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Miki Ando 
Ando at the 2009 World Championships.Personal information Full name Miki Ando Country represented 
JapanBorn December 18, 1987
Nagoya, Aichi PrefectureHeight 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Coach Nikolai Morozov
Yuko MonnaFormer coach Carol Heiss Jenkins
Nobuo Sato
Kumiko Sato
Sachiko KozukaChoreographer Nikolai Morozov
Patricia WilcoxFormer choreographer Lea Ann Miller
David Wilson
Kenji MiyamotoSkating club Chukyo University, Toyota Motor Began skating 1995 World standing 2 (As of 12 November 2011[update])[1] Season's bests 1 (2010–2011)[2]
5 (2009–2010)[3]
4 (2008–2009)[4]ISU personal best scores Combined total 201.34
2011 4CCShort program 67.98
2007 WorldsFree skate 134.76
2011 4CCMedal recordLadies' Figure Skating Competitor for JapanWorld Championships Gold 2007 Tokyo Ladies' singles Gold 2011 Moscow Ladies' singles Bronze 2009 Los Angeles Ladies' singles Four Continents Championships Gold 2011 Taipei Ladies' singles Bronze 2008 Goyang Ladies' singles Grand Prix Final Silver 2009–10 Tokyo Ladies' singles World Junior Championships Gold 2004 The Hague Ladies' singles Silver 2003 Ostrava Ladies' singles Bronze 2002 Hamar Ladies' singles Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2001–2002 Bled Ladies' singles Gold 2003–2004 Malmö Ladies' singles Bronze 2002–2003 The Hague Ladies' singles Japanese name Kanji 安藤 美姫 Kana あんどう みき Miki Ando (安藤 美姫 Andō Miki, born December 18, 1987) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World Champion, 2011 Four Continents Champion, 2004 World Junior Champion, and a three-time (2004, 2005 & 2010) Japanese National Champion.
Ando is the first and only female skater to complete a quadruple jump successfully in competition. She accomplished this at the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final in The Hague.
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Personal life
Ando was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1987. Her father died when she was eight years old.[5] In 2006, she joined Toyota and also entered Chukyo University as an adult learner, from which she graduated in March 2011.[6][7] Ando learned English during her time training in the U.S.[5]
Career
Early career
She began skating in 1996 at the age of eight.[8] She soon turned to Yuko Monna whose students at that time included Mao Asada and Mai Asada. Beginning in the 2000–2001 season, she was coached by Nobuo Satō, and her program already featured a triple lutz-triple loop.
In the 2001–2002 season she won the Japan Junior Championships, as well as the Junior Grand Prix Final. She also earned bronze medals at the Japanese Championships (senior) and at the Junior Worlds.
Ando made history the next season at the 2002-2003 Junior Grand Prix Final, when she landed a quadruple salchow and became the first female skater to land a quadruple jump of any kind in a competition. She remains the only lady ever to perform this feat. That season, she defended her national Junior crown, and took silver at the World Junior Championships.
Ando was prominent in 2003–2004, winning all her junior games including the Junior Grand Prix Final, her third consecutive national junior title, and the Junior Worlds. She also won the Japan Championships (senior) and placed 4th at her first senior World Championships.
2004–2005 season
The 2004–2005 season was her first full season as a senior skater. She won two medals in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where she placed fourth. She won her second national senior title and placed sixth at 2005 Worlds.
2005–2006 season
Ando relocated to the United States to train with Carol Heiss Jenkins in preparation for the 2005–2006 season which included the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. The season began well, when she won the silver medal at the 2005 Cup of Russia, but finished 4th at the 2005 NHK Trophy, and narrowly qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where she placed 4th. At Japanese Nationals, she placed 6th.
Ando was named to the Japanese Olympic team in accordance with the criteria that were to include two seasons into consideration. At the Olympics, she placed 15th, after falling three times in her free skate, once on her quad attempt. She was not placed on the team to the World Championships the following month.
2006–2007 season
Ando with coach Nikolai Morozov.
