Miyabi Oba

Miyabi Oba (大庭 雅, Ōba Miyabi, born August 8, 1995) is a Japanese figure skater who competes in ladies' singles. She has won silver medals on the senior international level at the 2014 Cup of Nice, 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy, and 2013 Triglav Trophy.

Miyabi Oba
Born (1995-08-08) August 8, 1995
Tokoname, Aichi
HometownSeto, Aichi
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
CoachYuko Monna
Skating clubTokai Tokyo FH
Began skating2005

Career

Oba started skating at age 10.

Oba made her international debut at the 2010 Cup of Nice. Competing on the senior level, she finished 7th. After winning the bronze medal at the 2010–11 Japanese Junior Championships, she was assigned to the 2011 World Junior Championships, where she finished 8th. The following season, she received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment.

In the 2012–13 season, Oba won her first JGP medal, silver, competing at an event in Germany and placed 4th in her other JGP assignment in Turkey. Nationally, Oba placed 6th on the junior level and 11th as a senior. She ended her season with her first senior international medal, also silver, at the 2013 Triglav Trophy.

In the 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix, Oba placed 7th in Poland and then won a bronze medal in Estonia. She ended her season with another senior international silver medal at the 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy.

In the 2014–15 season, Oba made her senior Grand Prix debut at the Rostelecom Cup, where she placed 6th with a personal best free skate and total score.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–24
[1]
2022–23
2021–22
2020–21
2019–20

[2]
2018–19

[2]
2017–18
2016–17
2015–16
[3]
2014–15
[4]
2013–14
[5]
  • Les Misérables
    by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2012–13
[6]
  • Tempest
    by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler
2011–12
[7]
  • Tempest
    by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler
2010–11
[8]
  • Polovtsian Dances
    (from Prince Igor)
    by Alexander Borodin

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
GP Rostelecom6th
Cup of Nice7th2nd
Gardena Trophy2nd
Triglav Trophy2nd
Universiade7th
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds8th
JGP Estonia3rd
JGP Germany2nd
JGP Latvia7th
JGP Poland7th
JGP Turkey4th
National[10]
Japan Champ.8th13th11th10th12th17th13th19th28th19th20th
Japan Junior9th3rd5th6th
Western Sect.5th J2nd J2nd1st9th3rd14th4th11th21st7th6th
Chubu Reg.2nd J1st2nd3rd2nd4th3rd6th4th4th4th
J: Junior level

References
  1. Oba, Miyabi. "2023/24 Programs". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. "大庭 雅 ｜ スケート∞リンク ～フジスケ～". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  3. フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. 12 July 2015. BS Fuji.
  4. "Miyabi OBA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
  5. "Miyabi OBA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  6. "Miyabi OBA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013.
  7. "Miyabi OBA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012.
  8. "Miyabi OBA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 2, 2011.
  9. "Competition Results: Miyabi OBA". International Skating Union.
  10. "大庭 雅/OBA Miyabi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
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