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Daisuke Takahashi
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| Personal Info | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country: |  Japan |
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| Residence: | Osaka, Japan | |
| Height: | 165 cm | |
| Coach: | Utako Nagamitsu | |
| Choreographer: | Nikolai Morozov | |
| Skating Club: | Kansai University SC | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 247.93 | 2006 NHK Trophy |
| Short Program: | 84.44 | 2006 NHK Trophy |
| Free Skate: | 163.49 | 2006 NHK Trophy |
Daisuke Takahashi (高橋 大輔 Takahashi Daisuke?), born March 16, 1986 in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2002 World Junior Champion, the 2006-2007 Japanese National Champion, and was a member of the 2006 Olympic team.
In the 2006-2007 competitive season, Takahashi won a silver medal at Skate Canada, then gold at the NHK Trophy. He qualified for the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and placed second although he was ill. He won the Japanese National title for the second year in a row, and then went on to the Winter Universiade in Torino, Italy and won that event as well. At the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships he performed the skate of his life in front of his home country and ended up winning the silver medal.
| Event | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 8th | |||||||
| World Championships | 11th | 15th | 2nd | |||||
| Four Continents Championships | 13th | 6th | 3rd | |||||
| Japanese Championships | 3rd J. | 4th J. | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 1st |
| Winter Universiade | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| Grand Prix Final | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||
| Skate Canada International | 2nd | |||||||
| Skate America | 1st | |||||||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | 1st | ||||||
| Skate Canada International | 7th | |||||||
| Trophee Eric Bompard | 5th | 11th | ||||||
| World Junior Championships | 1st | |||||||
| ISU Junior Grand Prix Final | 4th | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 1st | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | 2nd |
- J = Junior level
- Daisuke Takahashi at the International Skating Union biography page
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