Figure skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

Figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

at the 2003 Asian Winter Games took place in the Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink located in Aomori City

Aomori, Aomori

is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 302,068 and a density of 366 persons per km². Its total area was 824.52 km².- History :...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

with four events contested.

Medal table

1	2	2	2	6
2	2	2	1	5
3	0	0	1	1
Total	4	4	4	12

Medalists

Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs	Shen Xue Shen Xue Shen Xue is a female Chinese pair skater. With her partner and husband Zhao Hongbo, Shen is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first... Zhao Hongbo Zhao Hongbo Zhao Hongbo is a male Chinese pair skater. With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...	Pang Qing Pang Qing Pang Qing is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Tong Jian, she is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Career:... Tong Jian Tong Jian Tong Jian is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 & 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion....	Marina Aganina Marina Aganina Marina Andreevna Aganina is an Uzbekistani pair skater. She competes with Dmitry Zobnin. She previously competed with Artem Knyazev. With him, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions and placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Before that, Aganina competed with Renat... Artem Knyazev Artem Knyazev Artem Knyazev is an Uzbekistani pairs skater. He competed for much of his career with Marina Aganina. They were the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions. They placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Knyazev previously competed with Irina Galkina and Irina Shabanova...
Ice dancing	Zhang Weina Zhang Weina Zhang Weina is a Chinese ice dancer. She competes with Cao Xianming. They are multiple Chinese national champions. They placed 22nd at the 2002 Winter Olympics.Her cousin, Tina Wang, competes internationally for Australia.-Results:... Cao Xianming Cao Xianming Cao Xianming is a Chinese ice dancer. He competes with Zhang Weina. They are multiple Chinese national champions. They placed 22nd at the 2002 Winter Olympics.Cao is now an International Judge for China.-Results:-External links:...	Nozomi Watanabe Nozomi Watanabe is a Japanese ice dancer. she regularly dances with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:... Akiyuki Kido Akiyuki Kido is a Japanese ice dancer. He competes with Nozomi Watanabe. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:...	Rie Arikawa Rie Arikawa in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She competed with Kenji Miyamoto. They are two time Japanese national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU championship was 8th at the 2002 and 2003 Four Continents Championships. Arikawa retired from competitive skating in 2003. She... Kenji Miyamoto Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater) is a Japanese retired ice dancer who currently works as a coach and a choreographer. He teamed up with partner Rie Arikawa in 1995. Together, they are two time Japanese national champions. After her retirement from competitive skating in 2003, Miyamoto teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki. They competed...

Men's singles

February 2–3

Rank	SP	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...	Total
	1	1	1.5
	2	2	3.0
	3	3	4.5
4	5	4	6.5
5	4	5	7.0
6	6	6	9.0
7	7	7	10.5
8	8	8	12.0
9	9	9	13.5
—			DNS

Women's singles

February 3–4

Rank	SP	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...	Total
	1	1	1.5
	2	2	3.0
	3	3	4.5
4	4	4	6.0
5	5	5	7.5
6	7	6	9.5
7	6	7	10.0
8	8	8	12.0
9	11	9	14.5
10	10	10	15.0
11	9	11	15.5
12	12	12	18.0
13	13	13	19.5
14	14	14	21.0
15	15	15	22.5

Pairs

February 2–4

Rank	Team	SP	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...	Total
	Shen Xue Shen Xue Shen Xue is a female Chinese pair skater. With her partner and husband Zhao Hongbo, Shen is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first... Zhao Hongbo Zhao Hongbo Zhao Hongbo is a male Chinese pair skater. With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents Champion and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion.Shen and Zhao were the first...	1	1	1.5
	Pang Qing Pang Qing Pang Qing is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Tong Jian, she is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Career:... Tong Jian Tong Jian Tong Jian is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 & 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion....	2	2	3.0
	Marina Aganina Marina Aganina Marina Andreevna Aganina is an Uzbekistani pair skater. She competes with Dmitry Zobnin. She previously competed with Artem Knyazev. With him, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions and placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Before that, Aganina competed with Renat... Artem Knyazev Artem Knyazev Artem Knyazev is an Uzbekistani pairs skater. He competed for much of his career with Marina Aganina. They were the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions. They placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Knyazev previously competed with Irina Galkina and Irina Shabanova...	3	3	4.5
4	Makiko Ogasawara Takeo Ogasawara	4	4	6.0

Ice dancing

February 2–4

Rank	Team	CD Compulsory dances Compulsory dances, now called pattern dance in ice dancing, are a part of ice dancing and artistic roller skating in which all the couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to music of a specified tempo. One or more compulsory dances were usually skated as the first phase of ice dancing...	OD Original dance The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...	FD Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...	Total
	Zhang Weina Zhang Weina Zhang Weina is a Chinese ice dancer. She competes with Cao Xianming. They are multiple Chinese national champions. They placed 22nd at the 2002 Winter Olympics.Her cousin, Tina Wang, competes internationally for Australia.-Results:... Cao Xianming Cao Xianming Cao Xianming is a Chinese ice dancer. He competes with Zhang Weina. They are multiple Chinese national champions. They placed 22nd at the 2002 Winter Olympics.Cao is now an International Judge for China.-Results:-External links:...	1	1	1	2.0
	Nozomi Watanabe Nozomi Watanabe is a Japanese ice dancer. she regularly dances with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:... Akiyuki Kido Akiyuki Kido is a Japanese ice dancer. He competes with Nozomi Watanabe. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:...	1	2	2	3.6
	Rie Arikawa Rie Arikawa in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She competed with Kenji Miyamoto. They are two time Japanese national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU championship was 8th at the 2002 and 2003 Four Continents Championships. Arikawa retired from competitive skating in 2003. She... Kenji Miyamoto Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater) is a Japanese retired ice dancer who currently works as a coach and a choreographer. He teamed up with partner Rie Arikawa in 1995. Together, they are two time Japanese national champions. After her retirement from competitive skating in 2003, Miyamoto teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki. They competed...	3	3	3	6.0
4	Yang Fang Yang Fang Yang Fang is a Chinese ice dancer. She competed with Gao Chongbo. They were they 2001 & 2003-2005 Chinese national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU championship was 6th at the 2004 Four Continents Championships.-Results:... Gao Chongbo Gao Chongbo Gao Chongbo is a Chinese ice dancer.He teamed up with Wang Jiayue in 2008. They placed 9th at the 2009 Four Continents ChampionshipsHe previously competed with Yang Fang. They were the 2001 & 2003-2005 Chinese national champions...	5	4	4	8.4
5	Ryu Sun-Ae Kim Yong-Ho	4	5	5	9.6
6	Kim Hye-Min Kim Min-Woo	6	6	6	12.0

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