Junko Yaginuma
Appearance
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Junko Yaginuma | |
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Born | Minato, Tokyo, Japan | April 1, 1973
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1] |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Japan |
Retired | 1995 |
Japanese name | |||||
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Kanji | 八木沼純子 | ||||
Kana | やぎぬま じゅんこ | ||||
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Junko Yaginuma (八木沼 純子, Yaginuma Junko, born April 1, 1973)[1] is a Japanese former figure skater who is now a figure skating commentator. She is the 1993 Winter Universiade champion and a two-time World Junior silver medalist (1988–89). She placed 14th at the 1988 Winter Olympics.[2]
Yaginuma guest-starred as herself in the fourth episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger, teaching the Gekirangers how to ice skate.
Results
[edit]International[2] | |||||||||
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Event | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 |
Olympics | 14th | ||||||||
Worlds | 21st | 15th | 12th | 11th | 19th | 25th | 12th | ||
Skate America | 4th | 8th | |||||||
Skate Canada | 5th | ||||||||
Inter. de Paris | 8th | ||||||||
NHK Trophy | 6th | 8th | 5th | 12th | 3rd | ||||
Nebelhorn | 3rd | ||||||||
Universiade | 1st | ||||||||
International: Junior | |||||||||
Junior Worlds | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||
National | |||||||||
Japan Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Profile". Official website of Junko Yaginuma. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007.
- ^ a b "Junko Yaginuma". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
External links
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Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Japanese female single skaters
- Olympic figure skaters for Japan
- Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Figure skaters from Tokyo
- Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
- Competitors at the 1993 Winter Universiade
- Japanese figure skating biography stubs