Biography

PAIRS


Date of birth:	15.01.1992	Narumi TAKAHASHI JPN
Place of birth:	Chiba
Height:	146 cm
Home town:	Tokyo
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	listening to music, reading, dancing, pilates
Start sk. / Club:	1995 / Kinoshita Tokyo
Former Partners	Yu Gao


Date of birth:	22.09.1990	Mervin TRAN CAN
Place of birth:	Regina CAN
Height:	175 cm
Home town:	Saint-Leonard CAN
Profession:	coach, student
Hobbies:	cooking, eating, hacki sacking, reading, movies, music, yoga, TV
Start sk. / Club:	1994 /

Coach:	Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte, Sylvie Fullum
Choreographer:	Julie Marcotte
Former Coach:
Practice low season:	30 h / week at St. Leonard/CAN
Practice high season:	23 h / week at St. Leonard/CAN

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2012/2013

Ain't No Sunshine

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2012/2013

Main Title (from "Gigi" soundtrack)
You Never Told Me (from "Gigi" soundtrack)
Gigi's Big Moment (from "Gigi" soundtrack)
Gaston's Decision (from "Gigi" soundtrack)

Personal Best Total Score	189.69	30.03.2012	World Championships 2012
Personal Best Score Short Program	65.37	28.03.2012	World Championships 2012
Personal Best Score Free Skating	124.32	30.03.2012	World Championships 2012

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.

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1.J

1.S



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3.

1.S

1.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2010 Dresden	2010	2. J
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2010 Nagoya	2010	3.
ISU GP Cup of Russia 2010 Moscow	2010	2.
ISU JGP Final 2010/2011 Beijing	2010	1. J

Internation Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2011 Mississauga, ON	2011	4.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2011 Sapporo	2011	2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12 Quebec City, QC	2011	6.
ISU World Team Trophy 2012 Tokyo	2012	3.

Takahashi/Tran teamed up in July 2007. She moved to Canada to train with him. They are the first pairs team in history from Japan to medal at the ISU World Championships (bronze in 2012). They are the second Japanese pair to win a medal at the ISU World Junior Championships (silver in 2010) since Yuko Kawaguchi/Alexander Markuntsov took silver at the 2001 Junior Worlds. Takahashi took up skating following her elder sister Misumi who competed on the Japanese Synchronized team until 2010. She lived and trained for five years in China as the family moved there for work. The couple also lists Julie Marcotte and Cynthia Lemaire as their coaches.

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