Mao Shimada
Mao Shimada (島田 麻央, Shimada Mao, born October 30, 2008) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2024 Youth Olympic champion, the 2023 World Junior champion, a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final champion (2022–23, 2023–24), a four-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist, a two-time Japanese national bronze medalist, and a three-time Japanese junior national champion (2021–2023). She is the twenty-first woman in history to have successfully landed a triple Axel jump and second Japanese women to land a quadruple toeloop in competition.
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Shimada at the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | 島田 麻央 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 30, 2008 Koganei, Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Uji, Kyoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kinoshita Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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