Fumie Suguri

Fumie Suguri (村主 章枝, Suguri Fumie, born December 31, 1980) is a Japanese athlete. She is best known as a figure skater. She is a five-times Japanese National Champion, three-times World Championships medalist, and 2003-2004's Grand Prix Final Champion.

Fumie Suguri
Suguri at the 2008 Skate Canada.
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1980-12-31) December 31, 1980
ResidenceYokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Skating clubYoshindo
Began skating1986
ISU personal best scores
Combined total182.08
2004 GPF
Short program62.12
2006 Worlds
Free skate120.06
2004 GPF
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Ladies' Figure skating
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 CalgarySingles
Bronze medal – third place2003 Washington, D.C.Singles
Bronze medal – third place2002 NaganoSingles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 GangneungSingles
Gold medal – first place2003 BeijingSingles
Gold medal – first place2001 Salt Lake CitySingles
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place2003–04 Colorado SpringsSingles
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal – second place2007 ChangchunSingles
Silver medal – second place2003 AomoriSingles
Bronze medal – third place1999 GangwonSingles
Bronze medal – third place1996 HarbinSingles
In this Japanese name, the family name is Suguri.

Profile

Suguri is expressive, her program is called "Suguri World". Her younger sister Chika Suguri is figure skater likewise, too.

She was first Japanese skater to win the ISU Grand Prix Final in 2003, and got more Four Continents Championships titles in 2005, and got more World Championships medals than other Japanese figure skater in 2006.

Records
Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics[1] 5th
2006 Winter Olympics[1] 4th
Worlds
2002 World Championships Bronze
2003 World Championships Bronze
2006 World Championships Silver
Grand Prix
2003-04's ISU Grand Prix Final Gold
Four Continents
2001 Four Continents Championships Gold
2003 Four Continents Championships Gold
2005 Four Continents Championships Gold

References
  1. Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "Fumie Suguri" Archived 2011-04-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-20.

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