Tatsuki Machida

Tatsuki Machida
nation	Japan
birthday	March 9, 1990
place of birth	Kawasaki
size	162 cm
Career
discipline	Single run
society	Kansai University
Trainer	Yoshinori Onishi
Former trainers	Anthony Liu , Azumi Hata, Hiroshi Koizumi
choreographer	Stéphane Lambiel , Philipp Mills
status	resigned
End of career	2014
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 × VKM medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships silver Saitama 2014 Men's Four continents championships silver Jeonju 2010 Men's
Personal best
Total points 282.26 World Cup 2014  Freestyle 184.05 World Cup 2014  Short program 98.21 World Cup 2014
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 0 0  Grand Prix competitions 3 0 1

Tatsuki Machida ( Japanese 町 田 樹 , Machida Tatsuki ; born March 9, 1990 in Kawasaki ) is a former Japanese figure skater who started in a single run . He studied literature at Kansai University .

Career

Machida made his debut in the 2007 Junior World Championships and finished ninth. In the same year he also took part in the Japanese senior championships for the first time and finished them in 13th place.

In 2010 Machida won his first medal at an international championship with silver at the Four Continents Championships in Jeonju .

In the 2012/13 season Machida won the Cup of China and won his first Grand Prix competition . He qualified for the first time for the Grand Prix final , which he finished sixth. In the following season, Machida won gold in both of his Grand Prix competitions, namely the Cup of Russia and Skate America . He was fourth in the Grand Prix final.

After six unsuccessful attempts due to strong competition, Machida made it to the podium at the Japanese championships for the first time in December 2013, finishing second . This was the first time he qualified for the Olympic Winter Games and World Championships .

Machida (left) on the podium at the 2014 World Cup in Saitama

His Olympics debut ended in fifth place. In the team competition held for the first time, he won the silver medal with the Japanese team. On his world championship debut in his native Saitama , Machida immediately succeeded in becoming vice world champion behind his compatriot Yuzuru Hanyū . After the short program, Machida was even in the lead. Machida also showed a faultless performance against Igor Stravinski's Firebird in the freestyle and was defeated by Hanyū in the end with only 0.33 points. He had a personal best in all segments, 98.21 points in the short program, 184.05 points in the freestyle and 282.26 points in the overall performance.

On December 28, 2014 Tatsuki Machida announced his retirement from active competitive sport at the Japanese championships, where he qualified for the 2015 World Championships and was also nominated. In April 2015 he plans to start studying at Waseda University and wants to work as a researcher in the future.

Results

Championship / year	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
winter Olympics								5.
World championships								2.
Four continents championships				2.		7th
Junior World Championships	9.
Japanese championships	13.		7th	4th	6th	4th	9.	2.
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Grand Prix competition / season	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14
Grand Prix Final							6th	4th
Skate America							3.	1.
Cup of Russia					11.			1.
Eric Bompard Trophy
NHK Trophy						7th
Cup of China					5.		1.

Web links

Commons : Tatsuki Machida  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tatsuki Machida in the database of the International Skating Union (English)