Yamato Tamura | |
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Japanese name | |
Kanji | 田村 岳斗 |
Kana | たむら やまと |
Yamato Tamura | |
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Born | Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | May 28, 1979
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Japan |
Skating club | Nihon University, Tokyo |
Began skating | 1984 |
Retired | 2004 |
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]
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.
Tamura is a coach at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka alongside Mie Hamada. His students have included:
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2003–04 [1] |
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2002–03 [10] |
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2001–02 [11] |
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2000–01 [12] |
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GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix
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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 |