Ando changed coaches again for the 2006–2007 season. Training with her new coach, Nikolai Morozov, Ando made a strong showing in the 2006–2007 season, winning the 2006 Skate America and taking silver at the 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard. She qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where she placed 5th. It was later revealed that Ando, along with the rest of the Japanese team, competed in Saint Petersburg while suffering stomach flu.
At the Japanese Nationals, Ando dislocated her shoulder while performing a spin in her free skate, but skated on to place second overall behind Mao Asada.
At the 2007 Worlds, Ando placed second in both the short program and the free skate, and scored a total of 195.09 points to win the World Championship by less than one point over Asada. Ando set new personal bests in both the short program and the free skate, and a new personal best total score. She was named one of Vogue Japan's "Women of the Year for 2007,"[9] and received six other awards including the "most valuable mention" from the Japanese Olympic Committee.[10][11]
2007–2008 season
Ando's 2007–2008 season began with a silver medal at the 2007 Skate America, but went down to 4th place finish at the 2007 NHK Trophy, where she fell three times in her free skate. She did not qualify for the Grand Prix Final.
At the Japan Championships, she won the free skate to place 2nd overall, again behind Asada.
In the following February, Ando competed for the first time at Four Continents, where she attempted a quadruple Salchow, but popped it to a double. She won the bronze medal. At Worlds, Ando was 8th after the short program, and was forced to withdraw during her free skate due to a leg muscle strain she had been suffering since that morning.
Ando at the 2009 World Championships.2008–2009 season
In the 2008–2009 Grand Prix season, Ando placed third after Kim Yu-Na and Yukari Nakano at Skate America and placed 2nd, behind Kim, again, at the Cup of China. At the Grand Prix Final, Ando stayed on her foot after an attempted quadruple salchow in her free skate program, the first time in competition since 2004, though the rotations were not considered enough and the jump was downgraded. Despite her last place finish, Ando stated that she was very happy with her performance, and that she would continue to work on her quad salchow.[12]
At the Japan Championships, she was in 3rd place after the short program. During the free skate warm-up, she collided with Fumie Suguri, and injured her knee. She placed 3rd place, and earned one of three spots to represent Japan at the 2009 World Championships. Before the event, the Japanese skating federation wanted her to leave Morozov.[5] There, she won the bronze medal with a total of 190.38 after placing fourth in the short program and second in the free program.
Ando represented Japan in a team competition, 2009 ISU World Team Trophy, in Tokyo, Japan, where she placed 3rd at the short program, 6th at the free skate and 5th overall. Team Japan was placed 3rd, winning the bronze medal.
2009–2010 season
Japan Skating Federation set, as one of its criteria for choosing the skaters to send to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the highest Japanese medal finisher in the Grand Prix Final. With this in mind, Ando competed at Rostelecom Cup, where she placed 3rd in the short program and won the free skate to win the competition overall. At the NHK Trophy, she placed 2nd in both the short program and the free skate, which placed her 1st overall. The two wins qualified Ando for the 2009–2010 Grand Prix Final, which was held in Tokyo.
At this GP Final, she scored 66.20 points in the short program and was placed in 1st at that segment of the competition, 0.56 points ahead of second place finisher Yu-Na Kim. In the free skate, she placed in 2nd scoring 119.74 points, and winning the silver medal overall behind Kim but ahead of the bronze medalist Akiko Suzuki, which made Ando earn a place to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
At the Japanese Championships, Ando placed 4th overall. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, the short program took place on February 23, where Ando executed a triple lutz-triple loop combination, however the triple loop was downgraded. She earned levels 3 and 4 on spins. She scored 64.76, ending in fourth in this segment. [13] In the free skate on 25th, Ando placed sixth with 124.10 points and settled for fifth overall with 188.86 points.[14] Although she originally intended to miss the 2010-11 season, she changed her mind following the Olympics.[5]
Ando competed at the 2010 World Championships. She placed eleventh in the short program with 55.78 points due to a fall in her opening triple lutz, but came back third in the free skate with 122.04. She earned 177.82 points to finish fourth overall.
