Yasmine Kimiko Yamada Explained

Yasmine Kimiko Yamada
Country:	Switzerland
Birth Date:	30 August 1997
Birth Place:	Zürich, Switzerland
Coach:	Igor Samohin, Stanislav Samohin
Formercoach:	Bettina Ariza-Hügin
Choreographer:	Irina Samohin, Olga Volozhinskaya
Former Skating Club:	Eislauf-Club Zürich
Currenttraininglocations:	Poway, California
Formertraininglocations:	Zürich
Beganskating:	2002
Combined Total:	165.39
Combined Date:	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy
Sp Score:	58.89
Sp Date:	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy
Fs Score:	112.27
Fs Date:	2022 CS Golden Spin

Yasmine Kimiko Yamada (born 30 August 1997) is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup champion, the 2016 Sportland Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Open d'Andorra bronze medalist, and the 2017 Swiss national champion. She competed in the final segment at the 2019 European Championships.

Career

Yamada began learning to skate in 2002. Making her junior international debut, she took the bronze medal at the NRW Trophy in December 2011. Coached by Bettina Ariza-Hügin in Zürich, she competed at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment in September 2012, placing 15th in Istanbul, Turkey.

Yamada's senior international debut came in November 2014 at the NRW Trophy. She trained in Switzerland under Ariza-Hügin until 2015. Igor Samohin began coaching her in California in the 2015–2016 season. Yamada won the bronze medal at the Sportland Trophy in early March 2016. Later in the same month, she appeared at her first ISU Championship, placing 34th at the World Championships in Boston.

In the 2016–2017 season, Yamada became the Swiss national champion. She placed 27th at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and 33rd at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2020–2021	Is It a Crime	Vuelvo al sur Invierno Porteño
2019–2020	Summertime	Chess
2018–2019	Is It a Crime	Chess
2016–2018	Why Don't You Do Right?	Je suis malade
2015–2016	Danzarin	Je suis malade
2014–2015	Adiós Nonino	Yellow River Concerto
2013–2014	Adiós Nonino	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Morning Mood
2012–2013	Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Morning Mood

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

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International
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
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align=left							27th		15th	19th		18th
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align=left								17th				6th
align=left						15th	11th
align=left							17th			WD			17th
align=left						8th			6th
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align=left							16th		WD	9th	8th
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align=left										bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left	Hellmut Seibt					12th
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align=left	Open Ice Mall								bgcolor=gold	1st
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align=left	Prague Ice Cup									4th
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align=left	Sportland Trophy					bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
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International: Junior
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align=left			15th
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	6th
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National
align=left			5th	7th	6th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	C	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled