Miki Ando is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time Japanese national champion.
38 Facts About Miki Ando
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Miki Ando was born on December 18,1987 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.
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Miki Ando's father died in a traffic accident when she was eight years old.
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In 2006, Miki Ando joined Toyota and entered Chukyo University as an adult learner, from which she graduated in March 2011.
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Miki Ando learned English during her time training in the US In January 2013, she left Toyota Motor.
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Miki Ando gave birth to a daughter, Himawari, in April 2013.
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Miki Ando concluded her season with bronze at the 2002 World Junior Championships.
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Miki Ando remained the only woman ever to perform this feat until January 2018, when junior skater Alexandra Trusova ratified the same jump in competition.
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Miki Ando won the Japan Championships and placed 4th at her first senior World Championships.
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Miki Ando won two medals in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where she placed fourth.
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Miki Ando won her second national senior title and placed sixth at 2005 Worlds.
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Miki Ando was named to the Japanese Olympic team in accordance with the criteria that were to include two seasons into consideration.
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Miki Ando was not placed on the team to the World Championships the following month.
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Training with her new coach, Nikolai Morozov, Miki Ando won gold at the 2006 Skate America and silver at the 2006 Trophee Eric Bompard.
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At the Japanese Nationals, Miki Ando dislocated her shoulder while performing a spin in her free skate but skated on to place second overall behind Mao Asada.
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At the 2007 Worlds, Miki Ando placed second in both the short program and the free skate, and scored a total of 195.09 points to win the World Championship by less than one point over Asada.
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Miki Ando set new personal bests in both the short program and the free skate, and a new personal best total score.
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Miki Ando was named one of Vogue Japan's "Women of the Year for 2007" and received six other awards including the "most valuable mention" from the Japanese Olympic Committee.
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Miki Ando did not qualify for the Grand Prix Final.
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At Worlds, Miki Ando was 8th after the short program and was forced to withdraw during her free skate due to a leg muscle strain she had been suffering since that morning.
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At the Grand Prix Final, Miki Ando stayed on her foot after an attempted 4S in her free skate program, the first time in competition since 2004, though the rotations were not considered enough and the jump was downgraded.
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Miki Ando placed third and earned one of Japan's three spots at the 2009 World Championships.
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Miki Ando represented Japan in a team competition, 2009 ISU World Team Trophy, in Tokyo, Japan, where she placed 3rd at the short program, 6th at the free skate and 5th overall.
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At this GP Final in Tokyo, Miki Ando placed first in the short program, 0.56 points ahead of second-place finisher Yuna Kim, and second in the free skate.
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Miki Ando was awarded the silver medal behind Kim but ahead of the bronze medalist Akiko Suzuki.
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In February 2010, Miki Ando competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Miki Ando was originally said to have intended to move to Russia, but this plan had to be changed due to the smog and heat wave in Moscow.
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At Cup of China, Miki Ando attempted a 3Lz-3L combination in the short program, but the loop was deemed underrotated by the technical panel, and she placed third in this segment.
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Miki Ando won the free skate segment with a clean performance and won the event overall, ahead of silver medalist Akiko Suzuki and bronze medalist Alena Leonova.
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Miki Ando competed with a back injury at Rostelecom Cup after a collision with Abzal Rakimgaliev, from Kazakhstan, earlier in the week in practice.
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Miki Ando ranked first in the free skate but it was not enough to make up the gap from the short program, and she stayed 5th overall.
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On December 26, Miki Ando won her third Japanese National title over silver medalist Mao Asada and bronze medalist Kanako Murakami, and these three were nominated into the Japanese team for the World Championships, which at the time were scheduled to be held in Tokyo in March 2011.
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Miki Ando's total score of 201.34 was a season's and personal best.
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Miki Ando won the gold medal at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia, beating silver medalist Yuna Kim by 1.29 points and bronze medalist Carolina Kostner by 11.11 points.
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Miki Ando later decided not to compete all season, and in ISU events she appeared only once as an invited skater in the exhibition of the World Team Trophy.
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Miki Ando was assigned to the 2012 Cup of China and 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard.
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Miki Ando gave birth in April 2013 to a baby girl and resumed training a month later.
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Miki Ando was a main cast member at the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice, having participated in all editions from 2010 to 2019.