Biography

LADIES

Date of birth:

18.12.1987

Miki ANDO
JPN

Place of birth:

Nagoya

Height:

162 cm

Home town:

Nagoya

Profession:

student

Hobbies:

dancing, cooking

Start sk. / Club:

1995 / Toyota SC

Coach:

Valter Rizzo

Choreographer:

N. Bestemianova, I. Bobrin (SP), L.A. Miller (FS)

Former Coach:

N. Morozov, Y. Monna, C. Heiss Jenkins, Nobuo Sato, Kumiko Sato

Practice low season:

28 h / week at Nagoya

Practice high season:

28 h / week at Nagoya and Milan/ITA

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2013/2014

My Way by Frank Sinatra

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2013/2014

Firebird by Igor Stravinski

Personal Best Total Score	201.34	20.02.2011	Four Continents Championships 2011
Personal Best Score Short Program	67.98	23.03.2007	World Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating	134.76	20.02.2011	Four Continents Championships 2011

06/07

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

2.S

3.S

4.S

1.S

7.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2009 Nagano	2009	1.
ISU GP Final 2009/2010 Tokyo	2009	2.
ISU GP Cup of China 2010 Beijing	2010	1.
ISU GP Cup of Russia 2010 Moscow	2010	1.

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Final 2010/2011 Beijing	2010	5.
Nebelhorn Trophy 2013 Oberstdorf	2013	2.
Ice Challenge 2013 Graz	2013	2.
Golden Spin 2013 Zagreb	2013	2.

Ando started to skate at age nine. Two years later, she landed her first triple jump, a Salchow. Ando is the first and so far only lady skater to perform a quadruple jump (Salchow) in competition (ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, The Hague, Dec. 2002). Before she focused on skating, Ando tried many other activities such as swimming, ballet, playing the piano, calligraphy. Ando's idol in skating is 1994 World Champion Yuka Sato. She also felt inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's performance at the 1998 Olympic Games. Ando took a break from competitive skating and had a baby (daughter Himawari, born in April 2013) before returning to competition in fall 2013.

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