MEN Date of birth: 07.12.1994 Yuzuru HANYU Place of birth: Sendai Height: 171 cm JPN Home town: Sendai Profession: university student Hobbies: music Start sk. / Club: 1998 / ANA Minato Tokyo Coach: Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson Choreographer: Jeffrey Buttle, Shae-Lynn Bourne Former Coach: Nanami Abe, Shoitirou Tuzuki Practice low season: h / week at Toronto/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 Skating / Free Dance as of season 2014/2015 Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber 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 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 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. Finlandia Trophy 2013 Espoo 2013 1. ISU GP Lexus Cup of China 2014 Shanghai 2014 2. ISU GP Skate Canada International 2013 Saint John, NB 2013 2. ISU GP NHK Trophy 2014 Osaka 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 Johnny Weir in figure skating. 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 .