Takeshi Honda
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| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  Japan |
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| Residence: | Barrie, Ontario | |
| Height: | 168 cm | |
| Coach: | Doug Leigh, Michelle Leigh | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 207.78 | 2003 Sk Can |
| Short Program: | 77.54 | 2003 Sk Can |
| Free Skate: | 136.62 | 2003 Sk Amer |
Takeshi Honda (本田 武史 Honda Takeshi?, born March 23, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater.
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[edit] Biography
Honda began short track speed skating at the age of 9 with his brother, but soon switched to figure skating. For someone who started skating quite late, he caught up very quickly and was, at 14, the youngest Senior National Champion in Japan ever. Honda became the first Four Continents Champion in history when he won the inaugural event in 1999.
Honda left Japan to train with Galina Zmievskaya in the United States and then moved to Canada to work with Doug Leigh. In 2002, Honda won the Bronze medal at the World Championships and finished in 4th place at the Winter Olympic Games. He is the first male skater from Japan to medal at the World Championships since Minoru Sano took the bronze in 1977. Honda withdrew from the 2005 World Championships after injuring his ankle in a fall during the Qualifying Free Skating.
[edit] Competitive highlights
- 1999
- National Championships - 1st
- Four Continents Championships - 1st
- 2001
- National Championships - 1st
- Four Continents Championships - 2nd
- 2002
- Four Continents Championships - 2nd
- Olympics - 4th
- World Championships - 3rd
- 2003
- National Championships - 1st
- Four Continents Championships - 1st
- World Championships - 3rd
- Campbell's Intern. FS Classic - 4th
- 2004
- MasterCard Skate Canada Int. - 7th
- NHK Trophy - 7th
- Campbells Skating Challenge - 6th
- 2005
- National Championships - 1st
- Campbell's FS Classics - 1st
- MasterCard Skate Canada Int., St John's - 4th
- NHK Trophy - 9th
- Japan Int. Challenge - 6th
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1999: Takeshi Honda | 2000: Elvis Stojko | 2001: Li Chengjiang | 2002: Jeffrey Buttle | 2003: Takeshi Honda | 2004: Jeffrey Buttle | 2005: Evan Lysacek | 2006: Nobunari Oda | 2007: Evan Lysacek |
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