Miki Ando [1]? Name: Miki Ando

English name: Miki Ando

Occupation: Women's figure skater

Nationality: Japan

Birthday: December 18, 1987

Birthplace: Aichi, Japan

Height: 162cm

Weight: 50 kilograms

Hobbies: Dance, Food

Likes: Stuff, Food and Drink

How do you know about her? p>Hobbies: Dance Food

Likes: Snoopy

Favorite food: Yakiniku

Current coach: Nikolai Morozov

Former coaches: Y. Monna, C. Heiss Jenkins, Nobuo Sato, Kumiko Sato

Introduction: Maggie Ando began figure skating at the age of nine. Two years later, she was able to perform a three-week jump, and in December 2002, at the Ladies' Junior Grand Prix Final in Hamar Norway, a 15-year-old Maggie Ando successfully performed the Salchow jump (quadruple Salchow jump, 4S) in her free skate, which is worth 10.3 points according to the current isu rules. According to the current isu rules, the base score for this maneuver is 10.3). The quadruple salchow jump is a difficult maneuver that only a handful of men have been able to perform, and at less than 15 years of age, Miki Ando became the first woman in history to successfully perform this maneuver at an isu international event. Japan's Shizuka Arakawa also performed the maneuver in pre-training for the Torino '06 Winter Olympics but did not use it in official competition.

Major Achievements:

2003 Japan National Championships Junior Champion

2003 World Junior Championships Runner-up

2004 World Figure Skating Junior Champion

2004 Japan National Championships Champion

2004 World Figure Skating Championships 4th place

6th place in 2005 World Figure Skating Championships

Champion of 2005 Japan National Championships

6th place in 05/06 World Grand Prix of Figure Skating

6th place in 2006 Japan National Championships

Champion of 06/07 World Grand Prix of Figure Skating in USA and runner-up in France

2007 World Figure Skating Championships

2007 Japan National Championships 2nd place

2008 Four Continents Championships 3rd place

2008 Japan National Championships 2nd place

2008 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 3rd place in USA, 2nd place in China, 6th place in Finals

2009 2009 Japan National Championships 3rd place

2009 World Figure Skating Championships 3rd place

2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Russia, Japan, Runner-up in the Finals

2010 Japan National Championships 4th place

2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, Canada 5th place

02/ 03 ?03/04 ?04/05 05/06? 06/07 07/08 08/09? 09/10?

Winter Olympics ?15. 5.

World Championships 4. .6. 1. 3. ?

European Championships

Four Continents 3.

World Youth Championships ?2. ?1.

Nationals ?1.J ?1.S ?1.S ?6.S ?2.S ?2.S ?2.S ?3.S ?4.S

J: Junior S: Senior

LADIES

Date of birth: 18.12.1987 Miki ANDO

JPN

Place of birth: Nagoya

Height: 162 cm

Home town: Nagoya City

Profession: student

Hobbies. dancing, cooking

Start sk. / Club: 1995 / Toyota SC

Coach: Nikolai Morozov

Choreographer: Nikolai Morozov

Former Coach. Y. Monna, C. Heiss Jenkins, Nobuo Sato, Kumiko Sato

Practice low season: 28 h / week at Hackensack/USA

Practice high season: 28 h / week at Hackensack/USA

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2009/2010

Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2009/2010

Rome (soundtrack)

Marco Polo (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone

Mission Cleopatra from Asterix and Obelix (soundtrack) by Philippe Chany

Personal Best Total Score 195.09 24.03.2007 World Championships 2007

Personal Best Score Short Program 67.98 23.03.2007 World Championships 2007

Personal Best Score Free Skating 127.11 24.03.2007 World Championships 2007

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

Olympic Games

World Championships.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

2.

1.

6.

1.S

15.

6.S

1.

2.S

3. J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition Season Place

NHK Trophy 2007 Sendai 2007/2008 4.

Skate America 2008 Everett 2008

Cup of China 2008 Beijing 2008/2009 2.

SBS ISU Grand Prix Final 2008/2009 Goyang City 2008/2009 6.

International Competition Season Place

NHK Trophy 2007 Sendai 2007/2008 4.

Skate America 2008 Everett 2008/2009 3. Competition Season Place

ISU World Team Trophy Tokyo 2008/2009 5.

ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2009 Moscow 2009/2010 1.

ISU GP NHK Trophy 2009 Nagano 2009/2010 1.

ISU GP Final 2009/2010 Tokyo 2009/2010 2.

Ando started to skate at age nine. Two years later, she landed her first Ando is the first and so far only lady skater to perform a quadruple jump (Salchow) in competition (ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, The Hague, Dec. 2002). Hague, Dec. 2002). Before she focused on skating, Ando tried many other activities such as swimming, ballet, playing the piano, calligraphy. Ando's idol in skating is 1994 World Champion Yuka Sato. Ando's idol in skating is 1994 World Champion Yuka Sato. She also felt inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's performance at the 1998 Olympic Games.