Yoniko Eva Washington

Yoniko Eva Washington (born 21 February 1993) is an Indian-American former competitive figure skater. Born in Oman and raised in the United States, she represented India in international competitions. She is the 2008 Indian national silver medalist, and has competed twice at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Yoniko Washington

Personal information
Full name	Yoniko Eva Washington
Born	(1993-02-21) February 21, 1993 (age 32) Muscat, Oman
Home town	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	India
Coach	Aren Nielsen Kasey Kitsell
Skating club	ISA of India
Began skating	2000

Personal life

Washington was born in Muscat in Oman and grew up in Duluth in Georgia. She trained at Atlanta and is a member of the Georgia Figure Skating Club and US Figure Skating.^[1] She was also coached by the Olympic champion Barbara Wagner.

Career

Washington won the silver medal at the 5th Indian National Figure Skating Championships held in January 2008 at Shimla.^[1] She competed at both the 2009 and 2010, finishing fifty-third and fifty-second, respectively.^[2][3]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2010–2011 [4]	Song of India by Tommy Dorsey	Eternal Melody by Yoshiki
2009–2010 [5]	Storm by Ananda Shankar
2008–2009 [6]	Desert Rose John Tesh	Music by James Covell by London Symphony Orchestra

Competitive highlights

Results[7]
International
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11
Worlds		53rd	52nd
International: Junior
JGP Czech				30th
JGP France		28th
JGP United Kingdom		24th
National
Indian Champs.	2nd
JGP = Junior Grand Prix, PR = Preliminary round