Yuka Kanazawa

Yuka Kanazawa
Personal information
Native name 金沢 由香
Country represented Japan
Born (1978-08-19) August 19, 1978
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 12 in)
Former coach Hiroshi Nagakubo
Minoru Sano
Former choreographer Robert Daw, Utako Nagamitsu
Skating club Tohoku Gakuin University
Training locations Miyagi
Began skating 1986
Retired 2001

Yuka Kanazawa (Japanese: 金沢 由香, born August 19, 1978) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Japanese national bronze medalist. She placed 8th at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; 11th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and fourth at the 1999 Winter Universiade in Žilina, Slovakia. She competed at five Champions Series/Grand Prix events, achieving her best result, fourth, at the 1998 Cup of Russia.

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01
Four Continents 11th
GP Cup of Russia 4th 8th
GP Skate America 7th 8th
GP Sparkassen 9th
Universiade 4th 11th
International: Junior[1]
Junior Worlds 8th
Gardena 8th J 3rd J
National[1]
Japan Champ. 3rd 5th 3rd 7th 7th
Japan Junior 3rd 1st
J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Yuka KANAZAWA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
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