Utako Wakamatsu
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| Kanji | 若松 詩子 | ||||
| Kana | わかまつ うたこ | ||||
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| Romanization | Wakamatsu Utako |
| Utako Wakamatsu | |
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Wakamatsu/Fecteau at the 2004 NHK Trophy
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |
Canada (pairs) Japan (singles) |
| Born |
September 1, 1981 Aomori, Japan |
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) |
| Former partner | Jean-Sébastien Fecteau |
| Former coach | Richard Gauthier, Manon Perron, Hiroshi Nagakubo |
| Former choreographer | Julie Marcotte, Julie Brault, Robert Daw |
| Former skating club | St. Leonard FSC Tohoku Fukushi University |
| Former training locations |
St. Leonard, Quebec Miyagi Prefecture |
| Began skating | 1989 |
| Retired | April 24, 2007 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 163.88 2003 Skate America |
| Short program | 57.19 2005 Worlds |
| Free skate | 107.00 2003 Skate America |
Utako Wakamatsu (若松 詩子 Wakamatsu Utako?, born September 1, 1981) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. From 2002 to 2007, she skated with Jean-Sébastien Fecteau as a pair skater for Canada, winning the silver medal at the 2006 Four Continents Championships. Earlier in her career, she competed in single skating for Japan.
Until 2002, Wakamatsu competed in single skating for Japan. She competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, winning a bronze medal in 1999 in the Czech Republic, and at one senior Grand Prix event, the 2001 Skate America. She placed as high as fifth on the senior level at the Japan Championships.
In April 2002, Wakamatsu teamed up with Jean-Sébastien Fecteau to compete in pair skating for Canada. In 2003, they won gold medals at the Finlandia Trophy and Nebelhorn Trophy and made their Grand Prix debut.
In the 2004–05 season, Wakamatsu/Fecteau won silver at the 2005 Canadian Championships and were sent to the 2005 World Championships where they placed eighth.
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