Rin Nitaya ( ja, 新田谷凜, born August 8, 1997) is a Japanese

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is the 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2015

Gardena Spring Trophy The Egna Spring Trophy, formerly the Gardena Spring Trophy (through 2016), is an annual international figure skating competition. It is held every spring in Val Gardena in Italy. Medals are awarded in men's and ladies' singles and sometimes in oth ...

champion, and 2016

Coupe du Printemps The ISU Coupe du Printemps ( French for ''Spring Cup'') is an annual figure skating competition held in March in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. The competition may include men's singles, ladies' singles, and pairs from senior to novice levels, and re ...

silver medalist.

Personal life

Rin Nitaya was born in

Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 48 ...

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

, Japan.

Career

Nitaya debuted in international competitions in 2013 at the

, winning silver in the junior ladies category.

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 season, Nitaya debuted on the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

(JGP) circuit, winning silver in

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, France. She placed fourth at her second JGP assignment, in

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, Estonia. Concluding her season, she won her first senior international medal – gold at the

2015–16 season

Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Nitaya finished fourth in

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, Slovakia and won the bronze medal in

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, Poland. In November, she placed 4th at the 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships. Nitaya won the senior silver medal at the 2016

2016–17 season

In February 2017, Nitaya received the silver medal at the 2017 Winter Universiade in

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, Kazakhstan. She ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, finishing second to

Elena Radionova Elena Igorevna Radionova (russian: links=no, Елена Игоревна Радионова; born 6 January 1999) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2015–2016) European silver me ...

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nitaya, Rin 1997 births Japanese female single skaters Universiade medalists in figure skating Living people Universiade silver medalists for Japan Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Nishinomiya