Nana Takeda

Nana Takeda (武田 奈也, Takeda Nana, born 21 December 1988)[1] is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the 2007 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2009 Winter Universiade silver medalist. She won five medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as fourth at the World Junior Championships.

Nana Takeda
Takeda in 2007.
Born (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988 (age 35)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
CoachKoji Okajima
Hanae Yokoya
Skating clubMeiji Jingu Gaien Tokyo
Began skating1993
Retired2011

Takeda is one of the seven women who defeated World and Olympic champion Yuna Kim throughout her career.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2008–2009
[2]
2007–2008
[3][4]
2006–2007
[5]
2005–2006
[6]
  • Otonal
    by Raúl di Blasio
2004–2005
[7]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event98–9999–0000–0101–0202–0303–0404–0505–0606–0707–0808–0909–1010–11
GP NHK Trophy3rd
GP Skate Canada6th9th
Finlandia13th
Universiade2nd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds4th9th
JGP Final8th5th
JGP Bulgaria6th
JGP China1st
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Estonia4th
JGP Romania2nd1st
JGP Slovakia17th
JGP Taiwan2nd
Mladost Trophy1st J.
National[1][8]
Japan Champ.10th9th7th6th6th9thWD
Japan Junior13th9th8th5th7th2nd1st
Japan Novice6th B1st B3rd A2nd A
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

Media related to Nana Takeda at Wikimedia Commons