Yukari Nakano
Yukari Nakano (Japanese中 野 友 加里, Yukari Nakano, born August 25, 1985 in Kōnan, Japan ) is a Japanese figure skater who starts in a single run.
They started in 1991 at the Grand Prix Figure Skating Club Tokai with the figure skating and was trained by Machiko Yamada. Midori Ito motivated them to even more intensive training.
Nakano won two Junior Grand Prix competitions and won the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Junior World Championships 2002. History you wrote the Skate America in 2002, where she became the third figure skater to do a triple axel, the first time in ten years, vorführte. In the Japanese Championships in 2002, the West Japan Championships in 2002 and the Kanto Gakusei -Free Skating Championships 2004, she showed a triple Axel - double toe loop - combination.
From 2004 to Nakano attended Waseda University in Tokyo.
After two disappointing seasons years (2003 to 2005) Nakano managed a strong comeback in the season 2005 to 2006. She won the NHK Trophy and bronze at the Grand Prix Final. In 2005, she landed triple Axel in five consecutive competitions ( Yamanashi Kokutai 2005 Kanto Gakusei -Free Skating Championships, World Figure Skating Championships Tokyo, Skate Canada and the Asian Championships ). At Skate Canada, it has been the first woman to do a triple axel under the new ISU judging system in adult competition. She was fifth at the Japanese championships 2005-2006 and thereby missed a spot in the Olympic team. In the Japanese Championships 2006-2007 she was third behind Mao Asada and Miki Ando and thus acquired eligibility for the subsequent world championships, where she placed 5th. In the 2007 /08 season, she landed back triple Axel successful at Skate Canada, the Cup of Russia and the Grand Prix Final.
A characteristic element of Nakano is the "donut pirouette ". She is also known for its winding technology at the jumps.