Miki Ando

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Miki Ando

Miki Ando at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund, Germany
Personal Info
Country:	Japan
Residence:	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Height:	162 cm
Weight:	50 kg (110 lb)
Coach:	Nikolai Morozov Yuko Monna
Skating Club:	Nagoya
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	195.09	2007 Worlds
Short Program:	67.98	2007 Worlds
Free Skate:	127.11	2007 Worlds

Most Recent Results:
Event	Points	Finish	Year
2007 Worlds	195.09	1st	2007
National Championships	185.65	2nd	2006
Grand Prix Final	157.32	5th	2006
Trophee Eric Bompard	174.44	2nd	2006

Miki Ando (Japanese: 安藤美姫, Andō Miki) (born on December 18, 1987 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2004-2005 Japanese National Champion, 2004 World Junior Champion and the 2007 World Figure Skating Champion. Ando is the first and only female skater to successfully complete a quadruple jump in competition. Ando landed the first ladies' quadruple salchow at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final. In 2006, she entered Chukyo University in her hometown.

Contents 1 Career 2 Competitive highlights 3 Trivia 4 External links 5 Navigation

[edit] Career

Ando made history at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she became the first female skater to land a quadruple jump. She remains the only lady to ever perform this feat. Ando showed promise on the junior scene, twice winning the Junior Grand Prix Final and becoming the 2004 World Junior Champion.

Ando had a poor 2005-2006 season, ending with her lowest scoring performance at the 2006 Olympics. She placed 15th after twice falling in her free skate and falling on her quad attempt. Ando did not compete at the World Championships the following month. Soon afterwards, she decided to move from the United States back to Japan for training. She also decided to change coaches, from Carol Heiss Jenkins to Nikolai Morozov.

Ando made a strong return in the 2006-2007 season winning Skate America and picking up the silver medal at Trophée Eric Bompard. It was therefore surprising that she placed 5th at the Grand Prix Final in Moscow; however, it was later revealed that Ando, along with the rest of the Japanese team, competed there while suffering from the stomach flu. At the 2006 Japanese Nationals, she placed second behind Mao Asada, earning a spot to represent Japan at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships – where she won the gold medal for her Free Skate performance (on March 24). Ando scored a total of 195.09 points to win the gold.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	2000-2001	2001-2002		2002-2003		2003-2004		2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympics	-	-		-		-		-	15th	-
World Championships	-	-		-		4th		6th	-	1st
Japanese Championships	3rd J	1st J	3rd S	1st J	5th S	1st J	1st S	1st	6th	2nd
Grand Prix Final	-	-		-		-		4th	4th	5th
Skate America	-	-		-		-		3rd	-	1st
Cup of China	-	-		-		-		4th	-	-
Trophee Eric Bompard	-	-		-		-		-	-	2nd
Cup of Russia	-	-		-		-		-	2nd	-
NHK Trophy	-	-		-		-		2th	4th	-
Junior World Championships	-	3rd		2nd		1st		-	-	-
Junior Grand Prix Final	-	1st		3rd		1st		-	-	-
JGP Mexico	-	-		-		1st		-	-	-
JGP Beijing	-	-		1st		-		-	-	-
JGP Montreal	-	-		1st		-		-	-	-
JGP Czech	-	1st		-		-		-	-	-
Event/Season	2000-2001	2001-2002		2002-2003		2003-2004		2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007

[edit] Trivia

• She is nicknamed "Mikitty."
• She loves Snoopy.
• She is very close friends with singer Ayaka and both her and Ayaka's date of birth are the same. She used the English version of Ayaka's debut single I Believe at the Skate America.
• Her favorite jump is the salchow.

[edit] External links

• Miki Ando at the International Skating Union biography page

• Japan Skates - Website dedicated to the Japanese ladies figure skating team featuring news, rare photos and exclusive interviews

[edit] Navigation