MEN
Date of birth:
23.03.1981
Takeshi HONDA
JPN
Koriyama, Fukushima
Place of birth:
Height:
168
cm
Barrie (CAN)
Home town:
Full Time Athlete
Profession:
Hobbies:
books, billard
1990
Start sk. / Club:
/
16
at Barrie, Mariposa School of Skating, CAN
h / week
Practice high season:
16
at Barrie, Mariposa School of Skating, CAN
h / week
Practice low season:
Galina Zmievskaya, Hiroshi Nagakubo
Former coach:
Nikolai Morozov
Choreographer:
Douglas Leigh, Michelle Leigh
Coach:
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of 2005/2006 season
Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of 2005/2006 season
207.78
MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2003
01.11.2003
77.54
136.62
MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2003
Smart Ones Skate America 2003
30.10.2003
24.10.2003
Personal Best Score Free Skating
Personal Best Score Short Program
Personal Best Total Score
5.S
1.S
1.S
3.
3.
4.
1.S
5.
1.S
10.
6.
National Champ.
World Juniors
European Champ.
World Champ.
Olympic Games
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
| Honda began short track speed skating at the age of nine with his brother, but soon switched to figure skating. For |
| someone who started skating quite late, he caught up very quickly and was, at 14, the youngest Senior National |
| Champion in Japan ever. Honda became the first Four Continents Champion in history when he won the inaugural |
| event in 1999. Honda left Japan to train with Galina Zmievskaya in the USA and then moved to Canada to work with |
| Doug Leigh. Honda is the first male skater from Japan to medal at World Championships since Minoru Sano took |
| the bronze in 1977. Honda withdrew from the 2005 World Championships after injuring his ankle in a fall during the |
| Qualifying Free Skating. |
Campbell's Intern. FS Classic, New York City
MasterCard Skate Canada Int., Halifax
NHK Trophy, Nagoya
Campbells Skating Challenge,
2003
2004
2004
2004
4.
7.
7.
6.
Campbell's FS Classics,
MasterCard Skate Canada Int., St John's, NF
NHK Trophy, Osaka
Japan Int. Challenge, Tokyo
2005
2005
2005
2005
1.
4.
9.
6.
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International Competition
Year
Place
International Competition
Year
Place
Four Continents
1.
2.
2.
5.
1.
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last update:
25.06.2006
17:25:52