Mai Mihara

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Native name 三原舞依 Name Mai Mihara Height 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) Home town Kobe		Skating club Kobe Poai FSC Country represented Japan Training locations Kobe

Born 22 August 1999 (age 24) ( 1999-08-22 ) Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan Coach Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham Combined total 182.05 2015 JGP Austria Choreographer Massimo Scali, Marina Zueva, Yukina Ota

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Mai Mihara (三原舞依, Mihara Mai, born 22 August 1999) is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 Four Continents champion, 2016 Skate America bronze medalist, 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 2016–17 Japanese national bronze medalist.

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Personal life

Mai Mihara Mai Mihara in 2016 Skate America Day 2 Zimbio

Mihara was born on 22 August 1999 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Early years

Mihara began skating in 2007. In the 2012–13 season, she won the bronze medal in the Novice A category at the Japanese Novice Championships and placed 8th at the Japan Junior Championships.

2013–2014 season

Mai Mihara Mai Mihara 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final FS YouTube

During the 2013–14 season, Mihara debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, placing 5th in Minsk, Belarus. After winning the Japanese national silver medal on the junior level, she finished her season by placing 12th on the senior level at the Japan Championships.

2014–2015 season

Mai Mihara Mai Mihara in 83rd All Japan Figure Skating Championships Day 3

Mihara started her season by placing 6th at her JGP event in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She then placed 7th at the Japan Junior Championships and 9th at the Japan Championships.

2015–2016 season

Mihara made her senior international debut in early August 2015, winning the Asian Open ahead of Riona Kato. She was awarded silver medals at her JGP events, in Bratislava, Slovakia and Linz, Austria, and qualified for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona.

Mihara placed 8th at the 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships and 6th at the JGP Final. She was diagnosed with arthritis in December, following the JGP Final.

2016–2017 season: Four Continents title

In September, Mihara competed at her first Challenger Series competition, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she won the gold medal ahead of Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. Her Grand Prix debut came the following month at the 2016 Skate America. She was awarded the bronze medal, behind American skaters Ashley Wagner and Mariah Bell, after placing second in the short and third in the free. She finished fourth at her next Grand Prix assignment, the 2016 Cup of China.

In December 2016, Mihara took bronze at the Japan Championships, having ranked fifth in the short and second in the free. In February 2017, she placed fourth in the short and first in the free at the Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, outscoring Canada's Gabrielle Daleman by 3.94 points for the gold medal.

In March 2017, Mihara competed at the 2017 World Championships. Ranked 15th in the short program after doubling and falling on a planned triple flip, Mihara skated a perfect free skate to rank fourth in that segment and climbed to fifth overall. In April, Mihara competed as a part of Team Japan at the 2017 World Team Trophy. She finished third in the short with a personal best of 72.10, behind Evgenia Medvedeva and Elena Radionova. Mihara then skated another flawless free skate to score a Japanese National record of 146.17 in the free skate, finishing second behind Medvedeva and 0.83 ahead of compatriot Wakaba Higuchi. Higuchi and Mihara's stellar efforts helped Team Japan win the gold medal overall.