Miki Ando

Miki Ando

Ando in 2006.
Personal Info
Country:	Japan
Date of birth:	December 18 1987 (1987-12-18) (age 20)
Residence:	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Height:	162 cm
Coach:	Nikolai Morozov, Yuko Monna
Former Coach:	Carol Heiss Jenkins, Nobuo Sato, Kumiko Sato
Choreographer:	Nikolai Morozov
Skating Club:	Nagoya
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	195.09	2007 Worlds
Short Program:	67.98	2007 Worlds
Free Skate:	127.11	2007 Worlds

Miki Ando (Japanese: 安藤美姫, Andō Miki) (born on December 18, 1987) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 World Figure Skating Champion, the 2004-2005 Japanese National Champion and the 2004 World Junior Champion. Ando is the first and only female skater to successfully complete a quadruple jump in competition. Ando landed the first ladies' quadruple Salchow at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final. In 2006, she entered Chukyo University in her hometown.

Career

Ando was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1987. She began skaking in 1996 at the age of nine. Ando made history at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she became the first female skater to land a quadruple jump. She remains the only lady to ever perform this feat. Ando showed promise on the junior scene, twice winning the Junior Grand Prix Final and becoming the 2004 World Junior Champion. Ando had a poor 2005-2006 season, ending with her lowest scoring performance at the 2006 Olympics. She placed 15th after twice falling in her free skate and falling on her quad attempt. Ando did not compete at the World Championships the following month. Soon afterwards, she decided to move from the United States back to Japan for training. She also decided to change coaches, from Carol Heiss Jenkins to Nikolai Morozov. Ando used "Madame Butterfly" for the rest of the season for her free skate. Ando fell twice in the NHK Torphy and three times at the Grand Prix Finals. As the two-time defending champion at the 2005 Japan Nationals, Ando placed sixth. Ando made a strong return in the 2006-2007 season winning Skate America and picking up the silver medal at Trophée Eric Bompard. It was therefore surprising that she placed 5th at the Grand Prix Final in Moscow; however, it was later revealed that Ando, along with the rest of the Japanese team, competed there while suffering from the stomach flu. At the 2006 Japanese Nationals, she placed second behind Mao Asada, earning one of three spots to represent Japan at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships. Placing second in both the short program and the free skate, Ando scored a total of 195.09 points to win the World Championship by less than one point over her countrywoman, Mao Asada. She set new personal bests in both the short program and free skate and a new personal best total. For these efforts, she was named as one of Vogue Japan's Women of the Year in 2007.

Programs

Competitive highlights

External links

• Miki Ando at the International Skating Union biography page
• Miki-Ando.jp(Japanese)
• Japan Skates

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