Kyoko Ina

Kyoko Ina
nation	United States
birthday	October 11, 1972
place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
size	152 cm
Weight	42 kg
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	John Zimmerman, Jason Dungjen
society	SC of New York
Trainer	Tamara Moskwina, Igor Moskiwn, Peter Burrows
choreographer	Alexander Schulin, Artur Dmitriev
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × VKM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Nagano 2002 Couples Four continents championships silver Osaka 2000 Couples bronze Salt Lake City 2001 Couples
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 0 0  Grand Prix competitions 0 8th 6th
last change: February 4, 2011

Kyoko Ina ( Japanese 伊奈 恭子 , Kyōko Ina ; born October 11, 1972 in Tokyo Prefecture , Japan ) is a former Japanese -American figure skater who started in pair skating .

Ina was born in Tokyo Prefecture but grew up in New York. She began ice skating on the Rockefeller Center ice rink when she was four years old . She competed in the junior division for Japan, but then decided on the USA. In 1990 she became the US individual junior champion. A year later, she formed a couple with Jason Dungjen . They were trained by Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman . 1994 to 1996 Ina and Dungjen were national runners-up and in 1997 and 1998 finally US champions . From 1994 to 1997 they took part in world championships . Her best result was fourth place at the 1997 World Cup in Lausanne . Ina and Dungjen played two Olympic Games . In 1994 in Lillehammer they finished ninth and in 1998 in Nagano they finished fourth. After that, the figure skating couple split up.

From 1998 John Zimmerman became Ina's partner. They trained with Tamara Moskwina and her husband Igor Moskwin in Hackensack , New Jersey . From 2000 to 2002 Zimmerman and Ina became US champions in pair skating . In 2000 they won the silver medal at the four continents championship and in 2001 the bronze medal. Her greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 2002 World Cup in Nagano . The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics finished the pair in fifth place. In 2003 Ina and Zimmerman switched to the professionals and ran at the ice revue Stars on Ice.

Ina and Zimmerman 2003 Stars on Ice

Results

Pair skating

(up to and including 1998 with Jason Dungjen , otherwise with John Zimmerman )

Competition / year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
winter Olympics			9.				4th				5.
World championships			12.	8th.	6th	4th		9.	7th	7th	3.
Four continents championships									2.	3.
American championships	7th	5.	2.	2.	2.	1.	1.	2.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

Commons : Kyoko Ina  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ina and Zimmerman in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Kyoko Ina in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )