Utako Wakamatsu

Utako Wakamatsu
Utako Wakamatsu
	Wakamatsu/Fecteau at the 2004 NHK Trophy
Personal information
Country represented	Canada (pairs) ; Japan (singles)
Born	September 1, 1981; Aomori, Japan
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Former partner	Jean-Sébastien Fecteau
Former coach	Richard Gauthier, Manon Perron, Hiroshi Nagakubo
Former choreographer	Julie Marcotte, Julie Brault, Robert Daw
Former skating club	St. Leonard FSC ; Tohoku Fukushi University
Former training locations	St. Leonard, Quebec ; Miyagi Prefecture
Began skating	1989
Retired	April 24, 2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	163.88; 2003 Skate America
Short program	57.19; 2005 Worlds
Free skate	107.00; 2003 Skate America

Utako Wakamatsu (若松詩子, Wakamatsu Utako, born September 1, 1981) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. From 2002 to 2007, she skated with Jean-Sébastien Fecteau as a pair skater for Canada, winning the silver medal at the 2006 Four Continents Championships. Earlier in her career, she competed in single skating for Japan.

Career

Until 2002, Wakamatsu competed in single skating for Japan. She competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, winning a bronze medal in 1999 in the Czech Republic, and at one senior Grand Prix event, the 2001 Skate America. She placed as high as fifth on the senior level at the Japan Championships.

In April 2002, Wakamatsu teamed up with Jean-Sébastien Fecteau to compete in pair skating for Canada.[1] In 2003, they won gold medals at the Finlandia Trophy and Nebelhorn Trophy and made their Grand Prix debut.

In the 2004–05 season, Wakamatsu/Fecteau won silver at the 2005 Canadian Championships and were sent to the 2005 World Championships where they placed eighth.

In the 2005–06 season, the pair won bronze at a Grand Prix event, the 2005 NHK Trophy. They also took bronze at the 2006 Canadian Championships and were sent to the 2006 Four Continents Championships where they won the silver medal.

Wakamatsu announced her retirement from competitive skating on April 24, 2007.[1]

Wakamatsu studied social welfare at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai.[1]

Season	Short program	Free skating
2006–2007 [2][3]	Batwannis Beek White Darbouka by K. Hovannes Indian Touch by Pierre Cosso Here Comes Santa	Picking Up Brides (from The Last Emperor) by Ryuichi Sakamoto Rain (I Want a Divorce) (from The Last Emperor) by Ryuichi Sakamoto Theme from Once Upon a Time in China Rising Sun by Kiyoshi Yoshida
2005–2006 [4][5]	The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns	La Revancha by Gotan Project Quartango by Bond
2004–2005 [6][7]	The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns	Picking Up Brides (from The Last Emperor) by Ryuichi Sakamoto Rain (I Want a Divorce) (from The Last Emperor) Farewell My Concubine by Zhao Jiping
2003–2004 [8][9]	Kirwani (from the album Chill out in Paris) by David Visan	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C-Minor, op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Season	Short program	Free skating
2001–2002 [10]	Music by Frédéric Chopin	Nessun dorma (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini

Results[10]
International
Event	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02
GP Skate America						9th
Universiade					5th
International: Junior
JGP China					4th
JGP Czech Rep.				3rd
JGP France		6th
JGP Germany		10th
JGP Japan				8th
JGP Ukraine			6th		4th
Triglav Trophy	2nd J.		3rd J.
National
Japan Champ.				6th	5th	6th
Japan Junior	5th	5th	4th	4th	4th
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level

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