Rena Inoue
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| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  United States |
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| Residence: | Santa Monica, California | |
| Height: | 149 cm | |
| Partner: | John Baldwin | |
| Coach: | Peter Oppegard | |
| Skating Club: | All Year FSC | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 183.17 | 2006 World Championships |
| Short Program: | 61.27 | 2006 XX Olympics |
| Free Skate: | 122.27 | 2006 World Championships |
| Most Recent Results: | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| Olympic Winter Games | 175.01 | 7th | 2006 |
| World Championships | 183.17 | 4th | 2006 |
| Four Continents | 168.89 | 1st | 2006 |
| National Championships | 181.05 | 1st | 2006 |
| Grand Prix Final | 155.72 | 6th | 2004–05 |
Rena Inoue (井上怜奈 Inoue Rena born October 17, 1976 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan) is an American figure skater. She currently competes in pair skating with John Baldwin, her partner both on- and off the ice. They have twice won gold medals at the United States Figure Skating Championships and recently competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Previously, she represented Japan as a singles' and pair skater. She has competed in three different Winter Olympic Games, in 1992, 1994, and 2006. She became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
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[edit] Career
At the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Inoue and Baldwin became the first pair to successfully perform a throw triple Axel in competition, and then made Olympic history by landing it again at the 2006 Winter Games.
Inoue was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1998. However, it was detected early, and after six months of chemotherapy, she was cancer-free.
Inoue and Baldwin earned the gold medal at the 2006 Skate America event after winning the short program and placing second in the free skate. They won the silver medal at Skate Canada the next week; and finally took the silver at Trophee Eric Bompard one week later. They officially qualified for the Grand Prix Final at the conclusion of the pair's event at the NHK Trophy competition, the last competition in the grand prix. Their goals for the 2006/2007 season is to make history (once again) and land a quad throw. They also want to win the 2007 National, World and Four Continent Championships.
[edit] Competitive highlights
[edit] Ladies' singles
- Japanese Junior Nationals-1st
- Japanese Junior Nationals-2nd
- Japanese Junior Nationals-1st
- Olympics - 18th
- World Championships - 13th
- Japanese Junior Nationals- 2nd
- Japanese Senior Nationals- 2nd
- World Junior Championships-5th
- Japanese Senior Nationals-3rd
[edit] Pair skating
| Event | 1990-1991 | 1991-1992 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
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| Olympic Games | 14th[1] | 7th | |||||||
| World Championships | 15th[1] | 10th | 10th | 11th | 4th | 8th | |||
| Four Continents | 7th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| U.S. Championships | 11th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Grand Prix Final | 6th | 4th | |||||||
| Skate America | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
| Skate Canada Int. | 2nd | ||||||||
| Bofrost Cup | 5th | ||||||||
| Cup of China | 5th | ||||||||
| Trophee Eric Bompard | 4th | 2nd | |||||||
| Cup of Russia | 5th | ||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | 4th |
[edit] External links
- Rena Inoue at the United States Figure Skating Association
- Rena Inoue at the International Skating Union biography page
- Rena's U.S. Olympic Team bio, with notes, quotes, and photos
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Categories: 1976 births | American figure skaters | Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Japanese Americans | Japanese figure skaters | Asian American sportspeople | Living people | Naturalized citizens of the United States | Olympic competitors for Japan | Olympic competitors for the United States | People from Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
