Rin Nitaya
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| Native name | 新田谷凜 | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 8, 1997 Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Nagoya, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Machiko Yamada Mihoko Higuchi | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Chukyo University | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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Rin Nitaya (Japanese: 新田谷 凜, born August 8, 1997) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2015 Gardena Spring Trophy champion, and 2016 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist.
Personal life
[edit]Rin Nitaya was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[2]
Career
[edit]Nitaya debuted in international competitions in 2013 at the Gardena Spring Trophy, winning silver in the junior ladies category.
2014–15 season
[edit]In the 2014–15 season, Nitaya debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, winning silver in Courchevel, France. She placed fourth at her second JGP assignment, in Tallinn, Estonia. Concluding her season, she won her first senior international medal – gold at the Gardena Spring Trophy.
2015–16 season
[edit]Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Nitaya finished fourth in Bratislava, Slovakia and won the bronze medal in Toruń, Poland. In November, she placed 4th at the 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships.
Nitaya won the senior silver medal at the 2016 Coupe du Printemps.
2016–17 season
[edit]In February 2017, Nitaya received the silver medal at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[3] She ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, finishing second to Elena Radionova.
Programs
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| 2014–2015 [1] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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| Event | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| CS Autumn Classic | 6th | |||||||||||||
| CS Ondrej Nepela | 9th | |||||||||||||
| Universiade | 2nd | |||||||||||||
| Gardena | 1st | |||||||||||||
| Printemps | 2nd | |||||||||||||
| International: Junior or novice[6] | ||||||||||||||
| JGP Estonia | 4th | 4th | ||||||||||||
| JGP France | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| JGP Poland | 3rd | |||||||||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 4th | |||||||||||||
| Asian Trophy | 3rd J | |||||||||||||
| Gardena | 2nd J | |||||||||||||
| Rooster Cup | 1st N | |||||||||||||
| National[7][8] | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 10th | 13th | 8th | 11th | 12th | 28th | 7th | 10th | 29th | |||||
| Japan Junior | 13th | 13th | 5th | 9th | 8th | 4th | ||||||||
| Japan Novice | 9th B | 5th A | 3rd A | |||||||||||
| Western Sect. | 12th J | 8th J | 8th J | 1st J | 6th J | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 9th | |||
| Chubu Reg. | 2nd J | 7th J | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||
| Kinki Reg. | 2nd J | |||||||||||||
| Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B; N = Advanced novice; J = Junior | ||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rin NITAYA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Rin NITAYA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Gallagher, Jack (February 7, 2017). "Nitaya, Isobe shine for Japan at Winter Universiade". The Japan Times.
- ^ a b "新田谷 凜 ｜ スケート∞リンク ～フジスケ～". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Rin NITAYA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Rin NITAYA". International Skating Union.
- ^ "新田谷 凜/NITAYA Rin" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015.
- ^ "2011-12 National Junior Figure Skating Championships Results". Japan Skating Federation.
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