Akiko Suzuki

This article is about figure skater Akiko Suzuki. For the voice actress of the same name, see under her stage name Yukiji .

Akiko Suzuki
nation	Japan
birthday	March 28, 1985
place of birth	Toyohashi ,  Japan
size	158 cm
Career
discipline	Single run
Trainer	Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, (former coach: Masoko Ogino)
choreographer	Anschelika Krylowa , Pasquale Camerlengo , (former choreographers: Kenji Miyamoto, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Yukako Sugita)
status	active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × VKM medals 0 × 2 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Nice 2012 Ladies Four continents championships silver Jeonju 2010 Ladies silver Osaka 2013 Ladies
Personal best
Total points 190.08 VKM 2013  Freestyle 126.62 NHK Trophy 2012  Short program 67.51 World Team Trophy 2012
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 1 2  Grand Prix competitions 2 7th 0
last change: April 8, 2013

Akiko Suzuki ( Japanese 鈴木 明子 , Suzuki Akiko ; born March 28, 1985 in Toyohashi , Aichi Prefecture ) is a Japanese figure skater who starts in a single run .

Career

When Suzuki had to leave her home country at the age of 18 to study at university, she fell ill with anorexia . Her weight fell to 32 kg. This made jumping impossible and she missed the entire 2003/04 season. After stabilizing her weight again and being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's title win at the 2004 World Cup, she returned.

Until 2010, due to the enormous competition in their own country, Suzuki did not manage to reach the podium at the national championships and thus to qualify for major international tournaments. She went into 2010 as the Japanese runner-up. She won the silver medal at the Four Continents Championships in Jeonju. She finished her world championship debut in eleventh place. She finished eighth in her Olympic debut .

In her second World Championship participation, the 27-year-old Suzuki won her first medal at world championships with bronze in Nice in 2012 .

Results

Championship / year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
winter Olympics										8th.
World championships										11.		3.	12.
Four continents championships		8th.							8th.	2.	7th		2.
World Team Trophy												1.
Junior World Championships	7th
Japanese championships	4th	4th	9.		12.	12.	10.	5.	4th	2.	4th	2.
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Grand Prix competition / season	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13
Grand Prix Final										3.	4th	2.	3.
Skate Canada										5.		2.	2.
Cup of Russia											2.
NHK Trophy									2.			1.	2.
Cup of China										1.	2.

Web links

Commons : Akiko Suzuki  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Akiko Suzuki in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Akiko Suzuki in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )