Yasmine Kimiko Yamada

Yasmine Kimiko Yamada
Yamada at the 2019 European Championships
Born	(1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 (age 27) Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Switzerland
Coach	Igor Samohin, Stanislav Samohin
Began skating	2002

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.

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
2020–2021 [6]	Is It a Crime by Sade	Vuelvo al sur Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla
2019–2020 [7]	Summertime by George Gershwin performed by MFSB	Chess by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
2018–2019 [8]	Is It a Crime by Sade	Chess by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
2016–2018 [1]	Why Don't You Do Right?	Je suis malade performed by Lara Fabian
2015–2016 [4]	Danzarin by Tango Lorca	Je suis malade performed by Lara Fabian
2014–2015 [3]	Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla	Yellow River Concerto
2013–2014 [9]	Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg
2012–2013 [2]	Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto by Chen Gang, He Zhanhao	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[10]
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Worlds					34th	33rd
Europeans						27th		15th	19th		18th
CS Alpen Trophy								20th
CS Cup of Tyrol										C
CS Finlandia						18th
CS Golden Spin								8th				9th
CS Lombardia							17th				6th
CS U.S. Classic					15th	11th
CS Warsaw Cup						17th			WD			17th
Bavarian Open					8th			6th
Budapest Trophy											7th
Challenge Cup						16th		WD	9th	8th
Coupe Printemps						6th
Crystal Skate								12th
Cup of Tyrol							5th
Dragon Trophy											2nd
EduSport Trophy									3rd
Hellmut Seibt					12th
Merano Cup						7th	7th
NRW Trophy				14th						10th	7th
Open d'Andorra									3rd
Open Ice Mall								1st
Philadelphia					8th
Prague Ice Cup									4th
Santa Claus Cup						6th
Sportland Trophy					3rd
Tirnavia Ice Cup												6th
Volvo Open Cup							6th
Warsaw Cup								6th
International: Junior[10]
JGP Czech Rep.				20th
JGP Slovakia			19th
JGP Turkey		15th
Bavarian Open	2nd	3rd	6th
Cup of Nice		9th
Ice Challenge			3rd
Merano Cup				4th
NRW Trophy	3rd
National[10]
Swiss Champ.		5th	7th	6th	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	C	2nd	4th
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled

References

1. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.
2. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
3. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
4. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
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.
6. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
7. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
8. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
9. "Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
10. "Competition Results: Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA". International Skating Union.

External links

• Yasmine Kimiko Yamada at the International Skating Union