Shizuka ARAKAWA

Olympic Games 2006

Japan

Single

Date of birth / Születési idõ

 29 December 1981

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Sendai

Height / Magasság

 166 cm

Weight / Súly

 50 kg (1998)

Home town  /Lakóhely

 Sendai

Profession / Foglalkozás

 Full Time Athlete

Hobbies / Hobbi

 gourmet

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1986

Club

 Prince Hotel

 

Coach / Edzõ

Nikolai Morozov 

Choreographer / Koreográfus

Nikolai Morozov 

Former coach / Régebbi edzõ

R. Callaghan, M. Sano, K. Sato, H. Nagakubo, Tatiana Tarasova

Former choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus

Tatiana Tarasova, Evgeni Platov 

Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week)

 at Simsbury CT, USA

Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban  (h/week)

 at Simsbury CT, USA

 

Music Short Program as of 2003/2004 season

 Swan Lake by P. I. Tchaikovski

Music Free Skating as of 2003/2004 season

 Violin Fantasy of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

Music Short Program as of 2004/2005 season

 Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini

Music Free Skating  as of 2004/2005 season

 Romeo and Juliet Overture by P. I. Tchaikovski

Music Short Program as of 2005/2006 season

 Fantasie Impromptu by F. Chopin

Music Free Skating as of 2005/2006 season

 Violin Fantasy on the opera Turandot by G. Puccini

Results / Eredmények

 

Olympic Games
 Olimpia 

World Champs
 Világbajnokság

Four Continent
 Négy Kontinens

World Junior
Junior Világbajnokság

National Champs
 Nemzeti Bajnokság

1995

 

 

 

8

 

1996

 

 

 

7

 

1997

 

 

 

8

 

1998

13

22

 

 

1

1999

 

 

6

 

1

2000

 

 

 

 

5

2001

 

 

6

 

2

2002

 

 

2

 

2

2003

 

8

2

 

3

2004

 

1

 

 

3

2005

 

9

 

 

 

2006

 1

 

 

 

3


Personal Best Total Score

191,34

23.02.2006

XX Olympic Winter Games 2006

Personal Best Score Short Program

66.02

21.02.2006

XX Olympic Winter Games 2006

Personal Best Score Free Skating

125.32

23.02.2006

XX Olympic Winter Games 2006

International Competition:

 2003

ISU Grand Prix Final, St.Petersburg

4

 2003

Skate Canada

2

 2003

Trophee Lalique, Paris

2

 2003

Skate America

3

 2003

Int. Figure Skating Challenge, Auburn Hills

2

 2003

Grand Prix Final, Colorado Springs

3

 2004

Int. World Skating Challenge, Rhode Island

2

 2004

Cup of Russia, Moscow

2

 2004

NHK Trophy, Nagoya

1

 2004

Campbells Skating Challenge

2

 2004

Grand Prix Final, Beijing

2

 2005

Cup of China, Beijing

3

 2005

Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris

3

 2005

Japan Int. Challenge, Tokyo

2

 2005

Campbell's FS Classics

3

ISU World Standings:
28 Jan. 2006: 3. - 3630 point

Arakawa is so far the only skater in Japan who has won three consecutive junior national titles. She landed her first triple jumps when she was still in elementary school. Arakawa switched coaches at the end of 2003, leaving Richard Callaghan to join Tatiana Tarasova's Group. Arakawa is the third Lady from Japan to become World Champion after Midori Ito won in 1989 and Yuka Sato in 1994. Arakawa's skating boot broke just prior to the 2004 NHK Trophy and she had to go back to an old pair of boots. Arakawa switched coaches in November 2005.  
International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 19.02.2006

Pictures / Képek