Yasmine Kimiko Yamada

Yasmine Kimiko Yamada (born 30 August 1997) is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup champion, the 2016 Sportland Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Open d'Andorra bronze medalist, and the 2017 Swiss national champion. She competed in the final segment at the 2019 European Championships.

Yasmine Kimiko Yamada
Yamada in 2017
Personal information
Country representedSwitzerland
Born (1997-08-30) 30 August 1997
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
CoachIgor Samohin, Stanislav Samohin
Former coachBettina Ariza-Hügin
ChoreographerIrina Samohin, Olga Volozhinskaya
Former skating clubEislauf-Club Zürich
Training locationsPoway, California
Former training locationsZürich
Began skating2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total164.68
2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program58.78
2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skate105.90
2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

Career

Yamada began learning to skate in 2002.[1] Making her junior international debut, she took the bronze medal at the NRW Trophy in December 2011. Coached by Bettina Ariza-Hügin in Zürich, she competed at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment in September 2012, placing 15th in Istanbul, Turkey.[2]

Yamada's senior international debut came in November 2014, at the NRW Trophy. She trained in Switzerland under Ariza-Hügin until 2015.[3] Igor Samohin began coaching her in California in the 2015–2016 season.[4] Yamada won the bronze medal at the Sportland Trophy in early March 2016. Later in the same month, she appeared at her first ISU Championship, placing 34th at the World Championships in Boston.

In the 2016–2017 season, Yamada became the Swiss national champion.[5] She placed 27th at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and 33rd at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[6]
  • Is It a Crime
    by Sade
2016–2017
[1]
2015–2016
[4]
  • Danzarin
    by Tango Lorca
  • Je suis malade
    performed by Lara Fabian
2014–2015
[3]
  • Yellow River Concerto
2013–2014
[7]
  • Adiós Nonino
    by Astor Piazzolla
2012–2013
[2]
  • Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
    Morning Mood
    by Edvard Grieg

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Worlds34th33rd
Europeans27th15th19th
CS Alpen Trophy20th
CS Finlandia18th
CS Golden Spin8th
CS Lombardia17th
CS U.S. Classic15th11th
CS Warsaw Cup17thWD
Bavarian Open8th6th
Challenge Cup16thWD9th
Coupe Printemps6th
Crystal Skate12th
Cup of Tyrol5th
EduSport Trophy3rd
Hellmut Seibt12th
Merano Cup7th7th
NRW Trophy14th
Open d'Andorra3rd
Open Ice Mall1st
Philadelphia8th
Prague Ice Cup4th
Santa Claus Cup6th
Sportland Trophy3rd
Volvo Open Cup6th
Warsaw Cup6th
International: Junior[8]
JGP Czech Rep.20th
JGP Slovakia19th
JGP Turkey15th
Bavarian Open2nd3rd6th
Cup of Nice9th
Ice Challenge3rd
Merano Cup4th
NRW Trophy3rd
National[8]
Swiss Champ.5th7th6th3rd1st2nd3rd
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  4. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  5. "Stéphane Walker und Yasmine Yamada sind Schweizer Meister im Eiskunstlauf" [Stéphane Walker and Yasmine Yamada win Swiss national titles in figure skating] (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017.
  7. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  8. "Competition Results: Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA". International Skating Union.
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