2010–2011 season
Ando at the 2011 Four Continents.Ando was assigned to Cup of China and the Rostelecom Cup for the 2010–2011 ISU Grand Prix season. In August, shortly before the beginning of the season, she changed her training base while abroad from Hackensack NJ, USA, to Daugavpils, Latvia.[15] She was originally said to have intended to move to Russia, but this plan had to be changed due to the smog and heat wave in Moscow.[15]
At Cup of China, Ando attempted a triple Lutz-triple Loop combination in the short program, but the loop was deemed underrotated by the Technical Panel and she placed in 3rd in this segment. She won the free skate segment with a clean performance and won the event overall, ahead of silver medalist Akiko Suzuki and bronze medalist Alena Leonova.
Ando competed with a back injury at Rostelecom Cup after a collision with Abzal Rakimgaliev, from Kazakhstan, earlier in the week in practice.[16] Despite the injury, she skated two clean programs, and though the underrotated triple Flip in the short program left her in 5th place going in to the free skate, she was able to win that segment with 120.47 points, winning the gold medal ahead of silver medalist Akiko Suzuki and bronze medalist Ashley Wagner.
With two gold medals in the Grand Prix circuit, Ando qualified for the Grand Prix Final in Beijing, where she performed her renewed short program that was completed only a week prior. Mistakes on two jumps left her to 5th place following the short program, but she performed a near flawless free skate which earned her 122.70 points for 1st place in that segment of the competition. However, this was not enough to make up the gap from the short program, and she stayed 5th with 173.15 points.
On December 26, Ando won her third Japanese National title over silver medalist Mao Asada and bronze medalist Kanako Murakami, and these three were nominated into the Japanese team for the World Championships, which at the time were scheduled to be held in Tokyo in March 2011. At the Four Continents Championships in February, Ando placed first in both the short program and free skating segments to win the competition overall. Her total score of 201.34 was a season's and personal best.
Ando won the gold medal at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia, beating silver medalist Yu-Na Kim by 1.29 points and bronze medalist Carolina Kostner by 11.11 points.[17]
In June, it was reported that Ando would sit out the 2011-2012 Grand Prix series.[18]
Programs
Competitive highlights
Post-2004
Event 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 Winter Olympic Games 15th 5th World Championships 6th 1st WD 3rd 4th 1st Four Continents Championships 3rd 1st Japanese Championships 1st 6th 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 1st Grand Prix Final 4th 4th 5th 6th 2nd 5th Cup of Russia 2nd 1st 1st Cup of China 4th 2nd 1st NHK Trophy 2nd 4th 4th 1st Skate America 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Trophée Eric Bompard 2nd World Team Trophy 5th** Japan Open 2nd*** Japan International Challenge 3rd* Campbells Skating Challenge 4th - *Ando placed 3rd in the ladies event (free skate only); Team Japan placed 1st overall.
- **Ando placed 5th in the ladies event; Team Japan placed 3rd overall.
- ***Ando placed 2nd in the ladies event (free skate only); Team Japan placed 1st overall.
