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Date of birth: 23.03.1981 Takeshi HONDA
JPN
Place of birth: Koriyama, Fukushima
Height: 168 cm
Home town: Barrie (CAN)
Profession: Full Time Athlete
Hobbies: books, billard
Start sk. / Club: 1990
Coach: Douglas Leigh, Michelle Leigh
Choreographer: Nikolai Morozov
Former Coach: Galina Zmievskaya, Hiroshi Nagakubo
Practice low season: 16 h / week at Barrie, Mariposa School of Skating, CAN
Practice high season: 16 h / week at Barrie, Mariposa School of Skating, CAN
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2005/2006
Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2005/2006
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
Personal Best Total Score207.7801.11.2003 MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2003
Personal Best Score Short Program77.5430.10.2003 MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2003
Personal Best Score Free Skating136.6224.10.2003 Smart Ones Skate America 2003
 
05/06
 
06/07
 
07/08
 
08/09
 
09/10
 
10/11
 
11/12
 
12/13
Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
 
 
 
 
5.S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
Smart Ones Skate America 2003 Reading 2003 2.
MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2003 Mississauga 2003 3.
Campbells Skating Challenge 2004 2004 6.
MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2004 Halifax 2004 7.
International CompetitionYearPlace
NHK Trophy 2004 Nagoya 2004 7.
Japan Int. Challenge 2005 Tokyo 2005 6.
MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2005 St John's, NF 2005 4.
NHK Trophy 2005 Osaka 2005 9.
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.
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