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Midori Ito

1969 - Today

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Midori Ito (伊藤みどり, Itō Midori; born 13 August 1969) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 1989 World champion and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist. She is the first woman to land a triple Axel in competition. At the 1988 Calgary Olympics, she became the first woman to land seven triple jumps in an Olympic free skating competition. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Midori Ito is the 121st most popular skater (down from 98th in 2024), the 1,668th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,448th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Midori Ito ranks 121 out of 483. Before her are Regine Heitzer, Yuzuru Hanyu, Johnny Höglin, Alv Gjestvang, Gundi Busch, and Terry McDermott. After her are Ludwig Wrede, Kees Broekman, Ans Schut, Toller Cranston, Beatrix Loughran, and Eteri Tutberidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Midori Ito ranks 350. Before her are Paul Tergat, Cory Booker, David Adeang, Michael Tarnat, Mariano Rivera, and Saša Obradović. After her are Gianluigi Lentini, Stephen Moyer, Andrei Okounkov, David A. Sinclair, Kristy Swanson, and Yoo Jun-sang.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Midori Ito ranks 1,668 out of 6,245. Before her are Minato Yoshida (1992), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (1966), Futaba Kioka (1965), Takao Kobayashi (1961), and Tsuyoshi Nakao (1983). After her are Takeshi Watanabe (1972), Norio Sasaki (1958), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Yuji Takada (1954), Takashi Yamazaki (1964), and Shogo Sakurai (1984).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Midori Ito ranks 2. Before her are Yuzuru Hanyu (1994). After her are Shizuka Arakawa (1981), Mao Asada (1990), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Yuka Sato (1973), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Miki Ando (1987), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Yoshihiro Kitazawa (1962), Nobunari Oda (1987), and Kaori Sakamoto (2000).

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