Rena INOUE
Rena INOUE |
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Pairs |
Date of birth / Születési idõ |
17 October 1976 |
Place of birth / Születés helye |
Nishinomiya (JPN) |
Height / Magasság |
149 cm |
Home town /Lakóhely |
Santa Monica |
Profession / Foglalkozás |
Clerk |
Hobbies / Hobbi |
reading, Swimming, restaurants, pets, camping |
Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete |
1980 |
Club |
All Year FSC |
Former Partner / Régebbi partner |
Tomoaki Koyama |
John BALDWIN |
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Date of birth / Születési idõ |
18 October 1973 |
Place of birth / Születés helye |
Dallas, Texas |
Height / Magasság |
175 cm |
Home town /Lakóhely |
Santa Monica |
Profession / Foglalkozás |
full-time athlete |
Hobbies / Hobbi |
boating, tennis, cooking, biking, poker |
Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete |
1975 |
Club |
All Year FSC |
Former Partner / Régebbi partner |
Tristan Colell |
Coach / Edzõ |
Philipp Mills |
Choreographer / Koreográfus |
Philipp Mills |
Former coach / Régebbi edzõ |
Jill Watson, Peter Oppegard |
Former choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus |
Burt Lancon, Peter Tchernyshev, Peter Oppegard |
Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week) |
at Paramount CA |
Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban (h/week) |
at Paramount CA |
Music Short Program as of 2002/2003 season |
Carmen by Doc Severenson - London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Music Free Skating as of 2002/2003 season |
Brazil (soundtrack) by Michael Kamen - Nat. Ph.Orch. of London |
Music Short Program as of 2003/2004 season |
Murder at the Cotton Club |
Music Free Skating as of 2003/2004 season |
Wanders at the New World |
Music Short Program as of 2004/2005 season |
Bird of Fire - Orchestra: Salsoul |
Music Free Skating as of 2004/2005 season |
Selections from the Trans Siberian Orchestra |
Music Short Program as of 2005/2006 season |
Adagio in G minor by Tomasini Albinoni |
Music Free Skating as of 2005/2006 season |
Selection of Music by Dmitri Shostakovich |
Music Short Program as of 2006/2007 season |
The Soul of Spain |
Music Free Skating as of 2006/2007 season |
Selection by G. Puccini |
Music Short Program as of 2007/2008 season |
Beethoven's Last Night by Transsiberian Orchestra |
Music Free Skating as of 2007/2008 season |
Pompei by E. S. Posthumous |
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Olympic Games |
World Champs |
Four Continent |
National Champs |
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15 (1) |
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11 |
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7 |
4 |
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10 |
WD |
3 |
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10 |
4 |
1 |
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11 |
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2 |
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7 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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8 |
3 |
2 |
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10 |
4 |
2 |
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7 |
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(1) Rena Inoue / Tomoaki Koyama (JPN)
Personal Best Total Score |
183.17 |
22.03.2006 | World Championships 2006 |
Personal Best Score Short Program |
61.73 |
07.02.2007 | Four Continents Championships 2007 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating |
122.27 |
22.03.2006 | World Championships 2006 |
2002 |
Bofrost Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen |
5 |
2002 |
Cup of Russia Gallina Blanca, Moscow |
5 |
2003 |
Cup of China, Beijing |
5 |
2003 |
NHK Trophy, Asahikawa |
4 |
2004 |
Skate America, Pittsburgh |
3 |
2004 |
NHK Trophy, Nagoya |
4 |
2005 |
ISU Grand Prix Final, Beijing |
6 |
2005 |
Skate America, Atlantic City |
2 |
2005 |
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris |
4 |
2006 |
Skate Canada Int., Victoria |
2 |
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2006 |
Skate America, Hartford, CT |
1 |
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2006 |
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris |
2 |
2006 |
ISU Grand Prix Final, St. Petersburg |
4 |
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2008 |
Skate America, Everett |
5 |
2008 |
NHK Trophy, Tokyo |
2 |
Inoue was a two time Olympian from Japan in single and pairs. Inoue's best sinlge result Junior Worlds 1994, 5th. She received U.S. citizenship in 2005. Baldwin hails from a skating family. Both his parents were skaters, his father was a National Champion in singles and pairs. Baldwin previously had been on the U.S. national team in singles since 1986 and was 1991 National Junior Champion and 1990 World Junior Bronze medallist in singles. Inoue/Baldwin withdrew prior to the free skating at the 2003 Four Continents Championships, as Inoue suffered from the flu. Inoue / Baldwin include a side by side triple Lutz in their programs. They switched coaches after the 2005 National Championships. Coach Peter Oppegard was the 1987 World bronze medallist in pair skating with partner Jill Watson. Inoue/Baldwin are the first couple to have landed a throw triple Axel in competition (2006 National Championships) and international competition (2006 Olympic Winter Games). The couple switched coaches after the 2005 National Championships. Coach Peter Oppegard was the 1987 World bronze medallist in pair skating with partner Jill Watson. The couple switched coaches after the 2006/07 season and decided to sit out the 2007/08 Grand Prix Series to have a rest.
International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 28.10.2008
