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Japanese figure skater and coach
Yamato Tamura
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Tamura in 2003.
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Born
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1979-05-28
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May 28, 1979
(age 45)
Hachinohe, Aomori
, Japan
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Height
| 1.74 m (5 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in)
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Country
| Japan
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Skating club
| Nihon University, Tokyo
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Began skating
| 1984
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Retired
| 2004
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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.
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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:
- Mariko Kihara
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- Satoko Miyahara
,
[3]
2015 World
silver medalist and 4-time Japanese National champion (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Yuna Shiraiwa
,
[4]
two time Japanese Junior silver medallist (2016, 2017)
- Rika Kihira
,
[5]
2017-18 Japanese Junior national champion
as well as Senior national bronze and silver medallist. She was the first lady to land a 3A+3T combination in international competition (at the
2017?18 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
).
- Young You
,
2020 Four Continents
silver medalist, 4-time South Korean National champion (2015, 18-20) and
2019 Skate Canada
Bronze medalist
- Taichi Honda
[6]
- Marin Honda
,
[7]
2016 Junior World Champion
,
2017 Junior World
silver medallist
- Kana Muramoto
[8]
(as a singles skater)
- Satsuki Muramoto
[9]
Programs
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Results
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GP:
Champions Series/Grand Prix
References
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