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coach and former Japanese competitive

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Biography

Yamada was born on June 26, 1943 in

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, Japan. She began figure skating at the age of seven. Yamada won several domestic competitions during her time as a figure skater. She also competed in pairs with

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and the pair won the Japanese National silver medal. Following her retirement from competitive figure skating, Yamada became a figure skating coach as well as married and had a daughter. Her alma mater is

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. Long-time pupil,

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, lived with Yamada following her parents' divorce as a child and stayed with her for the duration of her competitive figure skating career.

Coaching career

Yamada currently coaches at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club in

. Her current students include: * Rino Matsuike *

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Her former students have included: *

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* Mihoko Higuchi *

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* Yoshie Onda *

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Competitive highlights

Pairs with Hashiguchi

References

Japanese figure skating coaches Living people Figure skaters from Nagoya Female sports coaches 1943 births {{Japan-figure-skating-bio-stub