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Yamato Tamura

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Yamato Tamura
Japanese name
Kanji田村 岳斗
Kanaたむら やまと
Yamato Tamura
Tamura in 2003.
Born (1979-05-28) May 28, 1979 (age 45)
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
Skating clubNihon University, Tokyo
Began skating1984
Retired2004

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.[1]

Career

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As a competitor

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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

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Tamura is a coach at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka alongside Mie Hamada. His students have included:

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2003–04
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  • Space Battleship Yamato
2002–03
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  • Canta Loop
2001–02
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2000–01
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  • The Mummy
    by Jerry Goldsmith

Results

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GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix

International[13]
Event 95–96 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
Universiade 7th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds 8th 7th
National[13]
Japan Champ. 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
Japan Junior 2nd 1st
WD: Withdrew

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yamato TAMURA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004.
  2. ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Men". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Crystal Report Viewer". 2007-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  10. ^ "Yamato TAMURA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.
  11. ^ "Yamato TAMURA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 11, 2002.
  12. ^ "Yamato TAMURA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.
  13. ^ a b c "Yamato TAMURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
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