MEN Date of birth: 07.12.1994 Place of birth: Height: 171 cm JPN Home town: Sendai Profession: university student Hobbies: music Start sk. / Club: 1998 / ANA Minato Coach: , Choreographer: , Shae-Lynn Bourne Former Coach: Nanami Abe, Shoitirou Tuzuki Practice low season: h / week at /CAN Practice high season: h / week at Toronto/CAN Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2014/2015 Ballade No. 1 op. 23 in G minor by Frederic Chopin Music / Free Dance as of season 2014/2015 Phantom of the Opera by Personal Best Total Score 293.25 06.12.2013 ISU Grand Prix Final 2013/14 Personal Best Score Short Program 101.45 13.02.2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Personal Best Score Free Skating 194.08 13.12.2014 ISU Grand Prix Final 2014/15

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Olympic Games 1. World Champ. 3. 4. 1. 2. European Champ. Four Continents 2. 2. World Juniors 12. 1. National Champ. 3.J 1.J 1.J 4.S 3.S 1.S 1.S 1.S S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition Year Place International Competition Year Place ISU Grand Prix Final 2012/13 Sochi 2012 2. ISU Grand Prix Final 2013/14 Fukuoka 2013 1. 2013 Espoo 2013 1. ISU GP Lexus 2014 Shanghai 2014 2. ISU GP Skate International 2013 Saint John, NB 2013 2. ISU GP NHK Trophy 2014 2014 4. ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2013 Paris 2013 2. ISU Grand Prix Final 2014/15 Barcelona 2014 1.

Hanyu is the first Japanese male skater to win Olympic gold. Hanyu followed his older sister Saya into skating. He looks up to in . Hanyu's home and ice rink were damaged during the earthquake and tsunami catastrophe on March 11, 2011 and he trained in Yokohama before the ice rink re-opened end of July. Hanyu switched coaches in spring 2012 and has moved to Canada for training. Coach Brian Orser is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist. © copyright by: International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH ­ 1007 Lausanne last update: 14.04.2015 15:47:34

MEN Date of birth: 11.02.1991 Place of birth: Matsudo City Height: 170 cm JPN Home town: Okayama City Profession: athlete Hobbies: darts, bowling, billiards, driving Start sk. / Club: 1994 / Hirota SC Coach: Takashi Mura Choreographer: Jamie Isley, Tom Dickson Former Coach: Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Naoki Shigematsu Practice low season: 20 h / week at Okayama City Practice high season: 26 h / week at Okayama City Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2014/2015 by Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2014/2015 The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber Personal Best Total Score 255.81 01.11.2014 ISU GP International 2014 Personal Best Score Short Program 86.28 28.11.2014 ISU GP NHK Trophy 2014 Personal Best Score Free Skating 173.24 01.11.2014 ISU GP Skate Canada International 2014

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Olympic Games World Champ. 15. 8. 16. European Champ. Four Continents 5. 8. 1. 7. World Juniors 19. National Champ. 1.J 3.S 10.S 5.S 5.S 3.S 6.S 5.S S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition Year Place International Competition Year Place O. 2013 Bratislava 2013 2. CS 2014 Milano 2014 2. ISU GP Skate Canada International 2013 Saint John, NB 2013 10. ISU GP Skate Canada International 2014 Kelowna, B.C. 2014 1. ISU GP NHK Trophy 2013 Tokyo 2013 6. ISU GP NHK Trophy 2014 Osaka 2014 3. Int. Challenge Cup 2014 The Hague 2014 1. ISU Grand Prix Final 2014/15 Barcelona 2014 5.

Mura is coached by his father. Mura's parents both were figure skaters as well. His father Takashi competed at the World level in both singles and pairs in the 80s. He also won the silver medal at the 1976 ISU Junior Figure Skating Championships. Mura got married in 2013 and has a daughter. © copyright by: International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH ­ 1007 Lausanne last update: 14.04.2015 15:47:41