Yamato Tamura

Yamato Tamura (田村 岳斗, Tamura Yamato, born May 28, 1979) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th.[1]

Japanese name
Kanji田村 岳斗
Kanaたむら やまと
Yamato Tamura
Tamura in 2003.
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1979-05-28) May 28, 1979
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Former partnerMarie Arai
Former coachMinoru Sano, Hiroshi Nagakubo, Masako Ogasawara
Skating clubNihon University, Tokyo
Began skating1984
Retired2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total149.74
2003 NHK Trophy
Short program53.95
2003 NHK Trophy
Free skate95.79
2003 NHK Trophy

Career

As a competitor

Competing in single skating, Tamura won two Japanese national titles. He was selected to represent Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics and placed 17th. Minoru Sano coached him during his career. Tamura landed a quadruple toe loop in competition in 1999 and a quadruple toe-triple toe combination in 2000. He retired from competition in 2004 and turned to coaching.

Tamura also competed briefly in pair skating, winning the 1997 national title with Marie Arai.

As a coach

Tamura is a coach at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka alongside Mie Hamada. His students include:

His former students include:

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2003–04
[1]
  • Space Battleship Yamato
2002–03
[10]
  • Canta Loop
2001–02
[11]
2000–01
[12]
  • The Mummy
    by Jerry Goldsmith

Results

GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix

International[13]
Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04
Olympics 17th
Worlds 26th27th17th22nd
Four Continents 8th6th9th5th
GP NHK Trophy 10th9th7th9th4th7th10th
GP Skate America 8th9th
GP Skate Canada 4th
GP Sparkassen 4th10th
GP Trophée Lalique 8th10th
Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd
Asian Games 4th
Universiade 7th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds 8th 7th
National[13]
Japan Champ. 2nd1st3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st
Japan Junior 2nd 1st
WD: Withdrew

References
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  2. "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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  9. "Crystal Report Viewer". 2007-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  10. "Yamato TAMURA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.
  11. "Yamato TAMURA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 11, 2002.
  12. "Yamato TAMURA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.
  13. "Yamato TAMURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
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