- WD = Withdrawn
Pre-2004
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 World Championships 4th World Junior Championships 3rd 2nd 1st Japanese Championships 3rd 5th 1st Japanese Junior Championships 7th 3rd 1st 1st 1st Japanese Novice Championships 1st 1st International World Skating Challenge 4th Junior Grand Prix Final 1st 3rd 1st Junior Grand Prix, Mexico 1st Junior Grand Prix, Japan 1st Junior Grand Prix, China 1st Junior Grand Prix, Canada 1st Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 1st Junior Grand Prix, Sweden 1st Mladost Trophy 1st Detailed results
Post–2004
2010–2011 season Date Event SP FS Total April 25– May 1, 2011 2011 World Figure Skating Championships 2
65.581
130.211
195.79February 15–20, 2011 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 1
66.581
134.761
201.34December 24–26, 2010 2010–2011 Japan Figure Skating Championships 2
64.761
137.581
202.34December 8–12, 2010 2010–2011 Grand Frix Final 5
50.451
122.705
173.15November 19 – 21, 2010 2010 Rostelecom Cup 5
54.001
120.471
174.47November 5–7, 2010 2010 Cup of China 3
56.111
116.101
172.21October 2, 2010 2010 Japan Open – 2
115.02– 
Ando at the 2009 NHK Trophy.2009–2010 season Date Event SP FS Total March 22 – 28, 2010 2010 World Figure Skating Championships 11
55.783
122.044
177.82February 14–27, 2010 2010 Winter Olympic Games 4
64.766
124.105
188.86December 25–27, 2009 2009–2010 Japan Figure Skating Championships 3
68.684
116.764
185.44December 2–6, 2009 2009–2010 Grand Frix Final 1
66.202
119.742
185.94November 2–5, 2009 2009 NHK Trophy 2
56.222
106.331
162.55October 22–25, 2009 2009 Rostelecom Cup 3
57.181
114.751
171.932008–2009 season Date Event SP FS Total April 15–19, 2009 2009 ISU World Team Trophy 3
62.086
105.445
167.52March 23–29, 2009 2009 World Figure Skating Championships 4
64.122
126.263
190.38December 25–27, 2008 2008–2009 Japan Figure Skating Championships 3
65.024
109.073
174.09December 10–14, 2008 2008-2009 Grand Prix Final 5
55.445
102.816
158.25November 5–9, 2008 2008 Cup of China 2
59.302
111.582
170.88October 23–26, 2008 2008 Skate America 2
57.803
110.623
168.422007–2008 season Date Event SP FS Total March 17–23, 2008 2008 World Figure Skating Championships 8
59.21WD – February 11–17, 2008 2008 Four Continents Championships 2
60.073
117.593
177.66December 26–28, 2007 2007–2008 Japan Figure Skating Championships 2
68.681
135.502
204.18November 29 – December 2, 2007 2007 NHK Trophy 2
60.527
85.294
145.81October 25–28, 2007 2007 Skate America 2
56.581
105.312
161.892006–2007 season Date Event SP FS Total March 19–25, 2007 2007 World Figure Skating Championships 2
67.982
127.111
195.09December 27–29, 2006 2006–2007 Japan Figure Skating Championships 2
69.503
116.152
185.65December 14–17, 2006 2006-2007 Grand Prix Final 2
67.526
89.805
157.32November 17–19, 2006 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 2
65.022
109.422
174.44October 26–29, 2006 2006 Skate America 2
66.741
125.851
192.592005–2006 season Date Event SP FS Total February 10–26, 2006 2006 Winter Olympics 8
56.0016
84.2015
140.20December 23–25, 2005 2005–2006 Japan Figure Skating Championships 6
60.246
113.126
173.36December 16–18, 2005 2005-2006 Grand Prix Final 3
56.704
100.604
157.30December 1–3, 2005 2005 NHK Trophy 4
54.564
99.784
154.34November 24–27, 2005 2005 Cup of Russia 2
60.762
111.542
172.30October 1, 2005 2005 Japan International Challenge – 3
97.19– 2004–2005 season Date Event QR SP FS Total March 14–20, 2005 2005 World Figure Skating Championships 2
27.667
59.307
106.186
193.14December 24–26, 2004 2004–2005 Japan Figure Skating Championships – 3
63.231
109.241
172.47December 16–19, 2004 2004-2005 Grand Prix Final – 5
51.063
100.044
151.10November 11–14, 2004 2004 Cup of China – 4
49.764
100.564
150.32November 4–7, 2004 2004 NHK Trophy – 3
50.901
119.462
170.36October 21–24, 2004 2004 Skate America – 1
53.646
89.003
142.64- SP: Short Program; FS: Free Skating; WD: Withdrew
- Personal bests highlighted in bold
Pre–2004
