Yōsuke Takeuchi
Japanese figure skater
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Yōsuke Takeuchi (竹内 洋輔, Takeuchi Yōsuke; born August 15, 1979) is a former Japanese figure skater. He is the 1999 World Junior bronze medalist and the 1999 & 2002 Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, placing 22nd. He was coached by Takashi Mura and his programs were choreographed by Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov.
| Yōsuke Takeuchi | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 竹内 洋輔 | ||||
| Kana | たけうち ようすけ | ||||
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | August 15, 1979 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Skating club | Hosei University |
| Began skating | 1983 |
| Retired | 2002 |
Currently he is the director of athlete development in figure skating branch of Japan Skating Federation.[1]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–2002 [2] |
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| 2000–2001 [3] |
Results
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[4] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 |
| Olympics | 22nd | ||||||
| Worlds | 27th | ||||||
| Four Continents | 12th | 10th | |||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 8th | 6th | |||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 11th | ||||||
| GP Skate America | 11th | ||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 8th | ||||||
| GP Sparkassen | 8th | ||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | ||||||
| Universiade | 11th | ||||||
| International: Junior[4] | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 5th | 3rd | |||||
| JGP Final | 5th | 5th | |||||
| JGP Bulgaria | 3rd | ||||||
| JGP Hungary | 2nd | ||||||
| JGP Mexico | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Ukraine | 3rd | ||||||
| National[4] | |||||||
| Japan Champ. | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st |
| Japan Junior | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | |||