Kyoko Ina
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| Ina & Zimmerman in 2001. | ||
| Personal Info | ||
| Country: |  United States |
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| Date of birth: | October 11, 1972 | |
| Height: | 152 cm | |
| Partner: | John Zimmerman | |
| Former Partner: | Jason Dungjen | |
| Former Coach: | Tamara Moskvina, Igor Moskvin, Peter Burrows | |
| Former Choreographer: | Alexander Zhulin, Artur Dmitriev | |
| Skating Club: | SC of New York | |
| Retired: | 2002 | |
Kyoko Ina (伊奈 恭子 Ina Kyoko?, born October 11, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-American figure skater. She currently trains in Hackensack, New Jersey with her partner John Zimmerman and her coaches Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin. They turned professional, joining Stars On Ice.
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[edit] Biography
Kyoko Ina was born in Japan, but raised in New York. She started skating at the age of 4, at the rink at Rockefeller Center. She skated singles and pairs for Japan in the Junior ranks. Her first American partnership was with Jason Dungjen from 1991 to 1998, under the coaching of Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman in Monsey, New York. They excelled as a pair and placed 4th in the 1998 Winter Olympics. That same year they separated, with Jason marrying Yuka Sato. She and John Zimmerman then formed a skating relationship, and they trained under Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin in Hackensack, New Jersey. They are able to capitalize on their height difference and perform various difficult lifts.
[edit] Competitive history
(with John Zimmerman)
| Event | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 5th | |||
| World Championships | 9th | 7th | 7th | 3rd |
| Four Continents Championships | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Grand Prix Final | 5th | 4th | ||
| Trophee Lalique | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd |
| Skate America | 5th | 5th | 4th | 2nd |
| Sparkassen Cup on Ice | 2nd | |||
| Cup of Russia | 3rd | 4th | ||
| Skate Canada | 2nd |
(with Jason Dungjen)
| Event | 1991-1992 | 1992-1993 | 1993-1994 | 1994-1995 | 1995-1996 | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 9th | 4th | |||||
| World Championships | 12th | 8th | 6th | 4th | |||
| U.S. Championships | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
| Trophée Lalique | 5th | 6th | |||||
| Skate America | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | |||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | 3rd | |||||
| Nations Cup | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | |||
| Skate Canada | 3rd | ||||||
| Continents Cup | 2nd | ||||||
| Karl Schafer Memorial | 1st | ||||||
| Piruetten | 3rd |
(singles for Japan)
| Event | 1986-1987 |
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| World Junior Championships | 8th |
| Japanese Junior Championships | 1st |
[edit] External links
- Kyoko Ina at the International Skating Union biography page
- Official Site
