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In 2003, Akiko Suzuki of Japan missed an entire season to recover from anorexia, but bounced back to make the 2010 olympic team and later become the 2012 World Bronze medalist at the age of twenty seven.
On January 25, 2013, Ashley Wagner of the United States became the first ladies’ singles skater to win consecutive U.S. National titles since Michelle Kwan in 2005.
On December 17, 2005, Daisuke Takahashi of Japan became the first Japanese man to medal at the Grand Prix Final and made history again when he won it in 2012.
+4 | meryl davis & charlie white
On April 30, 2011, Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States, the longest lasting dance team in the U.S., became the first American ice dancers to win the World title; a feat they repeated in 2013.
On October 20, 2013, Mao Asada of Japan became the first singles’ figure skater, male or female, to have won all seven current Grand Prix events.
+6 | qing pang & jian tong
On February 18, 2011, Qing Pang and Jian Tong of the People’s Republic of China won an unprecedented fifth Four Continents title nine years after their first and after nearly two decades of skating together.
+7 | tessa virtue & scott moir
On February 22, 2010, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada became the first North American dance team to win Olympic gold, ending Europe’s 34-year streak.
On February 25, 2010, Yuna Kim of the Republic of Korea became an Olympic gold medalist when she shattered her own world record scores thereby earning South Korea’s first medal at the Winter Olympics other than speed skating or short track.
+bonus | yuna kim (again)
On March 16, 2013, Yuna Kim of South Korea won her second World title in a most convincing fashion by skating a flawless free programme to the music of Les Misérables.
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