Miki Ando: Biography

Miki Ando (安藤 美姫 Andō Miki, born December 18, 1987) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World Champion, 2011 Four Continents Champion, 2004 World Junior Champion, and a three-time (2004, 2005 & 2010) Japanese National Champion.

Ando is the first and only female skater to complete a quadruple jump successfully in competition. She accomplished this at the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final in The Hague.

Miki Ando is the 2007 and 2011 world champion.

Ando began skating at age nine ... At age 11, she landed her first triple jump (a Salchow) ... She is the first lady skater to land a quadruple Salchow in competition (at the JGP Final in 2002) ... Before skating, she also participated in swimming, ballet, piano and calligraphy ... 

Her skating idol is Yuka Sato, the 1994 world champion ... 

She was criticized heavily in 2006 for her disappointing performance at the 2006 Olympics ... She redeemed herself winning the world title the next year ... She had a very emotional season in 2007-08, breaking down twice during events (at the Grand Prix Final and at the world championships) ...

 As the defending champion, she skated off the ice with an injury during the free skate at the '08 worlds after falling twice to start her program ... She returned to the season-ending event in fine form in 2009, winning the bronze medal ... Had a strong first half of 2009-10, winning the silver at the Grand Prix Final, but finished off the podium at her last the events of the season ... Rebounded in 2010-11 to win five of her six events, including her second world title ... 

Sat out the 2011-12 season ... Said she plans to come back to competition in 2012-13 but announced in October 2012 that she would skip the Grand Prix Series.

• 2011 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Gabriel's Oboe" and "The Falls" from the soundtrack of The Mission by Ennio Morricone, performed by Yo-Yo Ma
  FS Music: "Piano Concerto in A minor" by Edvard Grieg
• 2010 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Requiem" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  FS Music: Music from the Marco Polo soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, music from theRome soundtrack by Jeff Beal and music from the Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatrasoundtrack by Philippe Chany
• 2009 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Chairman's Waltz" from the Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack by John Williams
  FS Music: Music from Giselle by Adolphe Charles Adam/"Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78" by Camille Saint-Saëns
• 2008 Season Notes
  SP Music: Music from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns/"Scheherazade" by Nikoli Rimsky-Korsakov
  FS Music: Music from Carmen by Georges Bizet
• 2007 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Scheherazade" by Nikoli Rimsky-Korsakov
  FS Music: "Violin Concerto" by Felix Mendelssohn
• 2006 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" by Ryuichi Sakamoto
  FS Music: "My Funny Valentine" by Richard Rodgers/Music from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
• 2005 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Gypsy Soul" by Strunz & Farah
  FS Music: "Guitar Concerto" ("For Two Christophers") by Elmer Bernstein/Music fromThe Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
• 2004 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22" by Frédéric Chopin
  FS Music: Music from The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
• 2003 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Asturias" by Isaac Albéniz
  FS Music: Music from La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus
• 2002 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Csárdás" by Vittorio Monti
  FS Music: Music from Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• 2001 Season Notes
  SP Music: "España Cañí" by Pascual Marquina Narro
  FS Music: Music from Riverdance by Bill Whelan
  
  
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