Kanako Murakami

Kanako Murakami
nation	Japan
birthday	November 7, 1994
place of birth	Nagoya
size	162 cm
Career
discipline	Single run
Trainer	Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
choreographer	Pasquale Camerlengo , Marina Sujewa
status	active
Medal table
VKM medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Four continents championships bronze Osaka 2013 Ladies gold Taipei 2014 Ladies
Personal best
Total points 196.91 4CC 2014  Freestyle 132.18 4CC 2014  Short program 66.64 World Cup 2013
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 0 1  Grand Prix competitions 1 0 3
last change: February 15, 2015

Kanako Murakami ( Japanese 村上 佳 菜子 , Murakami Kanako ; born November 7, 1994 in Nagoya ) is a Japanese figure skater who starts in a single run .

Murakami was Junior World Champion in The Hague in 2010 . In the same year she won at Skate America and thus her first Grand Prix competition among seniors. She qualified for the first time for the senior Grand Prix final and won the bronze medal. In 2011, Murakami made it to the podium for the first time at the Japanese Championships for Seniors . This qualified her for her first world championship , which she finished in eighth place. In 2012, she improved to fifth place at the World Cup . She was also part of the Japanese team that won the World Team Trophy that year . In 2013, Murakami won her first medal with bronze at the four continents championships . At the world championship she was able to improve again with her fourth place compared to the previous year. She set personal bests in all segments and overall performance.

Results

Championship / year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
winter Olympics						12.
World championships			8th.	5.	4th	10.
Four continents championships				4th	3.	1.
World Team Trophy				1.
Junior World Championships		1.
Japanese championships .	7th	5.	3.	3.	2.	2.	5.
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Grand Prix competition / season	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Grand Prix Final			3.
Skate America			1.
Skate Canada					3.
Cup of Russia					4th	7th
NHK Trophy			3.				4th
Eric Bompard Trophy				4th
Cup of China				6th		4th	3.

Web links

Commons : Kanako Murakami  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kanako Murakami in the database of the International Skating Union (English)