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Kanji
  
柴田嶺

Retired
  
2010

Kana
  
しばた りょう

Country represented
  
Name
  
Ryo Shibata

Training locations
  
Tokyo

Height
  
1.69 m


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Ryo Shibata (柴田 嶺, Shibata Ryō, born February 24, 1987) is a Japanese competitive figure skater. He currently competes in pair skating with Narumi Takahashi.

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Narumi TAKAHASHI/ Ryo SHIBATA (JPN) #SP - 2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy


Career

Competing in men's singles, Shibata won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified to two ISU Junior Grand Prix Finals. He appeared at the 2003 and 2006 World Junior Championships, finishing 12th both times, and at three senior Grand Prix events. He retired in 2010.

On May 18, 2016, it was announced that Shibata had formed a pair skating partnership with Narumi Takahashi and that they would train in Chicago.

The Japanese media called Shibata "the Japanese Johnny Weir". He was able to perform a Biellmann spin in competition.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

References

Ryo Shibata Wikipedia


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