Biography
Yudzuru Khanu is a Japanese figure skater, which is called the genius and pride of the country. The athlete broke the world records and repeatedly won the world and Olympic gold in single skating.Childhood and youth
The future athlete was born in the Japanese city of Sendai on December 7, 1994. It is noteworthy that the school in which Yudzuru studied was also graduated from the famous skaters of Takei Honda and Sizhuka Arakawa.
Yudzuru first went on ice at 4 years old - Mom took the son and daughter (athlete there is a sister) to the figure skating section. A talented boy coaches noticed right away: he grabbed elements and bundles from the first time and soon it could have been performed quite complex tricks.
The first serious performance was the Japan Championship - turned out to be successful. Yudzuru took 1st place in the country's championship. The boy at that time was 10 years old. Since then, a serious sports biography began. It is noteworthy that Asthma was diagnosed with Khan, but this fact does not prevent the athlete to successfully train and show high results.
Figure skating
In the 2010-2011 season, Hanu has already performed at the "adult" level. The athlete debuted at the NHK Trophy tournament, where he took 4th place. Also, Yudzuru took part in the Russian Cup. Here the speech turned out to be less successful - he "killed" only at the 7th position. But the competition called Rostelecom Cup - 2011, held in Moscow, brought a gold medal figure. In the native country, he completed the season at the 4th position.For the first "adult" season, the results of Yudzura turned out to be more than worthy. And this despite the fact that the hometown of the figure skaters suffered due to the earthquake, and the young man had to train in Iokoham and Hatinohe. From April 2012, an athlete is trained by Brian Orser in Canadian Toronto.
The next season is marked for Yudzuru 2 gold medals of the Finelandia Trophy (2012 and 2013) Cup.
No less successful became for the figure skateman and the first Olympiad, which took place in Sochi in 2014. Here Yudzura won the victory in short and arbitrary programs, won the cherished Olympic gold. And a month later, the athlete reaffirmed his own talent, winning at the World Championships (the competition took place in the Japanese city of the site).
Unfortunately, by the end of the year, luck turned away from Hanu: at the Chinese stage, the Grand Prix, the skater took 2nd place. In addition, the athlete received a serious injury of the head and was even forced to move on a wheelchair for some time, but allowed himself only for 2 weeks to interrupt workouts. The health status did not allow Yudzur to fully complete the season, but the young man still entered the six finalists of the Grand Prix and even took the first places in Barcelona for arbitrary and short programs.
In the same year, Yudzuru postponed the operation (he was diagnosed with the incoming of the loan). Fortunately, treatment passed without complications, and after 2 months, the athlete returned to training. But on this misadventures, Hani did not end: at the beginning of 2015, he injured an ankle. However, this did not prevent a targeted figure skatebook to become a silver medalist of the next World Cup.
At the same time, Yudzuru became the first at the World Championships in Tokyo, which brought the team to 3rd place in the team competition. At the competition in the Chinese Shanghai, the athlete again became the second, but the Canadian Autumn Classic International tournament brought the next golden award and became an excellent opening of the 2015-2016 season.
This season, Yudzuru managed to establish several world records. At first, the young man surpassed his own result of 2014 by typing 106.33 points for a short program. Also recorded glasses for an arbitrary program (figure skater won 216.07 points). In addition, global records were recorded on the points obtained for the equipment of the elements.
At the final stage of the Grand Prix in Barcelona, Hanu again surpassed himself, updating the world records in short and arbitrary programs, and for the third time he won the gold finals of the Grand Prix - which also happened for the first time in male single skating. But the World Championship, which ended this season, brought a figure only 2nd place - apparently, the athlete relaxed a little, because of which several annoying mistakes allowed.
The season 2016-2017 began for the Yudzuru Victory in the Canadian Autumn Classic International tournament. Here athlete for the first time in the history of male single skating perfectly performed a complex element - a quadruger ritterberger. The victory in the global tournament also remained for Hani.
It seemed that after a series of world records surprise, Yudzouri fans would be difficult. However, Hanu again succeeded: at the 2017 World Championship, the athlete surpassed his own record on the execution of an arbitrary program and became a 2-fold world champion, returning the title of the strongest figure of the planet.
At the Winter Olympics in Pchenchkhan in 2018, Hani became a gold medalist in a single short program and silver - in an arbitrary, which brought him the title of a 2-fold champion of the Olympic Games in Men's Single Catania.
In April, Show Yudzuru started under the name "continuing with the wings", Evgeny Plushenko took part in it, Jeffrey Battle, Johnny Weir, etc.
The next gold medal Hanu won on the Autumn Classic International - 2018 tournament in Canadian Okville. No less noticeable was his performance at the stage of the Grand Prix in Finland, where the figure skater not only took the 1st place, but for the first time in history, he fulfilled a cascade of a four-third Tuluup and Triple Axel.
And at the stage of the Grand Prix in Moscow, a new world record in Single Catania was added to the piggy bank - the athlete received 110.53 points for hire program.
In 2019, the athlete confidently won the Autumn Classic International - 2019 tournament, and after the first 2 stages of the Grand Prix, securing a ticket to the final, where he received only silver because of the errors, passing the American Neutana Chen forward. 2nd the place of Chani got at the Japan Championship, the Gold Medal received the Japanese figure skuff of Schoma Uno.
Personal life
The south personal life of Yudzura prefers not to spread. The athlete does not hide that in the future she dreams of a family, but it is not known whether the skateman has a beloved.
In 2017, rumors about the wedding of Yuzuru and Spanish figure skateman Judzer Fernandez appeared on the network. However, young people denied these speculations, emphasizing that they are friends. In one of the interviews, Hanu stated that he liked the girls, although in the world of figure skating many lovers of their sex.
Also athlete was attributed to the relationship with the Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedev. The fact is that the girl is very popular in the homeland of Yudzur. But these rumors, apparently, were unfounded.
The athlete has no accounts in social networks, but in Vkontakte, Instagram there are pages of numerous fan communities in different languages with photos and video performances by Yudzur.
Yudzuru Khanu now
The coronavirus pandemic caused the abolition of the European Championship 2021 and the Grand Prix finals (2020-2021).In March 2021, Hani went to the World Championship in Stockholm, where with a new arbitrary program with a hydraulicone under the soundtrack Heaven and Earth won bronze. He won the same medal as part of the Japan national team at the Osaka team in April.
Figure Skating World Cup in Stockholm and the international tournament Nebelhorn Trophy in German Oberstdorf are the stages of selection for the Olympic Games of 2022 in Beijing.
Achievements
- 2012 - Bronze Medal of the World Cup
- 2014 - Gold Medal of the Olympic Games
- 2014 - Gold Medal of the World Cup
- 2015 - Silver World Championship Medal
- 2016 - Silver World Championship Medal
- 2017 - Gold Medal of the World Cup
- 2018 - Gold Medal of the Olympic Games
- 2019 - Silver World Cup Medal
- 2020 - Gold Medal of the Four Continents Championship
- 2021 - Bronze Medal of the World Cup