Yoshie Onda

Yoshie Onda (恩田 美栄, Onda Yoshie; born December 13, 1982 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a three-time Four Continents medalist (bronze in 2001 and 2002, silver in 2005), eleven-time Grand Prix medalist, the 2005 Winter Universiade champion, and two-time Japanese national medalist. She represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Yoshie Onda
Born	(1982-12-13) December 13, 1982 (age 42) Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Skating club	Tokai Gakuen University SC
Began skating	1990
Retired	2007
Medal record
Four Continents Championships 2005 Gangneung Singles 2001 Salt Lake City Singles 2002 Jeonju Singles Japanese Championships 2002–03 Kyoto Singles 2000–01 Nagano Singles

Career

Onda started taking skating lessons at the age of eight.^[1]

Onda became the first Japanese female figure skater to win a Grand Prix series title when she won the Bofrost Cup on Ice in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 2002. She also won the NHK Trophy that same season. Throughout her career, Onda attempted to land a triple axel in her programs, but never did so successfully.^{[citation needed]}

Onda hoped to end her career by skating at the 2007 World Championships but failed to qualify for the event at the Japanese Nationals. During her competitive career, her coaches were Josée Chouinard, Audrey Weisiger and Machiko Yamada. Onda retired from competition in 2007.^[2] She performed with Prince Ice World and then began coaching in Nagoya.^[3][4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2006–2007 [5]	Love Dance by Rene Dupere	The Red Violin by John Corigliano
2005–2006 [6]	Madame Bovary Waltz by Miklos Rozsa	La Strada by Nino Rota
2004–2005 [7]	Freedom	White Landscapes Op. 47a "Disappearance of Snow" Piano Concerto "Memo Flora" by Takashi Yoshimatsu
2003–2004 [8]	Three Preludes by George Gershwin	God Moving over the Face of the Waters by Moby
2002–2003 [1][9]	Love in Slow Motion	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Serenade	Seaside Rendezvous by Queen
2001–2002 [10]	Drumbone by Blue Men	Fanfare
2000–2001 [11]	Red by Jesse Cook	Portrait for Orchestra

Results

International[12]
Event	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07
Olympics						17th
Worlds				12th		5th	11th			11th
Four Continents				5th	3rd	3rd		8th	2nd		6th
GP Final						5th	WD	5th	5th
GP Cup of China								2nd
GP Cup of Russia					7th					3rd	3rd
GP Lalique							2nd
GP NHK Trophy					8th	2nd	1st	3rd	4th
GP Skate America										3rd
GP Skate Canada									2nd		7th
GP Spark./Bofrost						2nd	1st
Universiade									1st
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds		31st	17th
JGP Bulgaria			6th
JGP China			1st
JGP Japan				5th
JGP Sweden				6th
National[12]
Japan Champ.				4th	3rd		2nd	4th	7th	4th	5th
Japan Junior	8th	2nd	2nd	2nd
GP = Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew