Miki Ando

• Sport: Olympic Figure Skating
• Nation: Japan
• DOB: December 18, 1987
• Career Highlights: Earned a spot in Vancouver as the highest-placing Japanese female skater in the Grand Prix final, finishing second. ... Rebounded from a rough performance in the 2006 Turin Olympics, where she finished 15th after falling three times during the free skate, to win the world title the next year. … Was the first woman to land a quadruple Salchow in competition, at the JGP Final in 2002. One of her falls in Turin came while attempting the jump. … Showed bounce-back ability again by winning the bronze at the ’09 World Championships, a year after skating off with an injury during the free skate after falling twice to start her program. … Won silver at the Cup of China and bronzes at the Japanese championships and Skate America that season. ... Took gold at the 2009-10 Rostelecom Cup and the NHK Trophy.
• Olympic History: 2006