2003–2004 season Date Event Level QR SP FS Total March 22–28, 2004 2004 World Figure Skating Championships Senior 2 3 4 4 March 1–6, 2004 2004 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 1 1 1 1 December 25–26, 2003 2003–2004 Japan Figure Skating Championships Senior – 2 1 1 December 12–14, 2003 2003–2004 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior – 2 1 1 November 22–23, 2003 2003–2004 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior – 1 1 1 October 16–19, 2003 2003–2004 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Mexico Junior – 1 1 1 September 25–26, 2003 2003–2004 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Japan Junior – 1 1 1 2002–2003 season Date Event Level QR SP FS Total February 24 – March 2,
20032003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 3 3 2 2 December 20–22, 2002 2002–2003 Japan Figure Skating Championships Senior – 2 6 5 December 12–15, 2002 2002–2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior – 5 2 3 November 23–24, 2002 2002–2003 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior – 1 1 1 October 17–20, 2002 2002–2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix, China Junior – 2 1 1 September 26–29, 2002 2002–2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Canada Junior – 3 1 1 2001–2002 season Date Event Level QR SP FS Total March 4–10, 2002 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 1 4 3 3 December 21–23, 2001 2001–2002 Japan Figure Skating Championships Senior – 3 3 3 December 13–16, 2001 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior – 2 1 1 November 23–24, 2001 2001–2002 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior – 1 1 1 November 1–4, 2001 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Sweden Junior – 1 1 1 September 27–30, 2001 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic Junior – 3 1 1 - QR: Qualification Round; SP: Short Program; FS: Free Skating
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External links
- miki-ando.com (Japanese)
- Miki Ando at the International Skating Union
Japan Champions in Figure Skating -- Ladies’ singles 1934: Etsuko Inada · 1935: Tamako Togo · 1936-1940: Etsuko Inada · 1946: Yoshiko Tsukioka · 1947: Yoshiko Niwa · 1950: Etsuko Inada · 1952: Yoshiko Tsukioka · 1953-1954: Tsuyako Yamashita · 1955-1958: Junko Ueno · 1959: Miwa Fukuhara · 1960: Junko Ueno · 1961-1965: Miwa Fukuhara · 1966-1967: Kumiko Okawa · 1968-1971: Kazumi Yamashita · 1972-1979: Emi Watanabe · 1980: Reiko Kobayashi · 1981: Mariko Yoshida · 1982: Juri Ozawa · 1983: Masako Kato · 1984-1991: Midori Ito · 1992-1993: Yuka Sato · 1994: Hanae Yokoya · 1995: Midori Ito · 1996: Fumie Suguri · 1997-1998: Shizuka Arakawa · 1999: Chisato Shiina · 2000-2002: Fumie Suguri · 2003-2004: Miki Ando · 2005: Fumie Suguri · 2006-2009: Mao Asada · 2010: Miki Ando
World Junior champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1976: Suzie Brasher · 1977: Carolyn Skoczen · 1978: Jill Sawyer · 1979: Elaine Zayak · 1980: Rosalynn Sumners · 1981: Tiffany Chin · 1982: Janina Wirth · 1983: Simone Koch · 1984: Karin Hendschke · 1985: Tatiana Andreeva · 1986: Natalia Gorbenko · 1987: Cindy Bortz · 1988: Kristi Yamaguchi · 1989: Jessica Mills · 1990: Yuka Sato · 1991: Surya Bonaly · 1992: Laetitia Hubert · 1993: Kumiko Koiwai · 1994: Michelle Kwan · 1995: Irina Slutskaya · 1996: Elena Ivanova · 1997: Sydne Vogel · 1998: Julia Soldatova · 1999: Daria Timoshenko · 2000: Jennifer Kirk · 2001: Kristina Oblasova · 2002: Ann Patrice McDonough · 2003: Yukina Ota · 2004: Miki Ando · 2005: Mao Asada · 2006: Kim Yu-Na · 2007: Caroline Zhang · 2008: Rachael Flatt · 2009: Alena Leonova · 2010: Kanako Murakami · 2011: Adelina Sotnikova
Junior Grand Prix Final champions in figure skating – Ladies' Singles 1997: Julia Soldatova • 1998: Viktoria Volchkova • 1999: Deanna Stellato • 2000: Ann Patrice McDonough • 2001: Miki Ando • 2002: Yukina Ota • 2003: Miki Ando • 2004: Mao Asada • 2005: Kim Yu-Na • 2006: Caroline Zhang • 2007: Mirai Nagasu • 2008: Becky Bereswill • 2009: Kanako Murakami • 2010: Adelina Sotnikova
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