Mira Leung
| Mira Leung | |
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 Mira Leung in 2008. |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Canada |
| Born | March 28, 1989 |
| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Height | 168 cm (5.51 ft) |
| Coach | Sonya Hlynka |
| Former coach | Jennifer Jiang Joanne McLeod Christine McBeth |
| Choreographer | Lori Nichol |
| Former choreographer | Joanne McLeod |
| Skating club | Vancouver SC |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 157.36 2008 Four Continents |
| Short program | 53.01 2008 Four Continents |
| Free skate | 104.35 2008 Four Continents |
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁美諾[1] | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梁美诺 | ||||||||||
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Mira Leung (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2006-2008 Canadian silver medalist.
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[edit] Biography
Leung was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She began skating at age 3 with the Kitsilano Figure Skating Club and her former coach Christine Goodall. She has been home schooled since grade 7 and has passed grade 10 piano in Royal Conservatory of Music.[2]
Leung has been coached by Joanne McLeod for several years. She was briefly coached by her mother, then former World Champion Karen Magnussen. After issues with McLeod, which was a result of her mother's involvement, their relationship dissolved, and Leung trained in Richmond at Minoru Arenas, with the Connaught Skating Club. She was coached by Christine McBeth, with input by Leung's mother. After the 2006 Skate Canada International, Leung returned to McLeod.[3]
Leung landed her first triple salchow and triple toe loop when she was only eight years old. Skipping the novice level at Canadians, when she was thirteen, Leung jumped straight into the senior level.[4]
[edit] Programs
| Season | Short Program | Free Skating | Exhibition |
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| 2007-08 | La Bayadère by Leon Minkus |
Piano Concerto No. 2 & 3 by Sergei Rachmaninov |
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| 2006-07 | Freedom | Terracotta Warriors (soundtrack) | |
| 2005-06 | Freedom | Alexander (soundtrack) by Vangelis Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome by Richard Strauss Terracotta Warriors (soundtrack) |
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| 2004-05 | Rachel's Song by Vangelis The Four Seasons by Vivaldi |
The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| 2003-04 | Heaven and Earth by Ciu Lan / Hou Muren |
Le Corsaire The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky performed by the London Symphony Orchestra |
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
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| Winter Olympics | 12th | ||||||||||
| World Championships | 13th | 24th | 14th | ||||||||
| Four Continents Championships | 5th | ||||||||||
| World Junior Championships | 8th | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 14th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | WD | |||
| Skate America | 6th | 8th | 5th | 7th | |||||||
| Cup of China | 7th | 11th | |||||||||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 5th | ||||||||||
| Skate Canada International | 7th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia | 8th | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia | 14th | ||||||||||
| Mladost Trophy | 4th N. |
- WD = Withdrawn
- N = Novice level
[edit] References
- ^ "奧運花滑國手梁美諾獲表彰 26學子獲世華商會獎學金", Sing Tao Daily, 2011-05-29, http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2342145/1.html, retrieved 2011-10-18
- ^ Dimanno, Rosie (2008-01-18). "Little Leung hoping for big things from new routine". The Toronto Star. pp. S1, S5.
- ^ Terry Bell (2006-11-09). "Leung reunites with coach". Vancouver Province. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=0851c016-040e-4ea5-9182-9831ed1c4151&k=1144. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^ "Athlete Biography - Mira Leung". CBC. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20071222232825/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/athletes/athletesnamebio.shtml?mira_leung.html. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
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