. ^ Terry Bell (2006-11-09). "Leung reunites with coach". Vancouver Province. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=0851c016-040e-4ea5-9182-9831ed1c4151&k=1144. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
4. ^ "Athlete Biography - Mira Leung". CBC. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20071222232825/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/athletes/athletesnamebio.shtml?mira_leung.html. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 

External links

• Mira Leung at the International Skating Union
• Skate Canada National Team profile

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Name	Leung, Mira
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