Aki Sawada

Japanese name
Kanji	澤田 亜紀
Kana	さわだ あき
Transcriptions Romanization Sawada Aki

Aki Sawada
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	October 7, 1988 Osaka, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Former coach	Mie Hamada Yamato Tamura
Former choreographer	Tom Dickson
Skating club	Kyoto Gaidainishi Club
Training locations	Kyoto Kansai
Began skating	1994
Retired	2011
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	156.88 2007 Four Continents
Short program	55.13 2007 Four Continents
Free skate	101.75 2007 Four Continents

Aki Sawada (澤田 亜紀 Sawada Aki, born 7 October 1988) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist and 2005 JGP Japan champion.

Career

Sawada began skating when she was six at her mother's encouragement.^[1] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2002–03 season. In 2003–04, she won bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan and at the Japan Junior Championships. She was then assigned to the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she placed fifth.

During the 2004–05 JGP series, Sawada won silver in Hungary and bronze in Ukraine and qualified for the JGP Final, where she finished seventh. After repeating as the Japanese junior bronze medalist, she finished ninth at the 2005 World Junior Championships.

In 2005–06, Sawada won two JGP medals — silver in Slovakia and gold in Japan — and qualified for her second JGP Final, where she took the silver medal. After winning the Japanese junior title, she was sent to her third World Junior Championships and placed fifth.

Sawada made her senior international debut in the 2006–07 season. She competed at two Grand Prix events, the 2006 Cup of China and 2006 Cup of Russia, and at the 2007 Four Continents Championships, where she placed fourth.^[2]

Sawada landed triple Axels in national competition.^[3]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2009–2010	Bolero (from Moulin Rouge!) by Steve Sharples
2007–2008 [3]	Armenian Rhapsody by Ara Gevorkian	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2006–2007 [4]	Blues in the Night	Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones
2005–2006 [5]	Caravan by Duke Ellington	City of Veils
2004–2005 [6][1]	Caravan by Duke Ellington	Yellow River Piano Concerto	Believe in Yourself by Ziggy Marley
2003–2004 [7]	Anthem from the 2002 FIFA World Cup by Vangelis	Spirited Away by Joe Hisaishi

Competition highlights

International[2]
Event	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11
Four Continents							4th
GP Bompard								11th
GP Cup of China							8th
GP Cup of Russia							5th
Finlandia										11th
Asian Games							5th
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds				5th	9th	5th
JGP Final					7th	2nd
JGP Czech Rep.				5th
JGP Hungary					2nd
JGP Japan				3rd		1st
JGP Serbia			5th
JGP Slovakia						2nd
JGP Ukraine					3rd
National[2]
Japan Champ.				9th	4th	7th	6th	9th	11th	19th	22nd
Japan Junior		7th	6th	3rd	3rd	1st
Japan Novice	6th	1st

References

1. Mittan, Barry (October 29, 2004). "Triple Axel Gives Sawada An Edge". GoldenSkate.
2. "Competition Results: Aki SAWADA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 23, 2014.
3. "Aki SAWADA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008.
   • "Alternate link". Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
4. "Aki SAWADA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007.
5. "Aki SAWADA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2006.
6. "Aki SAWADA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005.
7. "Aki SAWADA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004.

External links

• Aki Sawada at the International Skating Union