International Athletes to watch

Men

Johnny Weir

Hometown: Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Birth: 02/07/1984
Training Site: Wayne, Wilmington, Anaheim, USA, Moscow, Russia
Coach: Galina Zmievskaya, Victor Petrenko
Highlights:

3 Time US National Champion
2008 World Bronze Medalist

Daisuke Takahashi

Hometown: Okayama, Japan
Date of Birth: 16/03/1986
Training Site: Osaka Japan, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Coach: Utako Nagamitsu, Nikolai Morosov
Highlights:

2007 World Silver Medalist
2008 Four Continents Champion

Ladies

Mao Asada

Hometown: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Date of Birth: 25/09/1990
Training Site: Lake Arrowhead, California, USA, Nagoya, Japan
Coach: Machiko Yamada, M. Higuchi
Highlights:

2008 World Champion
Two Time Japanese National Champion

Yu-Na Kim

Hometown: Gyeonggi- Do, South Korea
Date of Birth: 05/09/1990
Training Site: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coach: Brian Orser
Highlights:

2007 & 2008 World Bronze Medalist

Pairs

Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang

Hometown: Harbin, China
Date of Birth: 04-10-1985, 06-07-1984
Training Site: Beijing, China
Coach: Bin Yao, Wei Liu
Highlights:

2008 World Silver Medalists
2006 Olympic Silver Medalists

Qing Pang and Jian Tong

Hometown: Harbin, China
Date of Birth: 24-12-1979, 15-08-1979
Training Site: Beijing, China
Coach: Bin Yao
Highlights:

2006 World Champions
2006 Olympic Silver Medalists

Ice Dance

Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto

Hometown: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of Birth: 11-07-1984, 15-01-1982
Training Site: Canton, Michigan, USA
Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Highlights:

2005 World Silver Medalists
2006 & 2007 World Bronze Medalists

Meryl Davis and Charlie White

Hometown: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Date of Birth: 01-01-1987, 24-10-1987
Training Site: Canton, Michigan, USA
Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Highlights:

2008 Four Continents Silver Medalists