Rin Nitaya
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| Native name | 新田谷凜 | ||||||||||||
| Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||
| Born |
August 8, 1997 Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
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| Home town | Nagoya, Japan | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Miho Kawaume | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Yuko Hongo, Sonoko Nakano | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Akiko Suzuki | ||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Miho Kawaume | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Chukyo University, Aichi | ||||||||||||
| Former skating club | Mizuho High School | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Nagoya, Japan | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 175.01 2016 JGP France |
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| Short program | 60.94 2016 JGP France |
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| Free skate | 114.07 2016 JGP France |
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Rin Nitaya (Japanese: 新田谷 凜, born August 8, 1997) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2015 Gardena Spring Trophy champion, and 2016 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist.
Rin Nitaya was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Nitaya debuted in international competitions in 2013 at the Gardena Spring Trophy, winning silver in the junior ladies category.
In the 2014–15 season, Nitaya debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, winning silver in Courchevel, France. She placed fourth at her second JGP assignment, in Tallinn, Estonia. Concluding her season, she won her first senior international medal – gold at the Gardena Spring Trophy.
Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Nitaya finished fourth in Bratislava, Slovakia and won the bronze medal in Toruń, Poland. In November, she placed 4th at the 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships.
Nitaya won the senior silver medal at the 2016 Coupe du Printemps.
In February 2017, Nitaya received the silver medal at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, finishing second to Elena Radionova.
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