| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  Japan |
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| Date of birth: | March 28 1985 | |
| Height: | 158 cm | |
| Coach: | Masoko Ogino | |
| Choreographer: | Yukako Sugita | |
| Skating Club: | Nagoya FSC | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 明子 Suzuki Akiko?, born March 28, 1985 in Toyohashi, Aichi) is a Japanese figure skater. Suzuki is the 2007 Winter University Games Champion.
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Career
She won the bronze medal at the 2001-2002 Junior Grand Prix Final and has competed at both the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the Four Continents Championships. After having a successful junior career, Suzuki took some time off from competitive skating due to anorexia problems.[1] She did not compete at all in the 2003-2004 season. She came back to competitive skating in the 2004-2005 season after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa winning the 2004 World Championships.
Competitive highlights
| Event/Season | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 |
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| Four Continents Championships | 8th | |||||||||
| World Junior Championships | 7th | |||||||||
| Japanese Championships | 4th | 4th | 9th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 5th | |||
| Japanese Junior Championships | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | |||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1st | |||||||||
| Winter Universiade | 8th | 1st | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Final | 3rd | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, China | 5th | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, USA | 1st | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 1st | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Ostrava | 3rd | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 8th | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine | 6th |
References
External links
- Akiko Suzuki at the International Skating Union biography page
- Akiko Suzuki Official Site
