Name |
Mirai Nagasu |
Height |
5 ft 4 in |
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
16-April-1993 |
Place of Birth |
Montebello, California, U.S. |
Famous for |
Figure Skater |
Mirai Nagasu is an American figure skater. She is the 2008 U.S. national champion, 2010 U.S. silver medalist, 2011 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2007–2008 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, 2007 U.S. Junior National Champion, and a two time (2007, 2008) World Junior Championship medalist.
In 2008, Nagasu became the youngest woman since Tara Lipinski in 1997 to win the U.S. senior ladies title, and the second youngest in history. She is the first lady since Joan Tozzer in 1937 and 1938 to win the junior and senior national titles in consecutive years. Nagasu represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics at the age of 16 and placed 4th in the ladies event. Nagasu began skating at age five. In the 2002–2003 seasons, she competed on the Juvenile level. She placed 5th at the Southwest Pacific Regional Championships. In the 2003–2004 seasons, she moved up to the Intermediate level. She placed 4th at the Southwest Pacific Regional Championships. She competed at the 2004 U.S. Junior Championships, which is the national-level championships for Juvenile and Intermediate skaters. She placed 8th in her qualifying group and did not advance to the short program. In the 2012-13 seasons, Nagasu won the bronze medal at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy. At the 2012 Cup of China, she placed third in the short program after she under rotated her triple-triple combination. In the free skate, she had several under rotated jumps and placed fourth in that segment, finishing fourth overall. Nagasu had the opportunity to compete at the 2012 NHK Trophy after Alissa Czisny withdrew. She won a bronze medal at the event.
Nagasu had the flu before the U.S. Nationals. She placed third in the short program with 64.39 points. In the free skate, she under-rotated a triple loop, a triple toe, two triple flips, and a double toe-loop to place eleventh in the segment with 109.36 points. She finished seventh overall with 173.75 points.