Mira Leung
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Mira Leung in 2008.
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born |
March 28, 1989 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Former coach | Sonja Hlynka, Jennifer Jiang, Joanne McLeod, Christine McBeth |
| Former choreographer | Lori Nichol, Joanne McLeod |
| Skating club | North Shore WC Vancouver SC |
| Began skating | 1992 |
| Retired | 2010 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 157.36 2008 Four Continents |
| Short program | 53.01 2008 Four Continents |
| Free skate | 104.35 2008 Four Continents |
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁美諾 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 梁美诺 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liáng Měinuò |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Leùhng Méinohk |
Mira Leung (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and a three-time Canadian national silver medalist (2006–2008). Leung placed 12th at the 2006 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 2008 Four Continents.
Mira Leung was born on March 28, 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Jennifer and Raymond Leung, a computer programmer. She attended Trafalgar Elementary School in Vancouver, enrolled in the French immersion program. She began playing the piano at age three and studied it through grade 10. She graduated from high school in 2008.
Mira Leung started skating at age three and began taking lessons two years later. As a young child, she skated at the Kitsilano Figure Skating Club, coached by Christine Goodall. She was eight when she first landed a triple salchow and triple toe loop.Joanne McLeod became her coach in 2001 or 2002.
Leung debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2002. Deciding to skip the national novice and junior levels, Leung competed on the senior level at the 2003 Canadian Championships.
In the 2004–05 season, Leung made her senior Grand Prix debut, replacing the injured Annie Bellemare at the 2004 Skate Canada International. She won her first national medal, bronze, at the 2005 Canadian Championships.
After winning the silver medal behind Joannie Rochette at the 2006 Canadian Championships, Leung was named in Canada's team to the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2006 World Championships. She finished 12th at the Olympics in Turin and then 13th at Worlds. Due to a training dispute, McLeod quit as her coach at the end of the season. Leung found a new coach in Christine McBeth at Minoru Arenas in Richmond, British Columbia.
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