Nana Takeda

Nana Takeda (武田 奈也, Takeda Nana, born 21 December 1988)[1] is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the 2007 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2009 Winter Universiade silver medalist. She won five medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as fourth at the World Junior Championships.

Nana Takeda
Takeda in 2007.
Born (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
CoachKoji Okajima
Hanae Yokoya
Skating clubMeiji Jingu Gaien Tokyo
Began skating1993
Retired2011

Takeda is one of the seven women who defeated World and Olympic champion Yuna Kim throughout her career.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2008–2009
[2]
2007–2008
[3][4]
2006–2007
[5]
2005–2006
[6]
  • Midnight Garden
    by Bond
  • Otonal
    by Raúl di Blasio
2004–2005
[7]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11
GP NHK Trophy 3rd
GP Skate Canada 6th9th
Finlandia 13th
Universiade 2nd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 4th9th
JGP Final 8th5th
JGP Bulgaria 6th
JGP China 1st
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Estonia 4th
JGP Romania 2nd1st
JGP Slovakia 17th
JGP Taiwan 2nd
Mladost Trophy 1st J.
National[1][8]
Japan Champ. 10th9th7th6th6th9thWD
Japan Junior 13th9th8th5th7th2nd1st
Japan Novice 6th B 1st B 3rd A 2nd A
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References
  1. "武田 奈也 TAKEDA Nana" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011.
  2. "Nana TAKEDA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 20, 2009.
  3. "Nana TAKEDA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008.
  4. Mittan, Barry (December 23, 2007). "Takeda Sticks to Seniors for 2007-08 Season". Golden Skate.
  5. "Nana TAKEDA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2007.
  6. "Nana TAKEDA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2006.
  7. "Nana TAKEDA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 12, 2005.
  8. "Competition Results: Nana TAKEDA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012.

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