Miyabi Oba

Miyabi Oba
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born August 8, 1995
Tokoname, Aichi
Home town Seto, Aichi
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 12 in)
Coach Yuko Monna
Choreographer Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club Chukyo University Nagoya
Training locations Toyota, Aichi
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 162.48
2014 Gardena Spring Trophy
Short program 57.51
2013 JGP Tallinn Cup
Free skate 109.11
2014 International Cup of Nice

Miyabi Oba (大庭 雅 Oba Miyabi, born August 8, 1995) is a Japanese ladies' figure skater. She has won silver medals on the senior international level at the 2014 Cup of Nice, 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy, and 2013 Triglav Trophy.

Career

Oba started skating at age 10.

Oba made her international debut at the 2010 Cup of Nice. Competing on the senior level, she finished 7th. After winning the bronze medal at the 2010–11 Japanese Junior Championships, she was assigned to the 2011 World Junior Championships where she finished 8th. The following season, she received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment.

In the 2012–13 season, Oba won her first JGP medal, silver, competing at an event in Germany and placed 4th in her other JGP assignment in Turkey. Nationally, Oba placed 6th on the junior level and 11th as a senior. She ended her season with her first senior international medal, also silver, at the 2013 Triglav Trophy.

In the 2013-14 Junior Grand Prix, Oba placed 7th in Poland and then won a bronze medal in Estonia. She ended her season with another senior international silver medal at the 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy.

In the 2014-15 season, Oba made her senior Grand Prix debut at the Rostelecom Cup, where she placing 6th with a personal best free skate and total score.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2014–2015
[1]
2013–2014
[2]
  • Les Misérables
    by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2012–2013
[3]
  • Tempest
    by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler
2011–2012
[4]
  • Tempest
    by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler
2010–2011
[5]
  • Polovtsian Dances
    (from Prince Igor)
    by Alexander Borodin

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
GP Rostelecom Cup 6th
Cup of Nice 7th 2nd
Gardena Trophy 2nd
Triglav Trophy 2nd
Universiade 7th
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds 8th
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Latvia 7th
JGP Poland 7th
JGP Turkey 4th
National[7]
Japan Champ. 8th 13th 11th 10th 12th
Japan Junior 9th 3rd 5th 6th
Western Sect. 4th J. 2nd J. 5th J. 2nd J.
J. = Junior level

References

  1. "Miyabi OBA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014.
  2. "Miyabi OBA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  3. "Miyabi OBA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013.
  4. "Miyabi OBA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012.
  5. "Miyabi OBA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 2, 2011.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Competition Results: Miyabi OBA". International Skating Union.
  7. "大庭 雅/OBA Miyabi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014.

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