Tatsuki Machida
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Machida at the 2014 World Championships
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| Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
March 9, 1990 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Yoshinori Onishi, Phillip Mills, Anthony Liu, Azumi Hata, Hiroshi Koizumi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Phillip Mills, Stephane Lambiel, Kenji Miyamoto, Kano Ito, Nanami Abe, Noriko Sato | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kansai University SC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former training locations |
Takaishi, Osaka Lake Arrowhead, California |
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| Began skating | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | December 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 282.26 2014 World |
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| Short program | 98.21 2014 World |
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| Free skate | 184.05 2014 World |
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Medal record
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| Japanese name | |||||
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| Kanji | 町田 樹 | ||||
| Kana | まちだ たつき | ||||
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| Romanization | Tatsuki Machida |
Tatsuki Machida (町田 樹 Machida Tatsuki?) (born March 9, 1990) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 World silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, and the 2013–14 Japanese national silver medalist. Machida is the winner of four Grand Prix events — the 2012 Cup of China, 2013 Skate America, 2013 Rostelecom Cup, and 2014 Skate America.
Tatsuki Machida was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. He studied literature at Kansai University in Osaka. In 2015, he began a Master's program in sport management at Waseda University's Graduate School of Sciences.
In 2011, Machida moved to the U.S. to train at Lake Arrowhead, California's Ice Castle, where he was coached mainly by Anthony Liu.
Machida won his first senior Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2012 Skate America. He won his first senior GP title at the 2012 Cup of China, where he beat former World champion Daisuke Takahashi. These results qualified him for the Grand Prix Final, where he finished sixth overall.
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