Yuna Shiraiwa

Yuna Shiraiwa
Personal information
Native name 白岩 優奈
Country represented  Japan
Born (2001-11-26) November 26, 2001
Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Coach Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Haruko Okamoto
Choreographer Tom Dickson, Cathy Reed
Skating club Kyoto Daigo FSC
Training locations Takatsuki, Osaka
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 186.80
2015 JGP Spain
Short program 62.51
2015 JGP Spain
Free skate 124.29
2015 JGP Spain

Yuna Shiraiwa (白岩 優奈 Shiraiwa Yūna, born November 26, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She has won gold medals at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events.

Career

Early years

Shiraiwa began skating in 2006.[1] She competed at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships but did not qualify for the free skate, having ranked 27th in the short program.

2015–16 season

Shiraiwa debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit during the 2015–16 season. At her first JGP assignment, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal by a margin of 8.06 points ahead of silver medalist Marin Honda. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, she outscored Russia's Alisa Fedichkina by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona.

In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi.

A month later, at the JGP Final, Shiraiwa finished 5th.

Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, Shiraiwa placed 5th, and was named as a member of the Youth Olympic and the Junior World teams.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[1]		 A Little Night Music:
2014–2015

    Competitive highlights

    JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    International: Junior, Novice[2]
    Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
    Youth Olympics TBD
    Junior Worlds TBD
    JGP Final 5th
    JGP Spain 1st
    JGP United States 1st
    Bavarian Open 2nd N.
    National[3][4]
    Japan Champ. 5th
    Japan Junior 27th 2nd
    Japan Novice 3rd 5th 4th
    N. = Novice level

    Detailed results

    2015–16 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    12-21 February 2016 2016 Youth Olympic Games Junior 1
    60.87
    24–27 December 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 6
    61.92    		 5
    124.41    		 5
    186.33
    10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 5
    60.68    		 5
    113.14    		 5
    173.82
    21–23 November 2015 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships Junior 2
    62.77    		 2
    121.39    		 2
    184.16
    30 September–4 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 3
    62.51    		 1
    124.29    		 1
    186.80
    2–5 September 2015 2015 JGP United States Junior 5
    56.26    		 1
    108.24    		 1
    164.50
    2014–15 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    11–15 February 2015 2014 Bavarian Open Novice 2
    39.03    		 2
    70.43    		 2
    109.46
    22–24 November 2014 2014-15 Japanese Junior Championships Junior 27
    40.07    		 - -

    References

    1. 1 2 "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
    2. ↑ "Competition Results: Yuna SHIRAIWA". International Skating Union.
    3. ↑ "白岩 優奈 / SHIRAIWA Yuna". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
    4. ↑ "Yuna Shiraiwa". Stats on Ice. Stats on Ice. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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